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NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY

NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being DONNA THOMPSON PLAYGROUND SAFETY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$92k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$6k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What National Program for Play Area Safety does

Mission

Consult and train other organization on the safety meas

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Educational trainings, received grants and other earned income

    $66,272 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $66,272.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Heather Olsen

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.

IA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Iowa

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY?
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being DONNA THOMPSON PLAYGROUND SAFETY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY?
DONNA THOMPSON PLAYGROUND SAFETY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLAY AREA SAFETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing