Iowa · Nonprofit
North Iowa Community Action Organization
North Iowa Community Action Organization (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,120,652 to it, the largest being IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ($833,465). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What North Iowa Community Action Organization does
Mission
To provide quality services that empower people in need to achieve and sustain economic stability through collaborative efforts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Headstart: 260 children and their parents were provided a preschool experience from October to May which includes classroom instruction, transportation and meals.
$3,861,833 spentof which $3,861,833 as grants35% of program spendingOther Programs:
$3,295,257 spentof which $3,645,862 as grants30% of program spendingLIHEAP: Was provided to 3,808 households in the form of cash payments to utility companies to pay heating costs of low-income households
$2,454,475 spentof which $2,454,928 as grants22% of program spendingHealth Programs: Typically between 5,000 to 6,000 patients are seen annually thru a health clinic which provides Family Planning, Maternal Health, and Women, Infants and Children supplemental feeding.
$1,492,195 spentof which $1,300,844 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,103,760.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $6.1M to $5.4M (−12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 92% · 2018 92% · 2019 91% · 2020 93% · 2021 93% · 2022 93% · 2023 91% · 2024 88% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $410k → $165k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of North Iowa Community Action Organization’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.
How concentrated its funding is
North Iowa Community Action Organization leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund North Iowa Community Action Organization.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 49% · 2019 72% · 2020 29% · 2021 45% · 2022 50% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
67% of North Iowa Community Action Organization's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of North Iowa Community Action Organization's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Organizations like North Iowa Community Action Organization
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for North Iowa Community Action Organization: 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 North Iowa Community Action Organization?
- North Iowa Community Action Organization (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,120,652 to it, the largest being IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ($833,465). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does North Iowa Community Action Organization have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $2,120,652 in grants to North Iowa Community Action Organization, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of North Iowa Community Action Organization?
- IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $833,465 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like North Iowa Community Action Organization 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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