Iowa · Nonprofit
NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP
NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP (Iowa) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,715 to it, the largest being BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC ($219,227). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $755k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp does
Mission
Through dynamic partnerships, quality family services, advocacy and education, neicac advances community development and improves social and economic conditions for individuals and families with limited resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy & crisis assistance - includes the low income home energy assistance (liheap) and crisis programs, which provide financial assistance for home heating costs, emergency crises, food and referrals for eligible households. This also includes weatherization services to improve housing safety, comfort and affordability to eligible households. Served 3,603 households in liheap and 65 homes were weatherized.
$3,662,211 spentof which $1,683,822 as grants$227,399 earned by the program30% of program spendingChildren & families - promotes school readiness of children birth to age five and provides a voluntary, strength-based home visiting program for families with limited resources. Early childhood programs served 338 children and family development & self-sufficiency programs served 58 families during the year.
$4,448,468 spentof which $42,361 as grants37% of program spendingTransportation - promotes community development with safe and affordable transportation to the public. Transit provided 66,543 rides during the year.
$2,778,895 spent$1,130,762 earned by the program23% of program spendingFood & nutrition - includes the child & adult care food program, which promotes nutrition and positive eating habits for children in regulated childcare facilities. Cacfp provided reimbursement for 319,167 meals to children.
$706,173 spentof which $224,004 as grants6% of program spendingHousing - provides safe and affordable housing to seniors, individuals with disabilities, and individuals and families with limited resources. During the fiscal year, 67 households were served.
$478,632 spent$337,034 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,074,379.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $9.0M to $12M (+37%).
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 71% · 2018 75% · 2019 75% · 2020 69% · 2021 76% · 2022 82% · 2023 90% · 2024 82% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Trisha Wilkins
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Les Askelson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $15k → $68k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.0M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Iowa Community Action Association). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP’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
NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 48% · 2021 51% · 2022 42% · 2023 47% — 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
45% of NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP'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
99% of NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$33.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$16k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Neicac Housing Investors LLC · disregarded
- Neicac Senior Housing Limited Partnership · disregarded
- Decorah Woolen Mill LP · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP?
- NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP (Iowa) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,715 to it, the largest being BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC ($219,227). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $754,715 in grants to NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP?
- BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $219,227 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP 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 15 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