Iowa · Nonprofit
POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC
POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,650 to it, the largest being WILLIAM C KNAPP CHARITABLE FDN ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $41k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $37k
What Polk City Friends of the Parks Inc does
Mission
Maintain & improve the various parks within polk city, ia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provide funding for public park areas within polk city.
$27,140 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,140.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $14k to $42k (+202%).
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.
100% of POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC’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
POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC
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.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC?
- POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,650 to it, the largest being WILLIAM C KNAPP CHARITABLE FDN ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,650 in grants to POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC?
- WILLIAM C KNAPP CHARITABLE FDN is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 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