Iowa · Nonprofit
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,021,842 to it, the largest being CHARLES W WILSON AND NORMA J WILSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,006,349). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Red Oak Heritage Foundation does
Mission
To receive, administer and dispurse funds for charitable or educational purposes that will promote the mental, moral, intellectual, artistic and physical improvement and well being of the inhabitants of the
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Contributions to local organization to restore and preserve a historic burlington northern train depot.
$4,429 spentof which $4,429 as grants1% of program spendingContributions to organizations that promotes a stronger, healthier and more economically vibrant community.
$349,631 spentof which $4,500 as grants$54,033 earned by the program98% of program spendingScholarships to local students
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $356,060.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $2.0M (+55%).
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.
40% of RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $175k → $841k.
From the IRS filings of RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION’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
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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: 2021 100% · 2022 99% — broadly stable.
“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
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 3 states in all.
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
RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION: 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 RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,021,842 to it, the largest being CHARLES W WILSON AND NORMA J WILSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,006,349). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,021,842 in grants to RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION?
- CHARLES W WILSON AND NORMA J WILSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,006,349 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED OAK HERITAGE FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), 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