Iowa · Nonprofit
REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION
REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION (Iowa) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,508,638 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($994,433). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action does
Mission
Our mission is to help refugees expand their world of possibilities through advocacy, education, and community development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Riva americorps (formerly rise americorps) is an iowa-based national service program that strengthens the economic capacity and self-sufficiency of immigrants through community service. Riva americorps addresses barriers to economic opportunity and advancement for refugees and immigrants. Barriers may include literacy (e.g. Digital, tech, reading), language, lack of familiarity with hiring processes (e.g. Applications, cover letter, interviews), lack of networking opportunities, among others. Americorps members assist community members with workforce readiness education, training and support services so individuals can develop skills, gain confidence and become assets in their community for those facing similar hurdles to opportunity and stability. Riva americorps also helps to bridge the gap between chronic work shortages across the state and an untapped wealth of talent in the refugee and immigrant communities.
$871,240 spentof which $79,634 as grants29% of program spendingEmbarc programs serve diverse ethnic groups from burma to provide essential linguistic and culturally appropriate services to iowa refugee and immigrant community members through peer-to-peer education, case management, systems advocacy, and community development. Specific areas include (1) early childhood parent and family support; (2) crisis advocacy and referral services; many clients also received employment navigation support and increased wages; and (3) esl citizenship classes to assist with citizen applications.
$1,193,718 spentof which $288,176 as grants$119,499 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe health equity campaign emphasizes building the power of people at the grassroots level to demand and win health system policy change and address barriers to care for immigrant and refugee community members. The key areas of focus for the campaign are vaccine uptake, mental health, social determinants of health, medicaid and support services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by organizing with an intersectional approach and forging relationships with a network of diverse stakeholders, several coalitions have successfully been formed to reach multiple populations that will benefit greatly from advocacy and increased access to social services. Forged at the outset of the covid-19 pandemic, these coalitions have hosted clinics, expanded vaccination opportunities, disseminated at-home testing kits, provided training, curated a library of multilingual educational resources, and supported local health departments.
$912,710 spentof which $220,338 as grants$42,815 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,977,668.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.2M to $2.0M (+70%).
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 68% · 2018 63% · 2019 57% · 2020 63% · 2021 33% · 2022 59% · 2023 68% · 2024 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Henny Ohr
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $124k → $520k.
6 of 31 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.
From the IRS filings of REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% 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 REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 31% · 2019 49% · 2020 32% · 2021 25% · 2022 32% · 2023 32% — 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
32% of REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
60% of REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $591k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.8M
- Department of Justice$600k
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 REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION
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
96% 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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Questions and answers
- Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION?
- REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION (Iowa) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,508,638 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($994,433). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $4,508,638 in grants to REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $994,433 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing