Iowa · Nonprofit
RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE
RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,452 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($232,452). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $716k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $232k
- Net assets
- $182k
What Rural Employment Alternative does
Mission
The mission of Rural Employment Alternatives, Inc. ("REA, Inc.") is to provide meaningful community access opportunities, classes and daily living skills programming to individuals who experience mental and physical disabilities and require supervision and assistance. The agency empowers each individual to identify possibilities, become self-advocates and achieve their dreams.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Day Habilitation programming provided by Rural Employment Alternatives, Inc. (REA, Inc.) includes training in the areas of social skills, communication, basic academics, daily living skills, promotion of health and wellness, leisure or recreational activities, art appreciation and volunteerism. For the year ending June 30, 2025, the agency provided 7301 days of Day Habilitation services to 49 adults. Absenteeism rates average 8%. REA's Day Habilitation program focused on community integration. Community integration assists individuals in optimizing their personal and social competency to live and interact successfully in the community. Out of 7301 days of Day Habilitation services, 5705 days, or 78% of the programming was community-based. 570 Ninety - Five Percent of the Day Habilitation program participants spent 51% or more (a majority) of their days in community-based Day Habilitation programming.
$552,390 spent$652,684 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $552,390.
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 2021 to 2022, from $376k to $512k (+36%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 43% · 2022 35% · 2023 3% · 2024 0% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $32k → $23k.
From the IRS filings of RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
100% of RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE'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.
Organizations like RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE
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
81% 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 RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE?
- RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,452 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($232,452). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $232,452 in grants to RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE?
- UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $232,452 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RURAL EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVE 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 2 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