Iowa · Nonprofit
SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC
SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,500 to it, the largest being BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $847k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $138k
- Net assets
- $340k
What Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to preserve and tell the story of american agriculture and its global significance through partnerships and activities that celebrate the land, people, and the communities of the area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Partnership site support: silos & smokestacks national heritage area (ssnha)works to present the complete story of america's agriculture and agricultural industry to residents and visitors through balanced and cohesive interpretation across the heritage area. Sites and activities develop and interpret the story that defines the ssnha. This work requires preservation and conservation of key resources that tell the story. Work includes developing and implementing strategies for how the story is shared with residents and the public, as well as how partners build capacity, interpretation, preservation, conservation and seamless experiences.
$233,859 spentof which $60,459 as grants$1,336 earned by the program28% of program spendingIncrease public awareness, interest and visitation to the heritage area: this work focuses on increasing public awareness of ssnha in order to increase visits to sites and communities. The interpretive story of american agriculture embodied in the sites in the heritage area will be proudly told to the public. Work addresses the need to communicate more widely the existence and significance of a nationally endorsed agricultural heritage experience and build agricultural and heritage tourism in northeast iowa.
$369,800 spent$42,610 earned by the program44% of program spendingBuild local community capacity: work addresses the opportunity that communities in the ssnha have to build upon the synergy of working together to draw people from around the world to northeast iowa where visitors can learn about the agricultural heritage of the country. The stories are told through conservation and preservation of the cultural and historical amenities in northeast iowa, while enhancing the economic viability of ssnha communities and preserving their history and culture.
$54,941 spent$450 earned by the program7% of program spendingSustain the silos & smokestacks organization: cultivate existing and new partnerships at many levels for a variety of resources to assure that ssnha matures as an economic, interpretive and preservation force, including obtaining and allocating funding to support ssnha projects. Ssnha continually networks and builds partnership to connect public and private interests to support all aspects of heritage development ultimately adding to the vigor of the region's economy.
$173,615 spent$995 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $832,215.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $640k to $760k (+19%).
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: 2020 84% · 2021 95% · 2022 96% · 2023 86% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $103k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 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
SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 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
SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC is better cushioned than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.
- Department of the Interior$6.4M
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 SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 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.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC?
- SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,500 to it, the largest being BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $137,500 in grants to SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC?
- BLACK HAWK COUNTY GAMING ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SILOS & SMOKESTACKS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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