Iowa · Nonprofit
SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC
SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,185 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($35,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Systems Unlimited Inc does
Mission
Partnering with people who have disibilities and mental health needs to advance their personal independence, dignity and growth. Systems unlimited will set the standard for services that remove barrieres to independence and inspire the people we serve to achieve their personal success. Our core values are: we believe everyone is important, we act with integrity, we support the right to make choices, we value constant learning, and we embrace diversity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supported living services: provides supported community living services to children and adults in their own homes, either by themselves or with roommates. Services can be provided through the home and community based medicaid waivers, habilitation or chapter 24. Support services are individualized for each person, however some common areas of support and skill development include: self care, daily living skills, community skills, social skills, communication skills, and medical support. 388 individuals were supported in the 2025 fiscal year.
$34,991,909 spent$43,932,389 earned by the program90% of program spendingEmployment systems: (es) provides supported employment, prevocational and day habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities and similar service needs. Many staff are trained to work specifically with individuals with autism and significant behavioral needs. 240 individuals were supported in the 2025 fiscal year.
$3,902,682 spent$2,153,119 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,894,591.
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 2017 to 2018, from $13M to $17M (+32%).
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 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 6% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $10k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 SYSTEMS UNLIMITED 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
SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 82% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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
93% of SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside Iowa, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SYSTEMS UNLIMITED 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Systems Unlimited Building Corp · exempt
- Systems Sandusky Group Home Inc - · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC: 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 SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC?
- SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,185 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($35,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $67,185 in grants to SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SYSTEMS UNLIMITED INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SYSTEMS UNLIMITED 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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