Iowa · Nonprofit
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,440 to it, the largest being THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ($126,877). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $228k
- Net assets
- $140k
What The Conservation Foundation of Jefferson County Iowa does
Mission
To fund the efforts of the jefferson county conservation board while they enhance and defend our natural resources for the benefit of our current and future citizens. By interpreting these resources and educating the community, they seek to instill a desire of stewardship for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The purchase of supplies and equipment in support of the jefferson county conservation board. The conservation board works to enhance the quality of life in jefferson county iowa by acquiring, developing, and managing public areas so that its citizens will have opportunities for quality outdoor recreation experiences, and to cultivate good land stewardship through natural history and environmental education activities.
$940 spent1% of program spendingThe trails council's mission is to build, construct, and maintain a network of trails for public use and enjoyment, and to promote, inform, and educate the general public about the trail system. Current activities of the trails council includes an annual scavenger hunt, maintenance of the kiosks and signage along the fairfield loop trail, updating and distributing the fairfield loop trails map, and hosting volunteer work days, the trails council spends 25% of its time on each of these respective four activities.
$86,056 spentof which $77,150 as grants99% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,996.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars.
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.
99% of THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $24k → $67k.
From the IRS filings of THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA’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
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
56% 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 THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA'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
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA?
- THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,440 to it, the largest being THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ($126,877). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $228,440 in grants to THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA?
- THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $126,877 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA 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 2021–2025), 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