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THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION

THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,100 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($79,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$99k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$165k
Net assets
$246k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What The Fairfield Parks and Recreation Foundation does

Mission

To foster awareness, appreciation, and promotion of recreation and recreational opportunities and activities in and around jefferson county, iowa.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The Fairfield Parks and Recreation Foundation (ffpr) provides support for local recreationally focused non-profit organizations within the fairfield community. In the current year, the ffpr supported projects within fairfield including, but not limited to:the maintenance and upkeep of community parks,the addition of a disc golf course and playground, and new restroom facilities in chataqua park. Thousands of citizens from fairfield and surrounding communities benefit from the projects initiated and supported by The Fairfield Parks and Recreation Foundation.

    $52,916 spentof which $52,916 as grants
    81% of program spending
  2. The Fairfield Parks and Recreation Foundation (ffpr) coordinates a youth basketball program for students in fairfield and surrounding communities. This includes hosting a youth basketball tournament for 4th-6th grade boys and girls. 400 players competed in the december 2023 tournament, and 80 volunteers assisted with the event. Funds raised from the event help support fairfield high school boys and girls basketball teams.

    $12,545 spentof which $840 as grants$13,647 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,461.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($59k) Expenses 100 ($43k) Net assets 100 ($62k)2022 Revenue 686 ($402k) Expenses 224 ($95k) Net assets 732 ($457k)2023 Revenue 604 ($354k) Expenses 222 ($94k) Net assets 1185 ($739k)2024 Revenue 44 ($26k) Expenses 160 ($68k) Net assets 1130 ($705k)2025 Revenue 169 ($99k) Expenses 1306 ($556k) Net assets 394 ($246k)
20172022202320242025
Revenue (169)Expenses (1306)Net assets (394)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $705k to $246k (−65%).

$62k
$457k
$739k
$705k
$246k
20172022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

70% of THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
$307k
’22
$260k
’23
−$42k
’24
−$457k
’25
106
months of
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.

202220232024
Listed786
Joined·+2+0
No longer listed·12
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $15k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION’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 FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

59% 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 FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION.

48%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 53% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

59% of THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION'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 $68k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Iowa funders.

IA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’23
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−462% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

65%

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 FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION?
THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,100 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($79,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $165,100 in grants to THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $79,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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