Iowa · Nonprofit
THE PARK FOUNDATION
THE PARK FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,038,700 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($2,038,700). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $0
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Park Foundation does
Mission
THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ENHANCE THE NONPROFIT CHARITABLE OPERATIONS OF Historic Arnolds Park, Inc., a qualified nonprofit charitable organization located in Arnolds Park, IA. Historic Arnolds Park, Inc. owns and operates the HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK AMUSEMENT PARK, QUEEN II EXCURSION BOAT AND MARITIME MUSEUM, ALL located IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO ENHANCE THE NONPROFIT CHARITABLE OPERATIONS OF Historic Arnolds Park, Inc., a qualified nonprofit charitable organization located in Arnolds Park, IA. Historic Arnolds Park, Inc. owns and operates the HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK AMUSEMENT PARK, QUEEN II EXCURSION BOAT AND MARITIME MUSEUM, ALL located IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. The Organization worked with Historic Arnolds Park, Inc. to assist in its capital campaign fund-raiser.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 2018 to 2019, from $88k to $0 (−100%).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE PARK 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.
Where its funders are
THE PARK FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.
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 THE PARK 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PARK FOUNDATION: 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 THE PARK FOUNDATION?
- THE PARK FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,038,700 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($2,038,700). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PARK FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,038,700 in grants to THE PARK FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PARK FOUNDATION?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,038,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PARK 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 1 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