Iowa · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,255,865 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,368,552). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 113
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $303M
What University of Northern Iowa Foundation does
Mission
The University of Northern Iowa Foundation's mission is to grow and sustain private resources and build relationships to support the university of northern iowa, its students, faculty, staff and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Departmental support for the benefit of students at the university of northern iowa - uni foundation is designated as the central fundraising agency for the university of northern iowa. Uni foundation conducts campaigns for university priorities and provides central services to support fundraising, growth of the endowment, administration, compliance, donor stewardship, and other areas.
$6,228,969 spentof which $95,326 as grants25% of program spendingScholarships, primarily for the benefit of students at the university of northern iowa - scholarship recipients are chosen by the university of northern iowa faculty, department heads, deans, financial aid officers, or a combination of these. Scholarship recipients are selected according to scholarship guidelines written at the time the scholarship is established. The University of Northern Iowa Foundation (uni foundation) administers the funds for scholarships supported by private gifts.
$7,122,223 spentof which $7,122,223 as grants29% of program spendingCapital projects to benefit the university of northern iowa - during fiscal year 2025 included the campanile renovation, dome renovations, gallagher-bluedorn performing arts center expansion.
$10,798,492 spentof which $10,798,492 as grants44% of program spendingUni alumni association
$383,825 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,533,509.
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 2022 to 2023, from $224M to $266M (+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.
71% of UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $913k → $5.1M.
35 of 113 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 113 funders by total. 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
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
63% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 28% · 2019 19% · 2020 18% · 2021 20% · 2022 16% · 2023 20% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA 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.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association · disregarded
- Univ of Northern Iowa Research Fndn · exempt
- Univ of Northern Iowa Properties Corp · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts (5) · corp_trust
- Charitable Remainder Unitrusts (5) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA 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 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,255,865 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,368,552). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 113 organizations giving $27,255,865 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION, 69 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,368,552 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA 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 113 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