Iowa · Nonprofit
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,762 to it, the largest being NORTHEAST IOWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $414k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $236k
- Net assets
- $295k
What Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley does
Mission
To promote and support effective volunteerism and to serve as the resource and coordination center for volunteers and community partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rsvp of black hawk, buchanan, and fayette counties connects those age 55+ with opportunities to serve in the service area. This includes 366 volunteers partnering in areas like the aarp tax-aide program, reading buddies in the waterloo, independence and oelwein community school districts, and providing volunteers to 109 other community organizations.
$99,330 spent53% of program spendingThe organization educates the public on the benefits of volunteerism. Last year 21 learning opportunities were provided with 286 unique attendees throughout black hawk county operational service area.
$48,882 spent$12,650 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe organization recruits and evaluates volunteers for nonprofit, cultural, educational and recreational agencies. There were over 9,637 individuals with opportunities to serve from the 258 community partners of the vccv last year. This includes youth programs, adults, groups, employers/employees, rsvp participants, etc.
$39,154 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $187,366.
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 2019 to 2020, from $97k to $169k (+73%).
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: 2021 7% · 2023 9% · 2024 37% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% 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.
Chief executive
Lauren Finke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $47k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY’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
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 25% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 63% · 2019 77% · 2020 88% · 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 44% — 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 VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY?
- VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $235,762 to it, the largest being NORTHEAST IOWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $235,762 in grants to VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY?
- NORTHEAST IOWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOLUNTEER CENTER OF CEDAR VALLEY 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing