Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) is a public charity based in Hiawatha, Iowa. Founded in 1965, it works to help people build skills and strengthen communities through programs addressing needs including food, housing, children and families, energy, and financial stability.
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc at a glance
In short: Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc gave $14.7M across 95 grants in 2025 (avg $154K), mostly in Iowa. 46% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $14,668,715
- -21.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 95
- -39.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $154,408
- +28.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $41,943
- Total assets
- $14,768,023
- +4.4% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 46% first-time grantees (44 of 95, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 1515 Hawkeye Drive, Hiawatha, IA 52233
Phone: (319) 393-7811
Website: https://hacap.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Community ($3.0M). Together the top 10 received $10.1M.
Grant Size Distribution
685 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 438 grants of 685 (64%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
HACAP’s website says its service area expanded to nine Eastern Iowa counties in 2020: Linn, Johnson, Benton, Jones, Dubuque, Delaware, Washington, Jackson, and Iowa. All grant dollars reported for filing year 2025 went to recipients in Iowa.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 95 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc open to new grantees?
46%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 44 of 95 grantees (46%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $115K; repeat grants $188K. How we count
Medians: $39K first-time, $44K repeat.
- 48% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+17%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $11.2M (2019) to $18.8M (2024). In 2025 it made 95 grants totaling $14.7M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Iowa City, IA | Feed Those in Need | $3,017,792 |
| Coralville Community Food Pantry Coralville, IA | Feed Those in Need | $1,578,343 |
| North Liberty Community Pantry North Liberty, IA | Feed Those in Need | $1,288,344 |
| United We March Forward-Hames Cedar Rapids, IA | Feed Those in Need | $1,043,284 |
| Together We Achieve Cedar Rapids, IA | Feed Those in Need | $816,419 |
| The Well - Church of God 7TH Day Marion, IA | Feed Those in Need | $581,009 |
| St Andrew Presbyterian Church Iowa City, IA | Feed Those in Need | $565,300 |
| Metro Catholic Outreach Cedar Rapids, IA | Feed Those in Need | $488,406 |
| The Storehouse Food Pantry Washington, IA | Feed Those in Need | $395,432 |
| Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center Cedar Rapids, IA | Feed Those in Need | $363,390 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,768,023 | $58,185,167 | $58,696,989 | $14,668,715 | 95 | $124,986 |
| 2024 | $14,146,302 | $56,590,674 | $56,567,991 | $18,776,345 | 156 | $33,417 |
| 2023 | $14,503,249 | $54,492,934 | $55,040,893 | $17,218,057 | 157 | $24,998 |
| 2022 | $14,892,193 | $63,434,127 | $62,494,297 | $12,590,004 | 147 | $13,606 |
| 2021 | $13,151,350 | $48,804,590 | $46,895,351 | $11,782,518 | 130 | $13,181 |
| 2020 | $9,556,969 | $44,043,091 | $41,399,291 | $12,013,964 | 117 | $2,936 |
| 2019 | $6,742,963 | $36,843,471 | $37,069,018 | $11,245,816 | 79 | $37,788 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
HACAP’s mission is “helping people develop the skills to become successful and build strong communities.” Its strategic initiatives include affordable housing, child and family life, food security, financial stability, agency excellence, and responding to emerging needs.
The organization’s 2024 filing describes services in food and nutrition, children, energy, and homelessness. These include channeling food to community outlets, nutrition and health services, Head Start and Early Head Start, child-care support, energy assistance and weatherization, and housing and other support for people experiencing homelessness.
Its 2025 grants included food-insecurity work. For example, the Coralville Community Food Pantry says its mission is to build a stronger, healthier, hunger-free Coralville community; North Liberty Community Pantry says it connects neighbors with food, clothing, resources, and services. Together We Achieve describes uniting people and resources to distribute food and other essentials, while Linn Community Food Bank says it provides emergency groceries to people in need in Linn County.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, HACAP reported 95 grants totaling $14,668,715. Grant amounts ranged from $5,105 to $3,017,792, with a median of $41,943. The filing lists the grants’ purpose as “FEED THOSE IN NEED” for the largest awards.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $3,017,792 to Community in Iowa City, $1,578,343 to Coralville Community Food Pantry, $1,288,344 to North Liberty Community Pantry, $1,043,284 to United We March Forward-Hames in Cedar Rapids, and $816,419 to Together We Achieve. Other listed awards included $581,009 to The Well - Church of God 7th Day, $565,300 to St Andrew Presbyterian Church, and $488,406 to Metro Catholic Outreach.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists John Brandt as president, Rae Ann Gordon as vice-president, Wayne Manternach as treasurer through September 2025, and Lynette Jacoby as secretary. It also lists Gary Bierschenk as a board member through February 2025, along with Karen Breitbach, Ron Collins, Ashley Cram, Nick D'Amico, and Julie Griep as board members.
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc is led by Jane Drapeaux, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2019; 3 of 27 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jane Drapeaux
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$135K (2019) → $168K (2025)
John Brandt
President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mitchel Finn
Chief Operating Officer
Deputy Executive Director → Chief Operating Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$104K (2019) → $133K (2025)
Jason Fisher
Chief Financial Officer
Board Member → Chief Financial Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$103K (2024) → $118K (2025)
Bob Yoder
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Thielen
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Rodenberg
Board Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynette Jacoby
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wayne Manternach
Treasurer
Secretary → Treasurer, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Hamel
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Breitbach
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Roussell
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rae Ann Gordon
Vice President
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ron Collins
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick D'amico
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan O'Connor
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Bierschenk
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Griep
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ned Rohwedder
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Pace
Board Member
Board Member & See Sch O → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denine Rushing
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Steines
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Cram
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darrick Hall
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Majeski
Chief Operating Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Kemper
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ron Tippett
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (30)
- Former: James McGoldrick (2019–2024) — CFO
- Former: Rick Primmer (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kristen Wubben (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jasmin Pottebaum (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Brittney Manternach (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Heather White (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Melanie Nollsch (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: John Schlarmann (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Iyana Leach (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Liesl May (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kaitlyn Love (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Carrie O'Connor (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Katelyn Wolfe (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Kyle Milroy (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Nancy Foley (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Sunshine Candler (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Bruce Adams (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Karina Hutchison (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Setterh (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Sr Susan O'Connor (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Janele Brown (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Katelyn Woodward (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Rachel Waldrop (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Raeann Gordon (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jami Puetz (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Hixson (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Michelle Osborn (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Nate Jensema (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Sonji Hill (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Tom Petersen (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $168K, to Jane Drapeaux (Chief Executive Officer). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc
How much does Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc give each year?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc gave $14.7M across 95 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $18.8M across 156 grants.
What is Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's typical grant size?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's median grant in 2025 was $41,943, and its average grant was $154,408, across 95 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc that year got $115K on average.
Where does Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc give grants?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc gives mostly in Iowa: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Cedar Rapids, IA (40 grants), Iowa City, IA (16 grants), North Liberty, IA (3 grants) and Marion, IA (3 grants).
Does Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 95 grants with a stated purpose on Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Feed Those in Need" (95 grants).
Who are Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's largest grantees?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Community ($3,017,792), Coralville Community Food Pantry ($1,578,343) and North Liberty Community Pantry ($1,288,344), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 40% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc reported $14.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $58.2M.
What does Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc fund?
HACAP’s mission is “helping people develop the skills to become successful and build strong communities.” Its strategic initiatives include affordable housing, child and family life, food security, financial stability, agency excellence, and responding to emerging needs. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check hacap.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's EIN?
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-0898405. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 10, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 6, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 1, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 31, 2025)
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