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Iowa Community Action Association

Foundation · Grantmaker Des Moines, IA EIN: 42-1183068 Website

Educating, advocating for, and connecting community action agencies to amplify a unified voice in service of iowans facing economic hardship.

Key facts about Iowa Community Action Association

In short: Iowa Community Action Association gave $1.8M across 18 grants in 2025 (avg $99K), mostly in Iowa. 44% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
42-1183068
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,780,008
Grants made (2025)
18
Average grant
$98,889
Median grant
$71,731
New grantees (estimate)
44% first-time grantees (8 of 18, 2025)
Total assets
$534,134
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$534K

-55.9% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.8M

+65.7% YoY

Grant Count

18

+12.5% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$99K

+47.3% YoY

Is Iowa Community Action Association open to new grantees?

44%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 8 of 18 grantees (44%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $112K; repeat grants $89K. How we count

Medians: $93K first-time, $64K repeat.

  • 56% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 30% from 2022 to 2025. 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.

About Iowa Community Action Association

Based on IRS filings

Iowa Community Action Association is a nonprofit organization focused on Human Services, based in Des Moines, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $534K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 18 grants totaling $1.8M. Net investment income was $2K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of all 18 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

States

Cities

WaterlooBurlingtonCharitonCrestonDavenportDecorahDes MoinesGraettingerHarlanHiawathaMarshalltownMason CityOttumwaRemsenSioux CityCarrolDubuqueCarrollCedar Rapids

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M17 grants201917 grants202017 grants202116 grants202216 grants202316 grants202418 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Upper Des Moines Opportunity: $260KUpper Des Moines Opportunity$260KSieda Community Action: $210KSieda Community Action$210KHawkeye Area Community Action: $207KHawkeye Area Community Action$207KCommunity Action of Southeast Iowa: $149KCommunity Action of SoutheastIowa$149KImpact Community Action: $125KImpact Community Action$125KYoung Parents Network Inc: $114KYoung Parents Network Inc$114KWest Central Community Action: $109KWest Central Community Action$109KSouth Central Iowa Community Action: $94KSouth Central Iowa CommunityAction$94KNorth Iowa Community Action: $72KNorth Iowa Community Action$72KCommunity Action of Siouxland: $72KCommunity Action of Siouxland$72K

Grant Size Distribution

83 grants across all recorded years

32<$50K26$50–100K19$100–250K5$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY Graettinger, IARENT ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE$260,240
SIEDA COMMUNITY ACTION Ottumwa, IADIAPER, DISASTER AND FISCAL AGENT$210,470
HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION Hiawatha, IARENT ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE$207,233
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA Burlington, IARENT ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL DISASTER RELIEF$148,763
IMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION Des Moines, IARENT ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE$124,854
YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK INC Cedar Rapids, IARENT ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE$113,558
WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION Harlan, IADISASTER ASSISTANCE$108,934
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION Chariton, IARENT ASSISTANCE, DISASTER ASSISTANCE$93,840
NORTH IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION Mason City, IADISASTER RELIEF AND CASE MANAGEMENT$71,916
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SIOUXLAND Sioux City, IARENT ASSISTANCE$71,546

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$2M$4M$6M$8M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$534,134$1,211,871$1,000,836
Revenue$2,309,294$3,730,016$2,638,595
Expenses$2,316,006$3,603,500$2,688,042
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$1,892$3,921$3,955
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Iowa Community Action Association is led by Katherine Riley Harrington, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Katherine Riley Harrington

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $74K (2022) → $101K (2025)

  • Trisha Wilkins

    President

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anne Bacon

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barb Grant

    Director

    President → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Dunn

    Director

    Vice President → President, 2021

    President → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Clarissa Thompson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jane Drapeaux

    Director

    Treasurer → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jean Logan

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sheri Wilson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wendy Mueller

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danna Buls

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Edwards

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Harpenau

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Sheridan

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brenda Fry

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Jensen

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Davis

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (9)
  • Former: Dick Sievers (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: John Murphy (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Roger Pavey (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jamey Whitney (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lana Shope (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Ron Ludwig (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Myra Thompson (2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Dick Goerdt (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: John Wilson (2019–2020) — Director

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

Katherine Riley Harrington — Executive Director: $101KKatherine Riley…Executive Director$101K

Frequently asked questions about Iowa Community Action Association

How much does Iowa Community Action Association give each year?

Iowa Community Action Association gave $1.8M across 18 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 16 grants.

What is Iowa Community Action Association's typical grant size?

Iowa Community Action Association's median grant in 2025 was $71,731, and its average grant was $98,889, across 18 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Iowa Community Action Association that year got $112K on average.

Where does Iowa Community Action Association give grants?

Iowa Community Action Association 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 Waterloo, IA (2 grants).

Does Iowa Community Action Association give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 18 grants with a stated purpose on Iowa Community Action Association's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Rent Assistance, Individual Disaster Assistance" (6 grants).

Who are Iowa Community Action Association's largest grantees?

Iowa Community Action Association's largest 2025 grantees include Upper Des Moines Opportunity ($260,240), Sieda Community Action ($210,470) and Hawkeye Area Community Action ($207,233), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 38% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Iowa Community Action Association?

Iowa Community Action Association reported $534K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.3M.

What is Iowa Community Action Association?

Iowa Community Action Association is a nonprofit organization focused on Human Services, based in Des Moines, IA. It holds $534K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Iowa Community Action Association's EIN?

Iowa Community Action Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-1183068. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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