Iowa Restaurant Association
Trade association to educate and support members in the service industry.
Iowa Restaurant Association at a glance
In short: Iowa Restaurant Association gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,000
- -75.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,000
- -75.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $197,272
- -4.3% vs 2024
- 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.
Who Iowa Restaurant Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Iowa Restaurant Assoc Ed Foundatio ($10K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Iowa Restaurant Association gives
- Giving fell 62% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2019) to $40K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Restaurant Assoc Ed Foundatio West Des Moines, IA | Assist Nonprofit | $10,000 |
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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 | $197,272 | $921,673 | $921,021 | $10,000 | 1 | $15,573 |
| 2024 | $206,061 | $852,052 | $878,089 | $40,000 | 1 | $26,008 |
| 2023 | $249,159 | $780,297 | $878,188 | $10,000 | 1 | $4,868 |
| 2022 | $289,803 | $784,480 | $832,377 | $26,500 | 1 | $4,070 |
| 2021 | $361,923 | $803,101 | $689,396 | $24,000 | 1 | $8,634 |
| 2020 | $247,638 | $640,491 | $616,091 | $6,000 | 1 | $3,577 |
| 2019 | $225,071 | $714,163 | $694,821 | $5,000 | Total only | $3,425 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Iowa Restaurant Association
Based on IRS filings
Iowa Restaurant Association is a public charity, based in West Des Moines, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $197K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $16K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Iowa Restaurant Association is led by John Ferguson, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 1 of 22 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
John Ferguson
Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Bret Petersen
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jeremy Thompson
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Joe McConville
Director
Dsecretary & T → Chair, 2022
Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Matt Johnson
Director
Past Chair → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Steve Casteel
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Zeph Leaton
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Alexis Lundgren
Director
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Kyle Dehmlow
Director
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Russell Vannorsdel
Director
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Jeanine Buckingham
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Marty Hayes
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Dominic Iannarelli
Director
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Heidi Baratta
Director
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Brandon Uehran
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Jesus Lopez
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Mike Wehr
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Arturo Mora
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Don Garrett
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Robyn Trostel
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Jessica Dunker
Executive Di
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$111K (2019) → $153K (2025)
May Schaben
Vice President
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Former officers (20)
- Former: Robyn McSheehy (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Ross Groenweg (2022–2024) — Chair
- Former: Amy Walsh (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Jacob Kendall (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Paul Kay (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Mehmen (2023) — Director
- Former: Kris Kay (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Millisa Reynolds (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Sarah Pritchard (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Scott Carlson (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Doug Goettsch (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Alex Banasik (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Christina Moffatt (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Darin Beck (2019–2021) — Immediate Pa
- Former: Jeff Duncan (2019–2021) — Immediate Pa
- Former: Lauren Doll-Sheeder (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mike Holmes (2019–2021) — Past Chair
- Former: Ryan Achterhoff (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Brad Korkow (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sam Jennison (2019) — 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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $153K, to Jessica Dunker (Executive Di).
Frequently asked questions about Iowa Restaurant Association
How much does Iowa Restaurant Association give each year?
Iowa Restaurant Association gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $40K across 1 grant.
How large is Iowa Restaurant Association?
Iowa Restaurant Association reported $197K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $922K.
Where does Iowa Restaurant Association operate?
Iowa Restaurant Association has awarded grants in Iowa.
What is Iowa Restaurant Association's EIN?
Iowa Restaurant Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-0637480. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 30, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 20, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 23, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
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