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Updated April 2026

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Nonprofits in Iowa City, Iowa

1 nonprofits headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa report combined revenue of $167.6M on their most recent IRS Form 990 filings, with an average Efficiency Score of 63/100. Use the directory below to compare individual organizations by program ratio, CEO compensation, and reserves.

Iowa City, Iowa hosts 1 nonprofits filing IRS Form 990, with a combined $167.6M in reported revenue. The largest is State University Of Iowa Foundation at $167.6M in revenue.

City-level nonprofit concentration usually reflects either a large hospital or university system based in the city, plus the smaller community organizations that operate alongside them. Reading the sector concentration tells you more than the raw count. Each organization below links to its full Form 990 profile — revenue history, expense breakdown, CEO compensation, and an efficiency grade against the LakeQuality rubric.

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Nonprofits
$167.6M
Combined Revenue
63/100
Avg Efficiency

What Iowa City’s Numbers Show

Iowa City, Iowa has a smaller nonprofit footprint on NonprofitTruth, with 1 organizations whose IRS Form 990 lists this city as the principal office. The largest single category by revenue is Education.

Iowa City, Iowa is home to 1 of the nonprofits we track. City pages aggregate organizations whose IRS Form 990 lists this city as the principal office — local affiliates of national networks may also operate here without appearing in this list.

The 1 Iowa City nonprofits in this view together report $167.6M in combined annual revenue on their most recent IRS Form 990 filings. Median revenue is $167.6M, and the simple average is $167.6M — a gap that reflects the long-tail distribution typical of the nonprofit sector, where a handful of large organizations account for most aggregate dollars.

Across the 1 Iowa City nonprofits we track, 0 earn an A and 0 earn a B on the Efficiency Score (combined 0% in the top two tiers, with A-grade organizations alone at 0%). Another 1 land at C, 0 at D, and 0 at F — a combined 0% in the bottom two tiers based on program ratio, reserves, growth consistency, and CEO-comp ratio drawn from each organization's most recent Form 990.

Executive compensation detail is reported on Schedule J of the Form 990 and is not always present for every organization in this list — particularly the smaller filers using Form 990-EZ.

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Charities in Iowa City

How to Read a Local Nonprofit’s Form 990

City-level pages aggregate organizations whose principal office is in Iowa City. That includes locally founded charities, regional affiliates that file independently, and national organizations whose headquarters happen to sit here. Reading any one organization’s 990 starts with Part I (summary), then Part VIII (revenue), Part IX (functional expenses, where the program ratio comes from), and Part VII / Schedule J (compensation).

The NonprofitTruth Efficiency Score is a 0–100 composite that summarizes four signals from the Form 990: program-spending ratio (50% of the score), revenue-growth consistency over multiple years (20%), months of fund reserves on the balance sheet (20%), and CEO compensation as a share of revenue (10%). The grade A–F mapping is purely descriptive — it summarizes the financial structure that the 990 reveals, not the social impact, program quality, or outcomes of the work the organization does. Donors evaluating impact should pair these financial signals with program-level evaluations from sources like Charity Navigator, GiveWell, or the organization's own audited reports.

Many smaller Iowa City organizations file the abbreviated Form 990-EZ. The EZ form does not require the same level of compensation detail as the full 990, so the CEO-pay column may be blank for some entries even when the organization has paid leadership.

Source Data and Verification

All financials on this page come from each organization's IRS Form 990 — the federal information return that 501(c)(3) public charities, private foundations, and most other tax-exempt organizations must file annually. The Form 990 is a public document. We ingest it primarily through the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed, which mirrors the IRS Tax-Exempt Organization Search dataset. Original e-file XML and PDF copies of any return can be looked up directly at the IRS, ProPublica, or the Candid (formerly GuideStar) directory.

For every Iowa City organization listed above, the underlying Form 990 is available free of charge from the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search, the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, or the Candid (GuideStar) directory.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many nonprofits are based in Iowa City, Iowa?

1 organizations whose IRS Form 990 lists Iowa City, Iowa as the principal office address are currently in the NonprofitTruth database. Combined annual revenue is $167.6M, drawn from each organization's most recent 990 filing.

What's the most common nonprofit category in Iowa City?

By aggregate revenue, the largest category among Iowa City nonprofits in our dataset is Education. Click any organization in the list to see its NTEE classification and full Form 990 detail.

Are these the only nonprofits operating in Iowa City?

No — this list shows only organizations whose Form 990 lists Iowa City as the principal office address. National charities with active programs in Iowa City that headquarter elsewhere are listed under their home cities. Local affiliates and chapters of national networks may not appear in this list at all if they file under the parent organization's EIN.

What does the average Efficiency Score of 63/100 mean?

It means that, averaged across the 1 organizations on this page, the typical Iowa City nonprofit lands at 63/100 on the NonprofitTruth Efficiency Score. The score weights program-spending ratio (50%), revenue-growth consistency (20%), reserves (20%), and CEO-comp ratio (10%). It is descriptive of financial structure on the 990, not of program impact.

Where can I see the original Form 990 for these charities?

Click any organization in the list to open its profile, which lists the source filing year. From there the full return is available free at the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search and at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

1 nonprofits headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa report combined revenue of $167.6M on their most recent IRS Form 990 filings, with an average Efficiency Score of 63/100. Use the directory below to compare individual organizations by program ratio, CEO compensation, and reserves.