Iowa Healthiest State Initiative

Analysis

Iowa Healthiest State Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Iowa Healthiest State Initiative reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $541k to $1.7m (+219%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 230%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Iowa Healthiest State Initiative sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fenix Family Health Center Inc ($1.7m), Mental Health Association of Southern Tier Inc ($1.7m) and The Hornbuckle Foundation ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $202k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $315k. At year end it held assets of $806k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $806k. It reported 7 employees.