Better World Fund - Iowa Division

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420869302
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Iowa City, IA, USA
Phone
3193377290
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
United Nations Association

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,132
Expenses
$42,773
Assets
$427,782
Liabilities
$1,004

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TINA CLAIR (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC ADAE (PRESIDENT)
  • JACKSON GEADELMANN (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TINA CLAIR (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JO DILLON (TREASURER)
  • ERIC ADAE (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As a subordinate chapter of the better world fund, inc., the Iowa una heightens public understanding and concern about global issues and their

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual statewide assembly was held on september 20, 2025 for our members.members were honored with awards for leadership and lifetime service. The eventfeatured a keynote address on the u.s. Aid in comparison with chinese aid policies by professor david skidmore.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.5%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.5% of revenue deployed · 15.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.