Iowa Alliance for Arts Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421344840
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hampton, IA, United States
Phone
641-425-0959
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,918
Expenses
$125,385
Assets
$103,434
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEON KUEHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LEON KUEHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JAYSON GERTH (CHAIR)
  • HELEN DURANLEAU-BRENNAN (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

• Provide assistance in proactive and reactive advocacy to maintain quality arts programs. In addition, we have an active, working board including members from arts education and other community arts education supporters. Our Executive Director represents all members at various conferences, collaborations, partnerships and communications to advance our mission at a state and national level. The primary mission of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE) is to increase awareness, recognition, and support of policies, practices, and partnerships that ensure and advance quality arts education for all Iowans. IAAE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

What it reported doing in 2024

A.promoting the arts through programs in the fields of advocacy, mentorship and professional development: in response to the needs of beginning teachers, iaae allowed an unlimited number of in-person and virtual mentor visits for the 2024-2025 school year. We had a record-breaking year, with 454 mentor visits completed, with 80% of these visits going to teachers in rural schools. We served 120 beginning teachers in 63 counties. The scholarship amount ($500 payment of professional dues/attendance at professional conferences) was made available to all first and second year teachers. Over $11,640 in scholarships were awarded to teachers from 5 arts education organizations

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.