Iowa Arabian Horse Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 426076822
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Monticello, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3194374461
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $194,987
- Expenses
- $175,317
- Assets
- $120,855
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICK ACKERSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SEAN THURM (PAST PRESIDE)
- RICK ACKERSON (PRESIDENT)
- ISABELLA TEMPLETON (VICE-PRESIDE)
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
To foster & encourage the improvement of the arabian horse in Iowa by providing exhibition, education & promotional oppportunities. Also, to nurturing and enhancing the excellence of arabian horses in Iowa.
What it reported doing in 2025
All functional programs and events are conducted to promote all equine breeds. The arabian breed most specifically, educate & improve breeding standards.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $175K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.