Iowa Chamber Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823376034
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5158830925
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,994
Expenses
$163,684
Assets
$26,137

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOHN HALL (CHAIR)
  • TIFFANY TAUSCHECK (VICE CHAIR)
  • CHRIS LAFERLA (Secretary)

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 promote the common business interests of its members within the meaning of section 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code by providing leadership on key issues and strategic policy recommendations by supporting proactive programs that stimulate economic growth opportunities for the entire state of Iowa and its residents.

What it reported doing in 2025

Policy development. The main function of the organization is to develop policies at the state level that stimulate strong economic growth, resulting in additional jobs and increased state and local revenues. Our member organizations work on economic development at the local level to encourage business relocation, expansion and entrepreneurship in Iowa communities. The ica helps to ensure that there are state and local tools in place to help encourage this growth. This includes working with the Iowa governor's office, the Iowa economic development authority and legislators to develop, implement and execute programs available for business attraction and expansion. This activity takes place with agencies in their offices and with legislators at the Iowa capitol. The organization utilizes contracts with lobbyists and an executive director to carry out this purpose, with assistance from the member organizations. This activity has been carried out since the inception of ica. It furthers ica's exempt purpose of promoting the common interests of its member organizations by working to coordinate statewide economic development policies with the local initiatives of our members. This work also includes coordination with other business advocacy groups such as the Iowa business council, the Iowa association of business and industry, the Iowa taxpayers association and the Iowa chapter of the national federation of independent businesses. The ica executive director collaborates with these groups to ensure a similar message and approach to business issues in the state of Iowa.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -54.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.