Iowa Hunter Education Instructor Associa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421484315
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5159712924
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Safety Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $260,141
- Expenses
- $251,676
- Assets
- $150,230
- Liabilities
- $26
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BONNIE OLERICH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS BARTEE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BONNIE OLERICH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS BARTEE (PRESIDENT)
- AMY BUCKENDAHL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission statement of the iheia is: to promote and support huntereducation in the state of Iowa.the purpose of the iheia is to organize hunter education instructorsthroughout Iowa into an association with the following goals.a. A dedication to making hunter education available to all citizens of the stateof Iowa; b. To work with various agencies and organizations regarding the developmentand improvement of Iowa hunter education programs and wildlifeconservation; c. To provide exposure to state-of-the-art trends in hunter education; d. To promote awareness and share information regarding new developments inhunter education; ande. To provide a forum wherein members can discuss issues, propose solutions, and solicit support from the iheia. The iheia is organized exclusively for the charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the united statesinternal revenue code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision
What it reported doing in 2024
Advanced hunter education (ahe) hosts many events throughout the year. Learn to hunt programs learn to furharvest trapping, youth learn to hunt waterfowl, learn to hunt rabbits, let's go turkey hunting, displays at the Iowa state fair. Host teacher training seminars across Iowa. Officers can attend the national convention to learn about events in the outdoors and how to get people involved.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 50.6%; rating input score 51; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $251K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.