Iowa Shares

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421392199
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Iowa City, IA, USA
Phone
3193381446
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,750
Expenses
$80,035
Assets
$33,495
Liabilities
$277

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN LEUTHAUSER (PRESIDENT)
  • CARRIE LANE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN LEUTHAUSER (PRESIDENT)
  • CARRIE LANE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JO DILLON (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

Federated fundraising campaign

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide ongoing funding through workplace fundraisingfor members non-profit organizations in Iowa which areactive in community improvment, social change and citizen education

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 95% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 69.8%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 69.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.