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Nonprofits in Iowa

The IRS recognises 30,203 tax-exempt organizations with a Iowa address, rank 24 of 51. 1,766 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

30,203
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
18,200
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
1,766
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
931.8
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$31,400,815,855
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
1.5%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Iowa by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1WELLS FARGO & COMPANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST$2,670,190,347
2PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACE TRACK & CASINO INC$2,532,959,229
3CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION$1,357,287,455
4CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP$1,048,590,516
5MERCY HEALTH SERVICES IOWA CORP$933,901,198
6GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM$736,077,896
7IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION$615,062,040
8ST LUKES METHODIST HOSPITAL$502,649,058
9MERCY MEDICAL CENTER$478,815,186
10VERIDIAN CREDIT UNION$459,755,519
11ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$443,098,535
12IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM$442,361,665
13SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC$438,248,210
14COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC$436,425,740
15THE TRUSTEES OF GRINNELL COLLEGE$397,436,581

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Iowa by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1VERIDIAN CREDIT UNION$7,964,809,440
2THE TRUSTEES OF GRINNELL COLLEGE$3,191,620,072
3STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION$2,294,681,117
4CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION$1,778,508,875
5CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP$1,415,294,292
6MERCY HEALTH SERVICES IOWA CORP$1,394,159,720
7LIFESPACE COMMUNITIES INC$1,338,142,264
8GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM$1,159,987,201
9IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM$1,157,835,703
10CENTRAL IOWA POWER COOPERATIVE$910,500,887

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Iowa by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES-IOWA CORP$2,471,013
2GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM$2,471,013
3MERCY HEALTH SERVICES IOWA CORP$2,471,013
4IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM$2,373,014
5IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION$2,303,102
6MERCY MEDICAL CENTER$2,020,262
7COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER INC$1,931,294
8PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACE TRACK & CASINO INC$1,873,454
9NORTHWEST IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION$1,575,998
10VERIDIAN CREDIT UNION$1,507,539

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Iowa by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Human Services201
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations171
Health Care151
Education146
Arts, Culture and Humanities63
Mutual and Membership Benefit62
Community Improvement and Capacity Building60
Housing and Shelter53
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention36
Recreation and Sports36

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Iowa by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
23Arizona31,480
25Oregon26,915

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Compared with Oregon.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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