Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
TO CREATE A VIBRANT FUTURE FOR AGRICULTURE, FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $150,284
- Spending
- $115,187
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $150, vice president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- YOUTH EDUCATION EXPENSE: INVESTING IN TOMORROW'S LEADERS ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVED WITH AGRICULTURE IS IMPORTANT TO IOWA COUNTY FARM BUREAU. FOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS. THESE FOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS THAT WERE REVIEWED BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED THEIR RESPECTIVE AWARDS AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
- PUBLIC POLICY EXPENSE: MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SURFACE ISSUES FOR INCLUSION IN THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. ALL ISSUES SURFACED ARE LATER ENTERED INTO THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FOR OTHER MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE. ONCE POLICY IDEAS ARE ARRIVED AT, MEMBERS OPINIONS ON EACH ARE SOUGHT, POSITIONS ARRIVED AND THEN APPROVED.
- AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: REACHING TEACHERS REGARDING INCORPORATING AGRICULTURE INTO THEIR CURRICULUM THUS REACHING YOUTH WITH FACTUAL INFORMATION IS A PRIORITY OF IOWA COUNTY FARM BUREAU. A SHARED POSITION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH ISU EXTENSION AND A FULL-TIME PERSON IS EMPLOYED TO REACH YOUTH IN ALL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTIES. FERTILIZED EGGS AND INCUBATION EQUIPMENT WERE DISTRIBUTED BY VOLUNTEERS TO SEVEN AREA SCHOOLS IN GRADES K-2 IN THE SPRING. TEACHERS INCORPORATE THIS HANDS-ON ACTIVITY INTO A WIDE VARIETY OF THEIR CURRICULUM. CHICKS ARE THEN COLLECTED AND GIVEN TO AREA 4H MEMBERS TO SHOW IN A SPECIAL CLASS AT THE IOWA COUNTY FAIR.
- THE COMPANY HAS VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING INFORMATION TO MEMBERS ON CURRENT AGRICULTURAL ISSUES THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, MEETINGS, ETC. 1,470 MEMBERS WERE BENEFITTED IN THIS MANNER DURING 2024.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(5) labor or agricultural organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1957.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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