Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH THROUGH HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
- Income
- $17.5 million
- Spending
- $24.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 78%
- Reserves
- -16 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 43%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 149
- Highest pay
- $527,164, president & director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 30 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 595% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 37% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1578% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 20 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 251 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (3)
- $16.2 million spent. - HEALTHCARE SERVICES -IN FY25, PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND, INC. (PPHEARTLAND) SERVED 26,319 PATIENTS IN 8 HEALTH CENTERS LOCATED IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA. OUR HEALTH CENTERS IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA PROVIDED ANNUAL EXAMS; BIRTH CONTROL; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY TESTING AND OPTIONS COUNSELING; FERTILITY AWARENESS EDUCATION; BREAST/CHEST EXAMS AND MAMMOGRAPHY REFERRAL; TRANSGENDER HORMONE THERAPY; LGBTQ+ CARE; PEP FOR HIV PREVENTION AFTER EXPOSURE TO HIV; PREP FOR HIV PREVENTION; HIV TESTING, EDUCATION AND REFERRAL; SCREENING & TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR STDS/STIS, UTIS, VAGINAL AND BLADDER INFECTIONS; HPV AND HEPATITIS B VACCINATIONS; EDUCATION AND TREATMENT FOR MENOPAUSE; AND REFERRALS FOR ADDITIONAL CARE. 67.9% OF CLIENTS RECEIVING CARE WERE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS A WELL-KNOWN AND TRUSTED PROVIDER, CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING COMPASSIONATE CARE TO OUR CLIENTS IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. OUR HEALTH CENTERS SERVE AS A GATEWAY FOR OUR CLIENTS TO OTHER ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND MANY OF OUR CLIENTS REPORT THAT WE ARE THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF HEALTH CARE, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS. TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR PATIENTS WHO OFTEN FACE BARRIERS TO SERVICE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFERS WALK-IN APPOINTMENTS AND SAME DAY SCHEDULING, ONLINE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING AND TEXT OR EMAIL APPOINTMENT REMINDERS, TELEHEALTH, A CENTRALIZED REFILL CENTER, AND A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING INCLUSIVE CARE TO ALL CLIENTS.
- $1.4 million spent. - PUBLIC & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES -THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES BY INCREASING COMMUNITIES' ACCESS TO MEDICALLY ACCURATE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND RESOURCES.DURING JULY 1, 2024 - JUNE 30, 2025, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS REACHED 20,660 YOUTH AND ADULTS ACROSS IOWA AND NEBRASKA. EDUCATORS FACILITATED 986 PRESENTATIONS ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TOPICS (E.G. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, BIRTH CONTROL, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS) TO 4,707 PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY- AND SCHOOL-BASED SETTINGS. IN ADDITION, 115,953 PEOPLE WERE REACHED AT HEALTH FAIRS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
- $1.1 million spent. - PUBLIC AFFAIRS -PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF IN NEBRASKA ENGAGED VOLUNTEERS IN OVER 1,300 HOURS OF OUTREACH, ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT HEALTH CENTERS, ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND IN THE COMMUNITY DURING FY25. THIS INCLUDES PATIENT ESCORTING, GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, AND TABLING AT OUTREACH EVENTS. IN IOWA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF EDUCATED AND MOBILIZED SUPPORTERS TO ENGAGE ON ISSUES IMPACTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH THROUGHOUT FY25. IOWA STAFF ENGAGED OVER 13,000 SUPPORTERS THROUGH 1:1 MEETINGS, DAYS OF ACTION, AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING.IN FY25, OUR GENERATION ACTION PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON OUR PRIMARY PROGRAM IN LINCOLN. STUDENT LED GROUPS PRIORITIZED HANDING OUT SAFER SEX KITS AND BUILDING A CAMPUS COMMUNITY OF ADVOCATES FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. WHILE OUR STAFF PROVIDE RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TO STUDENT ORGANIZERS, OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN EXECUTING THEIR VISION FOR THE GROUP. IOWA PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF EXPANDED YOUTH AND CAMPUS ORGANIZING PROGRAM TO SIX COLLEGE CAMPUSES. YOUNG IOWANS FROM OUR PLANNED PARENTHOOD GENERATION ACTION CAMPUS CHAPTERS HOSTED EVENTS TO ENGAGE THEIR PEERS, OFFER SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION TO STUDENTS, AND BUILD COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. THE NEBRASKA RAZ PROGRAM CONTINUED IN FY25 WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING TRUST WITH LATINE COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT OUR POLICY ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND POWER BUILDING GOALS AND EVENTS ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS AND INTEREST OF LATINE AND SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEBRASKA. THIS YEAR WE PUT ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ABOUT OUR TELEHEALTH SERVICES, WHICH ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. STAFF IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE PATIENT STORYTELLERS THROUGH THE HEALTH CENTER ADVOCACY PROGRAM, BOTH THROUGH HEALTH CENTER ADVOCACY TABLES IN FOUR HEALTH CENTERS IN IOWA AND TWO IN NEBRASKA THAT ALLOW PATIENTS TO SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ADVOCACY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND THROUGH THE SPEAKERS BUREAU PROGRAM. IN LINCOLN AND OMAHA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF CONTINUED TO TRAIN SUPPORTERS TO VOLUNTEER AS HEALTH CENTER PATIENT ESCORTS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE HEALTH CENTERS. A NEW PATIENT ESCORT PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN AMES, IOWA.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable 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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
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 December 1951.
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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