Totals
- Total revenue
- $833,718
- Total expenses
- $898,748
- Contributions and grants received
- $840,695
- Grants paid
- $845,240
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $21,370
- Other revenue
- -$28,347
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,749,674
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $539,029
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,210,645
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $845,240
- Management and general expenses
- $53,508
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $845,240
Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$346,399
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$494,296
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $21,370 · excluded $21,370
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$346,399
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$28,347
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$28,347 · excluded -$28,347
-
11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $845,240 · program services $845,240
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $2,007 · management and general $2,007
-
11g · Fees: other
total $26,652 · program services $0 · management and general $26,652 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $6,429 · management and general $6,429
-
14 · Information technology
total $3,191 · management and general $3,191
-
17 · Travel
total $3,061 · management and general $3,061
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $11,448 · management and general $11,448
-
24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DUES
total $720 · program services $0 · management and general $720 · fundraising $0
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $250,358 · end of year $264,111
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $680,676 · end of year $820,972
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $93,104 · end of year $82,811
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $750 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$0
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $515,025 · end of year $581,780
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,713 · end of year $255
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $326,555 · end of year $538,774
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $654,582 · end of year $581,528
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $556,063 · end of year $629,117
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF IOWA LEGAL AID IN ACHIEVING ITS MISSION OF MAKING HOPE, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE AVAILABLE TO LOW-INCOME IOWANS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME IOWANS THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IOWA LEGAL AID.
-
THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED FUNDING TO IOWA LEGAL AID IN THE AMOUNT OF $845,240. THIS FUNDING ALLOWED IOWA LEGAL AID TO SERVE LOW-INCOME IOWANS BY PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION THAT PROTECTS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, BASIC NECESSITIES AND ACCESS TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
Expenses $845,240 · Grants $845,240
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Carla R HughesCARLA R HUGHES
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicholas SmithbergNICHOLAS SMITHBERG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $184,765
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $144,409
- Other
- $40,356
- Hours/week
- 4 + 46 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $144,409 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $10,702 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $29,654 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $184,765 related
-
Onna HouckONNA HOUCK
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sara Strain LinderSARA STRAIN LINDER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Suzan StewartSUZAN STEWART
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Angela ReierANGELA REIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anjela A ShuttsANJELA A SHUTTS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher J JessenCHRISTOPHER J JESSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David L BrownDAVID L BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David W CreaseyDAVID W CREASEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edward J Gallagher IIIEDWARD J GALLAGHER III
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Erin NathanERIN NATHAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gary StreitGARY STREIT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg KenyonGREG KENYON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hannah RogersHANNAH ROGERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer E LindbergJENNIFER E LINDBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John C PietilaJOHN C PIETILA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert WatermanROBERT WATERMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean SolbergSEAN SOLBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thad MurphyTHAD MURPHY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Timothy J KrummTIMOTHY J KRUMM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Willard L Boyd IIIWILLARD L BOYD III
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ashley JohnsonASHLEY JOHNSON
CFO BEG 10/25
- Total calculated
- $33,385
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $29,426
- Other
- $3,959
- Hours/week
- 4 + 46 related
-
Kelly MeinersKELLY MEINERS
CFO END 08/25
- Total calculated
- $131,458
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $109,459
- Other
- $21,999
- Hours/week
- 4 + 40 related
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3 PROCESS TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION
- THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS SET BY THE IOWA LEGAL AID BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AN EVALUATION PROCESS IS CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE EVALUATION INCLUDES A SELF-EVALUATION PREPARED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SURVEYS SENT TO RANDOMLY SELECTED STAFF, ASSESSMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND CONTACTS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND/OR THE ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THE SALARIES OF COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHEN MAKING ITS REVIEW. THIS REVIEW IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
$845,240
GENERAL SUPPORT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
-
501(C)(3) · LEGAL SERVICE · IA
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 8 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642519349300319
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