FEED IOWA FIRST

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

K25

Classification

2100

Street

1506 10TH ST SE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• GROW, SHARE, NOURISH IS A GRASSROOTS PROGRAM ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY. WE GROW PRODUCE IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES WANATEE FARM, AN 11-ACRE, CHEMICAL FREE FARM IN MARION. SECOND, WE TEND TO URBAN FIELDS, SECURED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND CORPORATIONS TO TRANSFORM THEIR UNDERUTILIZED LAND INTO PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND. WE THEN DISTRIBUTE VEGETABLES IN TWO WAYS: DIRECTLY TO PANTRIES AND THROUGH OUR MOBILE PANTRY, THE VEGGIE VAN. WE WORK WITH OVER 37 PANTRIES, DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTING PRODUCE CATERED TO THE DESIRES OF THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION WANATEE:FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES AN 11-ACRE FARM IN MARION. HERE WE ENGAGES OVER 100 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY TO CULTIVATE FRESH PRODUCE, IN TOTAL YIELDING 10,000-15,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE ANNUALLY. WE PARTNER WITH LINN COUNTY CONSERVATION ON A 20-YEAR LAND LEASE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE INVESTMENT IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION URBAN FIELDS: FEED IOWA FIRST MANAGES 9 URBAN FIELDS. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TEND, WATER, WEED, AND HARVEST PRODUCE, WHICH IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FEED IOWA FIRST WILL PURCHASE AND PLANT SEEDS, TILL, HARVEST, AND PROVIDE OTHER ESSENTIAL FIELD SERVICE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO PARTNERS.DISTRIBUTION: WE DISTRIBUTE BETWEEN 30,000-45,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE ANNUALLY, THROUGH VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AT WANATEE FARM, URBAN FIELDS, AND VEGETABLE DONATION. ALL PRODUCE GROWN OR DONATED THROUGH GROW SHARE NOURISH IS DISTRIBUTED TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR FREE. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO INCREASE FOOD SECURITY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO NUTRIENT-DENSE PRODUCE AT NO COST TO ANY FAMILY IN NEED. WE DO NOT REQUIRE PAPERWORK OR ID, CREATING LOW BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH OVER 37 PANTRY PARTNERS, INCLUDING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, LOW-INCOME HEALTH CLINICS, FOOD PANTRIES, SCHOOL PANTRIES, AND 24-HOURS ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FRIDGES. THROUGH HIS MODEL FEED IOWA FIRST IS THE ONLY PROGRAM PROVIDING CONSISTENT VEGETABLES TO FOOD PANTRIES AND FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON PROVIDING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH FOOD. VEGETABLE DONATION:FEED IOWA FIRST PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL COMMERCIAL FARMERS TO REDIRECT EXCESS PRODUCE TO LINN COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT LACK ACCESS TO FRESH LOCALLY GROWN AND CHEMICAL-FREE PRODUCE. OUR DONATED PRODUCE DOES NOT ORIGINATE FROM SUPERMARKETS WHERE THE PRODUCE MAY ALREADY BE PASSED THE 'BEST BEFORE' DATE. FEED IOWA FIRST WILL ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM ANY GROWER OF PRODUCE IN LINN COUNTY OR SURROUNDING AREAS. VEGGIERX :VEGGIE RX IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL FREE CLINIC WHICH OFFERS VEGETABLES FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS AT THE CLINIC, AS PART OF A TREATMENT PROGRAMTHE VEGGIERX PROGRAM SEEKS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR UNDERSERVED DIABETICS IN LINN COUNTY EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. THE VEGGIERX PROGRAM OFFERS A PERSONALLY AND MEDICALLY TAILORED WEEKLY PRODUCE PICKUP FOR UNDERSERVED DIABETICS. VEGGIERX WILL ALLOW ACCESS TO CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD THAT PATIENTS KNOW HOW TO COOK AND ENJOY EATING. THE PROGRAM WILL RUN FOR A MINIMUM OF 12 WEEKS, PROVIDING REGULAR VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTION AS A HEALTH INTERVENTION.

  Expenses $200,610 · Revenue $3,980

• EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS (ELA):EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS IS A PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS LANDLESS INDIVIDUALS WITH AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TO FERTILE LAND AND RESOURCES TO GROW CHEMICAL-FREE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT PRODUCE. ULTIMATELY, THE PROGRAM AIMS TO LOWER THE BARRIER OF ENTRY TO FARMING, DEMOCRATIZE LAND ACCESS, CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. IT IS SPLIT INTO TWO BRANCHES: THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE, EACH WITH ITS OWN OBJECTIVES.BUSINESS INCUBATOR: THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR IS A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED FARMERS WITH AFFORDABLE LAND ACCESS AT WANATEE FARM, SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT, STARTUP MATERIALS, AND CONNECTIONS TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FARMING RESOURCES. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP OUR CLIENTS ESTABLISH FARMING AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME. WE PARTNER WITH FOOD RETAILERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, SUCH AS FIELD TO FAMILY FOOD HUB, TO CREATE MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING FARMERS. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH EMERGING FARMER RESOURCE HUBS (E.G., PRACTICAL FARMERS OF IOWA), LAND NAVIGATORS (E.G., SILT), AND BANKING AND FINANCING INSTITUTIONS (E.G., CRBT AND KIVA LOAN PROGRAMS) TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF RESOURCES FOR OUR CLIENTS. COMMUNITY AG :THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE SUBPROGRAM PARTNERS WITH BUSINESSES, PLACES OF FAITH, AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO PLACE LAND-INSECURE GARDENERS ON URBAN LAND TO GROW PRODUCE FOR THEMSELVES, TO SHARE, OR TO SELL. CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE PROGRAM OFTEN SELL PRODUCE TO MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, OFFERING THEM A SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE OF INCOME. THE SUBPROGRAM ALSO ACTS AS AN "ON-RAMP" TO THE INCUBATORSOME CLIENTS HONING THEIR FARMING SKILLS IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE ADVANCED TO JOIN THE FARM BUSINESS INCUBATOR.

  Expenses $112,666 · Revenue $3,142

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $482,862

  Expenses

  $447,440

  Contributions

  $463,077

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $449,095

  Expenses

  $385,372

  Contributions

  $422,728

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $504,265

  Expenses

  $284,130

  Contributions

  $498,364

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $428,958

  Expenses

  $285,668

  Contributions

  $429,912

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $354,825

  Expenses

  $204,343

  Assets (EOY)

  $505,559

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $335,436

  Expenses

  $137,779

  Assets (EOY)

  $298,313

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period

1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013

Principal officer

Sonia Kendrick

Mailing address

1622 42nd StreetCedar Rapids IA 52402

Website

www.feediowa1st.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $214,618

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT: EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS PROGRAM, ALLEVIATING FOOD INSECURITY IN LINN COUNTY, INCREASING FOOD SECURITY WITH URBAN FARM PARTNERS, GENERAL SUPPOR, TINCREASING NUTRITIOUS FOOD ACCESS, VEGGIERX FOR DIABETICS - TAILORING FOR SUCCESS

• GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $105,100

  2023 · INCREASING FOOD ACCESS FOR LINN COUNTY FAMILIES, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: EQUITABLE LAND ACCESS PROGRAM, GROWING FOR LINN COUNTY: EXPANDING NUTRITIOUS FOOD, GENERAL SUPPORT: DONATION ON BEHALF OF CBJ LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - ROSS & BRANDON, INCREASING FOOD ACCESS FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, GENERAL SUPPORT, GENERAL SUPPORT: IN HONOR OF IOWA BIG, BUILDING EQUITABLE FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS, BUILDING RESILIENCY & EQUITY THROUGH FOOD ACCESS, TUBERS OF TRANSFORMATION: BRIDGING FOOD INEQUITIES

• GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $81,300

  2024 · MATERNITY LEAVE STAFFING SUPPORT, GENERAL SUPPORT, CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES: GROWING NUTRITIOUS FOOD, CLINIC-BASED VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTION, GROW DON'T MOW PROGRAM SUPPORT, ORGANIC VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTION IN LINN COUNTY, GROWING RESILIENCE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

• UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA

  $42,130

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT, DONOR DESIGNATION SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA

  $40,952

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT, DONOR DESIGNATION SUPPORT

• MERCY MEDICAL CENTER

  $20,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $5,750

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

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