Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Iowa. Today we're covering 7 key stories including updates on iowa nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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Iowa American Water announced the launch of the American Water Charitable Foundation's 2026 Water and Environment Grant Program.
IA nonprofit professionals focused on water access, conservation, or environmental projects may secure dedicated funding through this corporate foundation.
Nonprofit Explorer compiles millions of IRS nonprofit tax filings, letting users search organizations by state to view executive compensation, revenue, expenses, and download filings dating back to 2001.
Iowa nonprofit professionals can benchmark their organization's financial health, research peer compensation practices, and access Form 990s for grant applications or board presentations without paywall barriers.
The Iowa Grants Guide is a database maintained by LAWINRC containing more than 500 funders based in Iowa or with an Iowa connection, searchable by funder name or advanced filters.
Nonprofit professionals in IA can quickly identify relevant funding sources without spending hours on scattered research.
The Iowa Department of Education has published a listing of competitive grant and funding opportunities available to education partners, excluding individual students.
IA nonprofit professionals working in education or youth development can identify potential funding streams to support organizational programs and partnerships with schools.
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The streamlined Form 1023-EZ is available only to organizations meeting specific limits on projected revenue, assets, and activity types. Filing 1023-EZ when ineligible produces a determination that is technically valid but vulnerable to retroactive revocation if discovered. The full 1023 is harder to file but harder to challenge.
Loss of exemption is retroactive to the original determination, exposing the organization to back-tax liability. The eligibility checklist is the only protection.
Private inurement is benefit flowing to insiders (officers, directors, key employees); it is an absolute prohibition. Private benefit is benefit to outsiders that is more than incidental to the exempt purpose; it is a question of degree. Both can revoke exemption, but the legal analysis differs.
Insider transactions trigger automatic intermediate sanctions even when the exemption survives. Outsider benefit triggers a facts-and-circumstances analysis. Distinguishing them shapes the defense.
Most states require charities soliciting donations from their residents to register before solicitation, regardless of where the charity is based. "Solicitation" includes web fundraising pages accessible to residents, not just direct mail. Compliance gaps surface during state attorney-general inquiries or unrelated litigation discovery.
Penalties range from civil fines to suspension of solicitation rights in the state. Larger consequences include negative coverage in donor research databases that fund foundation grants.
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