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Employment nonprofits in Iowa: 139 registered with the IRS
139 employment nonprofits are registered with the IRS in Iowa, 64 of them 501(c)(3) charities; the 67 that report revenue took in $287.7 million. The most are in Des Moines (35), Cedar Rapids (11), Dubuque (5). The largest by revenue: Goodwill of the Great Plains ($51.8 million), Trivium Life Services ($47 million), Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa ($29.5 million).
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Every organization, largest by revenue first
| Organization | City | Type | Since | Revenue | Assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill of the Great Plains | Sioux City | 501(c)(3) | 1943 | $51.8 million | $60.3 million | 2024-12 |
| Trivium Life Services | Council Bluffs | 501(c)(3) | 1978 | $47 million | $22.1 million | 2025-06 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa | Johnston | 501(c)(3) | 1957 | $29.5 million | $37.6 million | 2025-12 |
| Goodwill Industries of Northeast Iowa Inc | Waterloo | 501(c)(3) | 1963 | $22.7 million | $18.5 million | 2025-12 |
| First Resources Corp | Sigourney | 501(c)(3) | 1988 | $15.9 million | $8 million | 2025-06 |
| Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship Training | Indianola | 501(c)(3) | 2008 | $14.8 million | $34.5 million | 2025-12 |
| Christian Opportunity Center | Pella | 501(c)(3) | 1969 | $13.8 million | $20.1 million | 2025-08 |
| Progress Industries | Newton | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $12.5 million | $5.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Mayors Youth Empowerment Program | Iowa City | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $9.8 million | $6.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Skyline Center Inc | Clinton | 501(c)(3) | 1964 | $9 million | $3.8 million | 2025-06 |
| Proteus Inc | Des Moines | 501(c)(3) | 1983 | $6.4 million | $2.5 million | 2025-06 |
| North Central Sheltered Workshop | Fort Dodge | 501(c)(3) | 1979 | $5.5 million | $2.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Crossroads Inc of Muscatine | Muscatine | 501(c)(3) | 1970 | $5.2 million | $2.6 million | 2024-12 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 1940 | $4.5 million | $21 million | 2026-06 |
| North Star Community Services Inc | Waterloo | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $4.4 million | $4.9 million | 2025-06 |
| Rise LTD | Elkader | 501(c)(3) | 1981 | $4 million | $7.2 million | 2025-06 |
| Access Incorporated | Hampton | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $3.6 million | $3 million | 2025-06 |
| Tasc Inc | Waukon | 501(c)(3) | 1974 | $3.2 million | $4.3 million | 2025-06 |
| Eastern Iowa Workforce Development Inc | W Burlington | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $2.6 million | $884,679 | 2025-06 |
| Iowa Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund | Indianola | 501(c)(3) | 1973 | $2.5 million | $11.6 million | 2024-12 |
| Advancement Services of Jones Co | Monticello | 501(c)(3) | 1980 | $2.1 million | $2.4 million | 2025-06 |
| East Central Iowa Workforce Development Board | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $1.6 million | $87,732 | 2025-06 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $1.5 million | $1.8 million | 2026-06 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $1.2 million | $1.7 million | 2025-12 |
| Justice League of Food | WDM | 501(c)(3) | 2017 | $1.2 million | $659,526 | 2023-12 |
| New Perspectives Inc | Sioux City | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $1.1 million | $1.5 million | 2025-06 |
| Mid-Iowa Workshops Inc | Marshalltown | 501(c)(3) | 1967 | $952,040 | $2.6 million | 2025-06 |
| Creative Visions | Des Moines | 501(c)(3) | 1997 | $946,629 | $232,252 | 2025-06 |
| Fountain of Youth Program | Dubuque | 501(c)(3) | 2016 | $938,309 | $825,958 | 2025-12 |
| North East Iowa Local Workforce Development Board | Mason City | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $763,407 | $667,204 | 2025-06 |
| Local 263 Cedar Rapids Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprentice Committee | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 2002 | $695,348 | $1.2 million | 2025-09 |
| Spectrum Industries | Decorah | 501(c)(3) | 1984 | $670,697 | $914,175 | 2025-06 |
| International Association of Fire Fighters | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 1959 | $627,225 | $585,304 | 2024-12 |
| Change Course | WDM | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $556,919 | $62,726 | 2024-12 |
| United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 617 | Fort Madison | 501(c)(5) | 2024 | $494,006 | $691,404 | 2025-12 |
| Burlington West Burlington Area Development Foundation | Burlington | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $486,600 | $1.6 million | 2024-12 |
| St John of the Cross | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 1994 | $304,945 | $765,297 | 2025-12 |
| Dress for Success Quad Cities | Davenport | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $284,675 | $440,762 | 2024-12 |
| Dress for Success Des Moines | Urbandale | 501(c)(3) | 2011 | $258,798 | $541,563 | 2024-12 |
| Veterans in Energy | Urbandale | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $250,847 | $177,250 | 2024-12 |
| Council Bluffs Association of Professional Firefighters Local 15 | Council BLFS | 501(c)(5) | 2026 | $219,940 | $422,029 | 2025-12 |
| Next Life Foundation | Okoboji | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $177,073 | $31,337 | 2025-12 |
| Welift Job Search Center | Indianola | 501(c)(3) | 2014 | $176,062 | $145,626 | 2025-06 |
| Nsca Education Foundation | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 1999 | $170,678 | $732,758 | 2024-12 |
| Building & Trades Projects Inc | Bettendorf | 501(c)(3) | 2001 | $159,872 | $423,100 | 2025-12 |
| Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 1981 | $155,919 | $808,570 | 2025-06 |
| Cultivating Hope Farms Inc | Ames | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $152,476 | $417,529 | 2025-12 |
| Iupat District Council 81 Labor Management Fund | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2021 | $132,323 | $450,063 | 2025-06 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Boone | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $125,062 | $118,681 | 2025-12 |
| Greater Washington Foundation of Insurance and Financial Advisors I | Cedar Falls | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $109,278 | $610,629 | 2025-12 |
| Dyersville Progress Inc | Dyersville | 501(c)(3) | 1976 | $102,033 | $792,427 | 2026-05 |
| DSM Parc Inc | Pleasant Hill | 501(c)(4) | 2008 | $98,516 | $182,641 | 2024-12 |
| Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development | Lewis | 501(c)(3) | 1991 | $87,554 | $1.4 million | 2025-12 |
| American Federation of Government Employees Local No 918 | Anamosa | 501(c)(5) | 2023 | $85,390 | $107,127 | 2025-12 |
| Eastern Iowa Joint Labor-Managment Drug Testing Fund | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(5) | 2012 | $54,473 | $114,359 | 2025-06 |
| Afl-Cio Building Corporation Inc | Waterloo | 501(c)(5) | 2025 | $52,967 | $311,733 | 2025-12 |
| Senior Futures Inc | Logan | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $51,809 | $7,967 | 2025-06 |
| Local Union Community Charities | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 2020 | $45,397 | $28,561 | 2025-12 |
| Cedar Rapids Police Bargaining Union | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(5) | 2013 | $44,760 | $424,558 | 2025-12 |
| Troxell Intern Program | Eldridge | 501(c)(3) | 2010 | $38,782 | $44,618 | 2025-12 |
| Goodwill Solutions Inc | Johnston | 501(c)(3) | 2000 | $27,939 | $903,413 | 2025-12 |
| Davenport Area Retired School Personnel Association | Davenport | 501(c)(5) | 2008 | $20,971 | $5,363 | 2026-06 |
| Police Labor Relation Organization of Iowa City | Iowa City | 501(c)(5) | 2014 | $20,882 | $193,740 | 2025-06 |
| Sunshine Services Inc | Spencer | 501(c)(3) | 1977 | $16,648 | $235,961 | 2026-06 |
| Southeast Iowa SHRM Chapter | Oskaloosa | 501(c)(4) | 2025 | $2,779 | $15,739 | 2025-12 |
| Teamsters Construction Industry Apprenticeship & Training Fund | Dubuque | 501(c)(5) | 2006 | $47 | $120,371 | 2024-12 |
| Seven County Workshop Facility Corp | Denison | 501(c)(3) | 1987 | $1 | $297,081 | 2023-12 |
| Adair Casey Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Ahstw Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2021 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Algona Association of Educators | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| American Federation of Government Employees | Swisher | 501(c)(5) | 1940 | $0 | $0 | 2026-05 |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | Burlington | 501(c)(5) | 1956 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Orgs | Dubuque | 501(c)(5) | 1956 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 1957 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees | Davenport | 501(c)(5) | 1957 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| American Postal Workers Union | Dubuque | 501(c)(5) | 1973 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Americas Job Honor Awards | Des Moines | 501(c)(3) | 2018 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Ankey Career Fire Fighters Iaff Local 4814 | Ankeny | 501(c)(5) | 2025 | $0 | $0 | 2025-09 |
| Area 4 Community College Support Staff Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2000 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Association of Civilian Technicians Inc | Johnston | 501(c)(5) | 2003 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Association of Civilian Technicians Inc | Sioux City | 501(c)(5) | 2003 | $0 | $0 | 2023-12 |
| Atlantic Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2016 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Bettendorf Educational Support Asso Ciation | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2026 | |||
| Bettendorf Support Staff Assoc | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2026 | |||
| Care Initiatives Foundation | WDM | 501(c)(3) | 2026 | |||
| Cedar Rapids Custodial & Maintenance Employees Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2023 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Clayton Ridge Education Association | Guttenberg | 501(c)(5) | 1974 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Creative Sprouts Champions Inc | Washington | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Cwa RMC Retirees Chapter 7102 | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2018 | $0 | $0 | 2024-12 |
| Dubuque Building Engineers Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2024 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Education Foundation MN Chapter of Amer Soc Farm MGR & Rural Appr Inc | Ankeny | 501(c)(3) | 1996 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Empower Communities Now Inc | Des Moines | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | |||
| Generosity International Inc | Ames | 501(c)(3) | 1998 | $0 | $0 | 2025-09 |
| Great Prairie Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Heat & Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 74 and Mica | Urbandale | 501(c)(5) | 2005 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Hiawatha Peace Officers Association | Hiawatha | 501(c)(5) | 2025 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| I P E R S Improvement Association | Waverly | 501(c)(5) | 2014 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Icrea Educational Foundation | Clive | 501(c)(3) | 2019 | $0 | $0 | 2025-10 |
| Industrial Workers of the World | Muscatine | 501(c)(5) | 2013 | $0 | $0 | 2025-06 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Sioux City | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Marshalltown | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Clinton | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Urbandale | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation | Fort Dodge | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs | North Liberty | 501(c)(6) | 2018 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Iowa City Schools Nutrition Services Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2022 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Iowa Electrical Workers Council | Dubuque | 501(c)(5) | 2019 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Iowa Falls Police Dept Collective Bargaining Unit Local No 1 | Iowa Falls | 501(c)(4) | 1999 | $0 | $0 | 2023-06 |
| Iowa Masonry Educational Foundation | Johnston | 501(c)(3) | 2004 | $10,057 | 2024-12 | |
| Iowa Security Medical Facility Employees Local Number 2985 of Afs | North Liberty | 501(c)(5) | 2024 | $0 | $0 | 2026-03 |
| Iowa Special Agents Association | Forest City | 501(c)(5) | 2016 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Iowa State Patrol Supervisors Association Wallace BLDG | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2016 | $0 | $0 | 2026-06 |
| Iowa Women in Architecture | Des Moines | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-09 |
| Iowa Women in the Trades | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 2024 | $0 | $0 | 2025-09 |
| Johnston Educational Support Personnel Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2002 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Lennox Recreation Association | Marshalltown | 501(c)(4) | 2001 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Linn Mar Service Association | Des Moine | 501(c)(5) | 2023 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Maquoketa Valley Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2014 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Marshalltown Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2020 | $0 | $0 | 2025-09 |
| Monarch Employment Solutions Inspiring Unique Abilities | Ankeny | 501(c)(3) | 2022 | $0 | $0 | 2024-12 |
| National Association of Postal Supervisors Branch 586 | Independence | 501(c)(5) | 2013 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| North Fayette Valley Educational Support Personnel Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| North Scott Bus Drivers Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2022 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| North Scott Education Support Professionals | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2024 | $0 | $0 | 2024-08 |
| Roofers 182 Labor-Management Fund | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(5) | 2011 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Schaller Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2016 | $0 | $0 | 2024-08 |
| Sioux Center Career and Technical Education Boosters | Sioux Center | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | |||
| Sioux County Pork Producers Association | Hawarden | 501(c)(5) | 2012 | $0 | $0 | 2024-12 |
| South Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council | Burlington | 501(c)(5) | 2025 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Tipton Educational Support Personnel Association | Tipton | 501(c)(5) | 2024 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Uniquely Brewed Company | Cedar Rapids | 501(c)(3) | 2025 | |||
| Utility Workers Union of America | Davenport | 501(c)(5) | 1944 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Veteran Farmers & Ranchers of America Inc | Independence | 501(c)(3) | 2015 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Veterans Valhalla of Virginia | Glenwood | 501(c)(3) | 2023 | $0 | $0 | 2025-12 |
| Wapsie Valley Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2014 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Washington Education Support Professionals Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2022 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| Webster County Employees Fund | Fort Dodge | 501(c)(4) | 2009 | $0 | $0 | 2026-06 |
| West Branch Educational Support Associates | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2025 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
| West Central Valley Education Association | Des Moines | 501(c)(5) | 2014 | $0 | $0 | 2025-08 |
Read from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, updated by the IRS on October 24, 2026 and rebuilt here every morning. Revenue and assets are from each organization's latest filing as the IRS lists it; the IRS record is the official one. Organizations only: no people are named on these pages.