Public Charity

FRIENDS OF NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

FRIENDS OF NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE is a Public Charity headquartered in PRAIRIE CITY, IA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $201K revenue, $146K expenses, $2.7M total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $145K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 421417678 PRAIRIE CITY, IA Single Organization Support NTEE: D11 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$201K
Total Expenses$146K
Total Assets$2.7M
Grant Records7
Funding Total$145K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

COOPERATE WITH THE USFWS BY INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS, APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF THE NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THIS INCLUDES OPERATION OF THE NATURE (BOOK) STORE, NATURAL RESOURCE RELATED SCHOLARSHIPS AND FACILITATING EXPANSION OF THE REFUGE IN COOPERATION WITH THE USFWS AND THE IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION (INHF.)

Where $100 goes at Friends of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

How Friends of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $83 for programs

$59
The friends support college student interns who contribute services as volunteers at the prairie
71% of program spending
$24
Refuge support for volunteers, operations, and events
29% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$9,450
2023
EQUIPPING VISITOR SERVICES FOR MOBILITY-IMPAIRED PERSONS AND EDUCATION
$10,000
2019
Prairie Trails Access
$18,000
2017
Restoring Monarch Habitat
$44,801
2017
CHARITABLE
$10,250

Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

MEMBERSHIPS Amanda Yancy
Treasurer Austin Steinkamp
President Jordan Oster
ADVISORY BOARD Loren Lown
PUBLIC RELATION Rachel Ruden
Vice President Sharon Tinker

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Environment & Conservation
$87,000 2 grants
Education
$20,000 2 grants
General Support
$19,700 2 grants
Unspecified
$18,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $201K $146K $2.7M
2023 $163K $169K $2.5M
2022 $70K $135K $2.5M
2021 $145K $90K $2.8M
2020 $171K $83K $2.6M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $171K to $201K (+17%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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