Public Charity

AVENUE SCHOLARS IOWA

AVENUE SCHOLARS IOWA, of COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.1M in revenue, $3.1M in expenses, $4.2M in total assets. 6 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $286K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 841914779 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA Educational Services NTEE: B90 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.1M
Total Expenses$3.1M
Total Assets$4.2M
Grant Records6
Funding Total$286K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE OF SUCCESS FOR DES MOINES AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AREA STUDENTS OF HOPE AND NEED BY OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FROM HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH POST-SECONDARY TRAINING UP TO AND INCLUDING AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT.

Where $100 goes at Avenue Scholars Iowa

How Avenue Scholars Iowa divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$26 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 $74 for programs

$74
Avenue Scholars Iowa's primary goal is to ensure careers for students in need through education/training and supportive (socially, academically, and financially) relationships
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (SWIA) Cara Cool-Trede
CHAIRMAN Ed May
PRESIDENT Ken Bird
VP/TREASURER/SECRETARY Michael Alvano
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (DSM) Noelle Nelson

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$278,948 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.1M $3.1M $4.2M
2024 $3.4M $2.6M $4.2M
2023 $3.0M $2.0M $3.4M
2022 $2.8M $1.2M $2.5M
2021 $1.2M $688K $876K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.2M to $3.1M (+153%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.2M.

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