Iowa religious organizations

Name: Top 20 Religious organizations in Iowa
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There are 3,706 religious organizations and churches in Iowa. Combined, these Iowan religious organizations employ 986 people, earn more than $158 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $697 million.

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Types of religious organizations in Iowa

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Christian nonprofit organizations	1,098	750	$95,568,845	$271,697,082
Religious professional societies	140	10	$703,821	$208,769
Religious media production and publishing organizations	52	32	$4,923,876	$10,401,183
Catholic nonprofit organizations	49	57	$25,678,372	$127,569,997
Organizations supporting a single religious organization	36	21	$16,227,990	$198,216,167
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations	29	10	$14,508,536	$143,378,161
Jewish nonprofit organizations	27	76	$4,485,586	$24,631,974
Buddhist nonprofit organizations	26	0	$1,488,333	$3,682,107
Islamic nonprofit organizations	24	43	$697,428	$1,172,308
Religious organization technical and management assistance providers	7	0	$46,506	$51,284

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Religious organizations by major Iowa cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Des Moines	774	179	$47,754,454	$154,250,809
Cedar Rapids	255	26	$15,901,709	$184,737,743
Waterloo	253	68	$3,381,113	$4,565,022
Iowa City	189	76	$5,413,889	$13,730,456
Davenport	172	57	$11,090,689	$52,981,812
Dubuque	132	107	$7,698,811	$23,409,595
Sioux City	124	53	$8,809,795	$90,417,923
Omaha, NE	117	0	$400,437	$680,366
Ames	117	78	$4,309,615	$4,389,684

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Job trends for Iowa religious organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	119
1-10	49
11-25	18
26-100	13
101 to 1,000	0
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Iowa religious organizations is driven by large organizations like International Messengers, Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, Foundations Learning Center / Together for Story County Inc, East Iowa Bible Conference, and St Mark Youth Enrichment.

Sizes of religious organizations in Iowa

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	214
$250k to $1M	57
$1M to $5M	24
$5M to $25M	7
$25M to $100M	0
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Mercy College of Health Sciences, The Catholic Foundation in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation, and Des Moines Area Religious Council earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Iowa religious organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 31.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Iowa religious organizations with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of religious organizations in Iowa

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1-20 of 3,706

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

To secure the safety and invincibility of life on earth for all future generations by providing perpetual support for the vedic performances by the maharishi vedic pandits.

Revenue

$10.6m

Assets

$77.8m

Employees

EIN

26-2986750

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Catholic Foundation in the Archdiocese of Dubuque

Catholic Foundation assists donors to make a lasting impact on Catholic organizations and those served by them through Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy.

Revenue

$11.6m

Assets

$164.2m

Employees

EIN

45-1740219

IRS type

501(c)(3)

International Messengers

International Messengers partners with churches and missionaries to make disciples of all nations through short-term missions and events.

Revenue

$7.2m

Assets

$5.0m

Employees

EIN

41-1652782

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Julie Green Ministries

Julie Green Ministries transforms lives through God's unconditional love, His Word, and the hope that comes from a personal relationship with Him.

Revenue

$5.2m

Assets

$1.1m

Employees

EIN

86-3438415

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Des Moines Area Religious Council

DMARC collaborates with various faith groups to provide emergency food assistance to the Des Moines community.

Revenue

$7.5m

Assets

$10.7m

Employees

EIN

42-0788211

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines

Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines fosters the welfare and continuity of the Jewish community in central Iowa through education and resource facilitation.

Revenue

$2.3m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

42-0835321

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bild - International

Bild - International operates as a Christian organization, generating total revenues of $2,837,195 last year.

Revenue

$2.8m

Assets

$2.7m

Employees

EIN

42-1281868

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Iowa Catholic Radio

Iowa Catholic Radio: Dedicated to providing Catholic teaching, news, and inspiration with a mission to save souls and proclaim the Gospel.

Revenue

$2.7m

Assets

$5.7m

Employees

EIN

20-1935653

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Iowa Mennonite Crowded Closet

A non-profit in Iowa City that sells donated items to support third-world missionary work. Unsold items are recycled.

Revenue

$2.0m

Assets

$4.1m

Employees

EIN

42-1205017

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation

Greater Des Moines is a healthy community. To serve as a catalyst and partner for improving the health of vulnerable people in greater Des Moines.

Revenue

$988.8k

Assets

$18.3m

Employees

EIN

42-1235348

IRS type

501(c)(3)

St James Fund

St James Fund manages funds for parishes, institutions, corporations and trusts to benefit the Diocese of Sioux City.

Revenue

$1.5m

Assets

$64.1m

Employees

EIN

85-0744434

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The King's Harvest

The King's Harvest provides charitable services to the community, including food banks and shelters for both humans and pets. Its programs include a grocery give away program for low or no income people and providing basic sustenance to those in need.

Revenue

$760.7k

Assets

$1.6m

Employees

EIN

42-1519570

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New City Church DSM

New City Church DSM fosters a vibrant community focused on its mission as a church and religious organization, supports missionaries through patron contributions sent into the field, and offers adult and youth education and development programs.

Revenue

$1.6m

Assets

$2.8m

Employees

EIN

42-1367440

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Developing Great Relationships

Developing Great Relationshipsinc is a private foundation that is located in Pella, IA. The trustees are Stanley J. Vermeer and Alma L. Vermeer.

Revenue

$1.0m

Assets

$8.5m

Employees

EIN

42-1410912

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Higher Things

Higher Things is a Christian nonprofit organization in Lisbon, IA whose mission is: The mission of Higher Things is to make the gifts of Christ Jesus known to youth and young adults.

Revenue

$1.6m

Assets

$879.7k

Employees

EIN

39-2011837

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Institute of Missionary Evangelism

The Institute of Missionary Evangelism focuses on church planting and evangelism. Time ministries leads several hundred young people and adults on work, mission, and evangelism tours to Mexico and the Dominican Republic in support of this mission.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$865.1k

Employees

EIN

75-2330600

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Queen of Peace

Queen of Peace operates Trinity Heights in Sioux City, providing a special place for prayer, meetings and religious activities.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$5.8m

Employees

EIN

42-1292909

IRS type

501(c)(3)

theBridge Church

Bridge Church invites people to a life-changing journey with Jesus, with 3 Sunday services and children's rooms, located in Ottumwa.

Revenue

$1.2m

Assets

$980.2k

Employees

EIN

46-4274900

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mercy College of Health Sciences

Catholic-affiliated college in Des Moines, Iowa preparing students for leadership in the health care community.

Revenue

$18.2m

Assets

$79.0m

Employees

EIN

42-1511682

IRS type

501(c)(3)

St Mark Youth Enrichment

St Mark Youth Enrichment provides innovative before and after school programs and services that cultivate educational and social-emotional growth.

Revenue

$1.9m

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

42-1338364

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "X00: Religion: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Iowa religious organizations

Types of religious organizations in Iowa

Religious organizations by major Iowa cities

Job trends for Iowa religious organizations

Sizes of religious organizations in Iowa

Directory of religious organizations in Iowa

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

The Catholic Foundation in the Archdiocese of Dubuque

International Messengers

Julie Green Ministries

Des Moines Area Religious Council

Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines

Bild - International

Iowa Catholic Radio

Iowa Mennonite Crowded Closet

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation

St James Fund

The King's Harvest

New City Church DSM

Developing Great Relationships

Higher Things

The Institute of Missionary Evangelism

Queen of Peace

theBridge Church

Mercy College of Health Sciences

St Mark Youth Enrichment

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