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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 45-4570642

Iowa Healthiest State Initiative

DES MOINES, IANTEE: E70Founded 2011Website

mission statement

Improve the physical, social, and mental well-being of iowans.

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Total Revenue

$1.4M

FY 2023

Program Spending

82.5%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$648K

Total Assets

$648K net

5.01 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

Active Programs

FY 2023

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 21 Institutional Funders

$1.8M raised across 66 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 9 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater des Moines	DES MOINES, IA	$585,000
Iowa Health System	WEST DES MOINES, IA	$155,000
Advocare Foundation	RICHARDSON, TX	$150,000
The Harold W Siebens Charitable	NEW YORK, NY	$146,000
United Way of Central Iowa	DES MOINES, IA	$138,200
Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation	JOHNSTON, IA	$127,500
The Bank of America Charitable	CHARLOTTE, NC	$110,500
Community Fdn of Greater des Moines	DES MOINES, IA	$86,033
The Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$65,000
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation	Des Moines, IA	$60,000

Total tracked: $1,799,164 across 66 grants (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$737K in expenses

Double up food bucks: food insecurity and lack of access to healthy food are problems that many low-income families in iowa communities experience. Double up food bucks is an incentive program that matches SNAP (food assistance) dollars spent at farmers markets and grocery stores in iowa so SNAP recipients have greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

$198K in expenses

Iowa produce prescription program (ippp) advances health equity by transforming the healthcare system's role to increase access to affordable, nutritious food that can improve the overall health of patients and their family members.

$169K in expenses

Make it ok: a community campaign to reduce stigma by starting conversations and increasing understanding about mental illness.

$103K in expenses

5-2-1-0 healthy choices count: parents. Teachers. Health care providers. Business leaders. When it comes to kids, there's one thing everyone wants for them to be healthy! That's why iowa has created healthy choices count! It's a health-focused movement for kids that's under the nationally recognized program, 5-2-1-0. This proven, scientific method helps keep kids healthy by focusing on the importance of good habits. And it all starts by encouraging them to eat and play the right way. It's how they can live 5-2-1-0. We partner with early care providers, schools, health care institutions, parents, and community organizations for families in places where we live, learn, work, and play.

$71K in expenses

Community education: to help better educate and inform iowans.

Financial History