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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-3835135

Agva Foundation

A private foundation in Mason City, IA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $62,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Agva Foundation
2009 4th St SW Suite 1
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 494-2368
[email protected]
Form and materials
Complete foundation request form at: https://agvafoundation.com/foundation-request-form/
Deadlines
Applications will be received and reviewed at any time.
Restrictions
Grants under the agva foundation will include but will not be limited to sponsorships of adult and youth programs, training, conferences, workshops, events and other gatherings. All applicants must be non-profit organizations and have tax exempt status from the u.s. Internal revenue service. Recently, the programs emphasis and guidelines have changed to reflect the evolution of agriculture over the past decade and there will be an attempt to focus on the following areas: programs that meet nutritional, educational or leadership needs of rural youth; mentoring, training and other programs for young and beginning farmers; continuing education and training for existing farmers; local events in rural communities that promote agriculture or local foods; and, agricultural entrepreneurship education and training grants may be provided for local, state or regional programs/events. Grants may be made for one, two or three year periods and will be distributed in multi-year allocations. However g

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $194,325

  • Tax year 2023

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $218,012

  • Tax year 2022

    $44,200

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $196,802

  • Tax year 2021

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $205,786

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,750

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $231,427

  • Tax year 2019

    $19,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $68,904

  • Tax year 2018

    $43,850

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $65,206

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. North Central Iowa Research AssociaAmes, IA

    Supporting research

    $10,000
  2. Vision Atlantic Child Dev CenterAtlantic, IA

    For vision help

    $10,000
  3. Farmer in My ClassroomWest Des Moines, IA

    Help for students in ag

    $10,000
  4. Noble Initiative FoundationGriswold, IA

    To improve child health care

    $10,000
  5. North Iowa Ag in the ClassroomMason City, IA

    Ag in the classroom

    $5,000
  6. Belmond Area Arts CouncilBelmond, IA

    For helping the council

    $5,000
  7. Women Food & AgricultureAmes, IA

    Food donation

    $5,000
  8. Farm RescueHorace, ND

    Provide valuable service for farmers

    $2,500
  9. Norman Borlaug Heritage FoundationCresco, IA

    DR norman borlaug house restoration

    $2,500
  10. Northeast Iowa Dairy & Ag FoundatioCalmar, IA

    For agricultural purposes

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $12,50083% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $2,50017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa9 grants $59,500
  2. North Dakota1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Robert ColePRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Charles SouderBOARD DIRECT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Thomas HurdVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Randy HeitzDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jill EukenDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

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