Iowa Legal Aid Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$665k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$685k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.5m
$329k liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
21
5.9 years on average
Staff
0
20 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation's network
21 people12 organisationsi21 people and 12 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (21). Violet dotted lines (12) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
21 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 21 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Reier | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Anjela A Shutts | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Carla R Hughes | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Christopher J Jessen | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| David L Brown (also filed as David Brown) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David W Creasey (also filed as David Creasey) | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Edward J Gallagher III (also filed as Edward Gallagher III) | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Erin Nathan | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Gary Streit | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Greg Kenyon | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jennifer E Lindberg | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John C Pietila (also filed as John Pietila) | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nicholas Smithberg | Executive Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Onna Houck | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Robert Waterman | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Sara Strain Linder | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sean Solberg | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Suzan Stewart | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Thad Murphy | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Timothy J Krumm | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Willard L Boyd III | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jackie Pullen | Contract CFO | 2022 |
| Jackie Pullen CFO Advantage | Contract CFO | 2020 |
| Kelly Meiners | CFO | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carla R Hughes | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicholas Smithberg | Executive Director | 4 | $0 | $144k | $49k |
| Onna Houck | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sara Strain Linder | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Suzan Stewart | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Angela Reier | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anjela A Shutts | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christopher J Jessen | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David L Brown | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David W Creasey | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Edward J Gallagher III | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Erin Nathan | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gary Streit | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Greg Kenyon | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer E Lindberg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John C Pietila | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Robert Waterman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sean Solberg | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thad Murphy | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Timothy J Krumm | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Willard L Boyd III | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kelly Meiners | CFO | 4 | $0 | $117k | $35k |
About
- Legal name
- Iowa Legal Aid Foundation
- EIN
- 721597019
- Address
- 666 Walnut St FL 25th, Des Moines, IA, 50309-3993
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- To support the work of iowa legal aid in achieving its mission of making hope, dignity, and justice available to low income iowans. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I11 Crime and legal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Crime & Legal-Related
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2005
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2006
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- SOUNK (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAngela Reier
≥8years on the filingsDavid L Brown
≥8years on the filingsNicholas Smithberg
≥8years on the filingsSara Strain Linder
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.5m
- Total liabilities
- $329k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $628k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $668k
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 20
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $665k | $685k | Deficit $20k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Legal Aid | General support | $668k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Iowa Legal Aid Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 25 February 2005
- Registered agent
- Nicholas Smithberg (city and state not held)