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Nonprofit · EIN 42-0331840

IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Tax-exempt · WDM, IA 50266

Financials

$117.4M$30.5M2020$65.3M$79.6M2022$49.5M$34.5M2023$63M$36.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
October 31, 2025990$63,041,910$36,463,396$26,578,514$1,943,424,988$19,216,311$1,924,208,677
October 31, 2024990$49,521,820$34,458,009$15,063,811$1,848,760,628$24,743,414$1,824,017,214
October 31, 2023990$65,263,992$79,625,467-$14,361,475$1,712,183,129$20,332,822$1,691,850,307
October 31, 2021990$117,381,320$30,529,965$86,851,355$1,817,745,146$7,033,281$1,810,711,865
Financial details: 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$148,298
Program service revenue
$7,414,883
Investment income
$44,926,539
Royalties
$9,831,637
Net gain from sales of assets
$15,358,038
Net income from sales of inventory
-$1,976
Other revenue
$10,552,190

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$3,736,260
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$534,671
Other salaries and wages
$6,144,651
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$8,616,421
Professional fundraising fees
$42,519
Legal fees
$648,935
Accounting fees
$2,815,564
Occupancy
$1,103,304
Travel
$1,074,345

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,848,760,628
Total assets, end of year
$1,943,424,988
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,216,311
Net assets, end of year
$1,924,208,677
Land, buildings and equipment
$155,946
Publicly traded securities
$463,032,250
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,924,208,677
Gross unrelated business income
$3,419,874
Gross receipts
$121,540,466
Employees
67
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1918
State of legal domicile
IA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
MARTY SCHWAGEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$773,555$587,122
JAMES GARDNERFORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFF
Former
0$0$196,249$1,029,286
MARK WICKHAMGENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
30$0$712,887$138,476
SARA PAYNECHIEF MKTG & COMMUNICATION
Key employee
40$0$459,442$244,470
TIMOTHY BIGLEYCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
30$0$323,241$174,445
BRENT JOHNSONPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$425,264$50,465
CHAD BISHOPDIRECTOR, INFORMATION RESO
Key employee
25$0$306,709$125,628
DANA ARDARYMARKETING MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$211,701$0$129,010
MATT STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELAT
Key employee
38$0$243,227$82,126
CHRISTINA GRUENHAGENSR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CO
Highest-paid employee
40$198,405$0$117,984
RYAN STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, FIELD SERVICE
Key employee
40$0$228,226$72,598
ADAM KOPPESSR INVESTMENT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
20$0$204,738$28,303
TAREK HUSSEINAPP DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
20$0$195,048$33,800
ERIN SWALWELLSR COUNSEL ADVANCED MARKET
Highest-paid employee
20$0$197,562$30,954
BRIAN FELDPAUSCHVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
18$75,006$0$0
9 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
WILL FRAZEEDISTRICT 9 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$70,795
ANDY HILLDISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$57,922
RANDY BRINCKSDISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$56,320
JOE DIERICKXDISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$56,071
MATT SCHUITEMANDISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$55,951
TIM KALDENBERGDISTRICT 8 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$54,938
RICK PLOWMANDISTRICT 7 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$52,272
SHARYL BRUNINGDISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$52,225
ALLEN BURTDISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$51,649
990 for the year ended October 31, 2024: 25 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
JAMES GARDNERFORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
30$0$491,339$1,988,551
CHRISTINA GRUENHAGENSR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
40$200,328$0$1,139,623
MARTY SCHWAGEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA
Officer
20$0$731,475$364,444
MARK WICKHAMGENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
30$0$592,430$71,943
SARA PAYNECHIEF MKTG & COMMUNICATION
Key employee
40$0$441,018$48,318
BRENT JOHNSONPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$375,278$40,473
KARL OLSONASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
20$0$291,273$99,370
CHAD BISHOPDIRECTOR, INFORMATION RESO
Key employee
25$0$294,982$44,104
TIMOTHY BIGLEYCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
30$0$220,929$70,048
ALEX MONTZVP ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
20$0$235,472$40,154
MATT STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELAT
Key employee
38$0$230,867$29,506
RYAN STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, FIELD SERVICE
Key employee
40$0$217,722$39,705
DANA ARDARYMARKETING MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$202,067$0$24,670
ERIN SWALWELLSR COUNSEL ADVANCED MARKETS
Highest-paid employee
20$0$186,995$31,505
EDWARD PARKERFORMER GENERAL COUNSEL
Former
0$0$113,386$10,961
BRIAN FELDPAUSCHVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
18$74,267$0$0
WILL FRAZEEDISTRICT 9 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$69,520$0$0
MATT SCHUITEMANDISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$60,800$0$0
RANDY BRINCKSDISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$55,749$0$0
JOE DIERICKXDISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$55,064$0$0
RICK PLOWMANDISTRICT 7 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$54,895$0$0
ANDY HILLDISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$52,950$0$0
TIM KALDENBERGDISTRICT 8 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$52,498$0$0
ALLEN BURTDISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$51,238$0$0
SHARYL BRUNINGDISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$50,397$0$0
990 for the year ended October 31, 2023: 27 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
EDWARD PARKERFORMER GENERAL COUNSEL
Former
30$0$2,225,073$290,549
MARTY SCHWAGEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETA
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$594,854$194,875
MARK WICKHAMGENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
30$0$371,950$31
KARL OLSONASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
40$0$295,994$12,015
BRENT JOHNSONPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$234,502$47,145
CHAD BISHOPDIRECTOR, INFORMATION RESO
Key employee
25$0$269,750-$56,725
TIM BIGLEYCONTROLLER
Highest-paid employee
25$0$185,526$19,025
RYAN STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, FIELD SERVICE
Key employee
40$0$191,007$10,048
CRAIG D HILLFORMER PRESIDENT
Former
20$0$198,693$63
MATT STEINFELDTDIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$0$200,619-$22,644
SAM FUNKDIRECTOR, RESEARCH & COMMO
Highest-paid employee
40$0$212,686-$35,346
SARA PAYNECHIEF MKTG & COMMUNICATION
Key employee
40$0$407,107-$241,186
JAMES GARDNERCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
30$0$447,787-$326,929
DANA ARDARYMARKETING MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$183,628$0-$84,430
DUANE JOHNSONFORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/
Former
20$0$77,184$12,175
JOE HEINRICHFORMER VICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
18$73,673$0$0
WILLIAM FRAZEEDISTRICT 9 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$51,406$0$0
ANDY HILLDISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$48,760$0$0
RANDY BRINCKSDISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$48,723$0$0
TIM KALDENBERGDISTRICT 8 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$47,897$0$0
JOE DIERICKXDISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$47,488$0$0
MATT SCHUITEMANDISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$47,217$0$0
BRIAN FELDPAUSCHVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director
18$47,181$0$0
GREG JOCHUMFORMER DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$46,578$0$0
RICK PLOWMANDISTRICT 7 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$46,023$0$0
SHARYL BRUNINGDISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$5,406$0$0
ALLEN BURTDISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$660$0$0
990 for the year ended October 31, 2021: 22 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
DUANE JOHNSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY-TREASURER (6/30)
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$541,766$1,449,102
EDWARD G PARKERGENERAL COUNSEL
Officer
30$0$805,858$528,947
JAMES GARDNERCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
30$0$400,233$464,135
CRAIG D HILLPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
20$0$523,230$223,166
SARA PAYNECHIEF MKTG & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Key employee
40$0$370,186$335,954
DONALD PETERSENDIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$212,681$45,933$307,165
KARL OLSONASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
40$0$279,736$116,777
CHAD BISHOPDIRECTOR, INFORMATION RESOURCES
Key employee
25$0$236,441$151,233
MARTY SCHWAGEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
20$150,124$37,693$161,892
MARK WICKHAMASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
Highest-paid employee
40$0$246,864$81,123
DANA ARDARYMARKETING MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$167,532$0$154,872
SAM FUNKDIRECTOR, RESEARCH & COMMODITY SERVICES
Highest-paid employee
40$182,947$43,433$72,319
JOE HEINRICHVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
18$65,465$0$0
MARK BUSKOHLDISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$44,803$0$0
WILLIAM FRAZEEDISTRICT 9 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$44,742$0$0
BRENT JOHNSONDISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$42,864$0$0
MATT SCHUITEMANDISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$42,384$0$0
RICK PLOWMANDISTRICT 7 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$42,103$0$0
RANDY BRINCKSDISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$42,064$0$0
ANDY HILLDISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$41,829$0$0
JOE DIERICKXDISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$40,289$0$0
TIM KALDENBERGDISTRICT 8 DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
18$39,446$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
5400 UNIVERSITY AVE, WDM, IA 50266-5950
In care of
% IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARTY SCHWAGER, 5400 UNIVERSITY AVE, WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
Signed the 990
MARTY SCHWAGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,SEC-TREAS
Phone
(515) 225-5400
Return prepared by
MERIWETHER WILSON AND COMPANY PLLC

Mission

TO CREATE A VIBRANT FUTURE FOR AGRICULTURE, FARM FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

990 for the year ended October 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS - NEWS SERVICES ISSUES THE WEEKLY PUBLICATION, IOWA FARM BUREAU SPOKESMAN, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE BETWEEN STATE AND COUNTY LEADERS AND FARMING MEMBERS PROVIDING REPORTS ON FARM BUREAU POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND REGULATORY ISSUES AS WELL AS STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE NEWS. ALSO PUBLISHED IS A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE, FAMILY LIVING, DISTRIBUTED TO AG-SUPPORTING MEMBERS. APPROXIMATELY 130,000 MEMBERS BENEFITED FROM BOTH PUBLICATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, A WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBER LEADERS, THE DIRT, IS PUBLISHED BY NEWS SERVICES BENEFITING OVER 900 MEMBERS EACH WEEK. THE SPOKESMAN SPEAKS IS A FARMER-FOCUSED PODCAST THAT HAS OVER 109,000 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS ON USEFUL FARM TRENDS AND TIPS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THE TEAM ALSO PRODUCES A SEMI-ANNUAL CONSUMER E-NEWSLETTER, THE IOWA DISH, WITH A SUBSCRIBER BASE OF MORE THAN 82,000 SUBSCRIBERS FEATURING FARM AND FOOD NEWS. MARKETING FOCUSES ON MEMBER RETENTION AND ACQUISITION THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIUMS INCLUDING VIDEO, ADVERTISING, PRINT, RADIO, MULTIMEDIA, AND WEB MARKETING. THE TEAM MARKETS FARM BUREAU BENEFITS, SERVICES, POLICY POSITIONS AND PROGRAMS TO THE MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AND OVERSEES THE ORGANIZATION'S BRAND. THEY ALSO MANAGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBER BENEFIT PARTNERS AND COORDINATE PARTNER PROMOTIONS. KEY EVENTS INCLUDE THE IOWA STATE FAIR, FFA, OUTREACH EFFORTS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA THROUGH OUR ANF PARTNERSHIP AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY THROUGH OUR FARM STRONG PARTNERSHIP, AMONG NUMEROUS OTHER PARTNERSHIPS. COMBINED, PARTNER PROMOTIONS REACHED OVER TWO MILLION CONSUMERS WITH FARMING AND FARM BUREAU INFORMATION. PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGICALLY COMMUNICATES FARM BUREAU POLICY AND AGRICULTURAL ISSUES TO KEY ORGANIZATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, ELECTED LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE NEWS MEDIA, INFLUENCERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE TEAM CONDUCTED MESSAGE, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, TRAINING OVER 158 LAST YEAR. THE TEAM ALSO MANAGED MEDIA RELATION EFFORTS, COORDINATING 143 MEDIA INTERVIEWS RESULTING IN 2,532 PLACEMENTS WITH A REACH OF OVER 75 MILLION. THE DIGITAL MARKETING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES STRATEGIC OUTREACH THROUGH ONLINE (WEB-BASED) AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, SNAPCHAT, ETC.) TO ENGAGE, DEVELOP, MAINTAIN, AND EXPAND RELEVANT AND IMPACTFUL DIALOGUES WITH KEY AUDIENCES. OVER 156,000 MEMBERS BENEFITED FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
  • FIELD SERVICE - WORK WITH 100 COUNTY FARM BUREAUS AND THEIR VOLUNTEER LEADERS AROUND THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE MISSION AND GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES FOR COUNTY BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARDS, AS WELL AS KEY COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THAT ENHANCE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE LEADERS FOR FARM BUREAU, AGRICULTURE, AND RURAL IOWA. OUR MEMBER EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SUCH AS REGULARLY SCHEDULED WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON CONFERENCES, HELP MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE WITH THEIR BUSINESS SUCCESSION AND TRANSITION CHALLENGES, RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ALSO ASSIST FARMERS AND YOUNG FARMERS TO BEGIN NEW FARM BUSINESSES, ASSIST FARMERS TO IMPROVE THEIR EXISTING FARM AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND IMPROVE NET FARM INCOME.
  • GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - WORK WITH VOLUNTEER AGRICULTURAL LEADERS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS AT THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. PROVIDES INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING FARMERS AND OTHER RURAL IOWANS. OVER 156,000 MEMBERS BENEFITED.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in October, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025October 31, 2026March 15, 2027Not due yet
2024October 31, 2025March 16, 2026990 on file
2023October 31, 2024March 17, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
42-0331840
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1945
Accounting year ends
October
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Group exemption
0626 (100 member organizations)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,848,760,628
Income (IRS master file)
$131,353,350

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990October 2025$63,041,910$36,463,396$1,943,424,988XML
990October 2024$49,521,820$34,458,009$1,848,760,628XML
990October 2023$65,263,992$79,625,467$1,712,183,129XML
990October 2022$69,379,179$36,145,043$1,721,496,861IRS
990October 2021$117,381,320$30,529,965$1,817,745,146XML
990October 2020–––IRS
990October 2019–––IRS
990October 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 42-0331840).

Questions about IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

What is the EIN of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION is 42-0331840.
Is IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1945.
Are donations to IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending October 31, 2026) is due March 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended October 2025.
Who is the principal officer of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION?
The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 names MARTY SCHWAGER.
Who are the officers and directors of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION?
The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 lists 24 people; 12 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $63,041,910, expenses of $36,463,396 and total assets of $1,943,424,988 at year end.

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