Recipient of federal assistance · DES MOINES, IA

IOWA LEGAL AID

IOWA LEGAL AID received $846.3K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions, −13% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $3.5M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity ($424.5K).

Assistance · FY2026
$846.3K
New awards
1
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$3.5M
UEI
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Location
DES MOINES, IA
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 100KFY2021
  2. 346.3KFY2022
  3. 484.6KFY2023
  4. 785KFY2024
  5. 974.9KFY2025
  6. 846.3KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$846.3K100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.418 · Private Enforcement Initiatives$424.5K50%
  2. 93.048 · Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iv, and Title Ii, Discretionary Projects$328K39%
  3. 21.008 · Low Income Taxpayer Clinics$101.2K12%
  4. 64.056 · Legal Services for Veterans Grants-$7,3070.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity$424.5K50%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Administration for Community Living$328K39%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Internal Revenue Service$101.2K12%
    Department of the Treasury

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ALLOW IOWA LEGAL AID TO EXPAND OUR SUCCESSFUL FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TO SEVERAL VULNERABLE…$1.3M
    14.418 · Private Enforcement Initiatives· Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity· Project grant· Jun 3, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· FPEI230097
  2. IOWA LEGAL AID - ELDER JUSTICE INNOVATION GRANT FY2025 - THE IOWA LEGAL AID (ILA) ELDER JUSTICE INNOVATION PROJECT GOALS ARE TO IDENTIFY…$627.6K
    93.048 · Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iv, and Title Ii, Discretionary Projects· Administration for Community Living· Cooperative agreement· Sep 26, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 90EJIG0066
  3. VA IS PROVIDING FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH THE COSTS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS AND PARTICIPANTS$112.7K
    64.056 · Legal Services for Veterans Grants· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Project grant· Aug 1, 2024 – Feb 4, 2026· IA-227-LSV-467-24
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW…$101.2K
    21.008 · Low Income Taxpayer Clinics· Internal Revenue Service· Project grant· Jan 30, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 26-LITC0333-02

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $559.5K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. VOLUNTEER SERVICE, IOWA COMMISSION ON$297.3K53%
    DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward
  2. JUSTICE, IOWA STATE DEPARTMENT OF$187.3K33%
    DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward
  3. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY$75K13%
    DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $469.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $560.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $524K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $431.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $773.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $559.5K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.