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# Read IowaWatch's 990 tax return for 2020
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/read-iowawatchs-990-tax-return-for-2020/
- Published: 2021-09-29T13:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:37:04.000Z
- Author: IowaWatch staff
- Tags: Investigate Midwest News, iowawatch, Journalism, nonprofit funding, nonprofit news, philanthropy, Transparency, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

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The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, which runs the [IowaWatch.org](https://investigatemidwest.org/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) news website and educational programming for student journalists who produce in-depth reporting with IowaWatch staff journalists, values transparency.

The non-profit, non-partisan center, founded in February 2010, spent $120,936 while raising $139,918 in 2020, its most recent 990 tax return shows.

**You may read the IowaWatch 990 tax form for 2020 at this link:**

#### [IACenter990 for 2020](https://www.investigatemidwest.org/content/files/2026/09/2020-US-Tax-Return-Form-990.pdf)

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The center is part of the annual News Match fund drive, during which donations to the center are doubled when made from November 1 through December 31.

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