ISU Extension Decatur County

What ISU Extension Decatur County does

ISU Extension Decatur County is a county-level extension office within Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the community-facing arm of Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Operating under Iowa State's federally chartered land-grant and space-grant mandate (founded 1858), the Decatur County node delivers continuing education, agricultural extension resources, and community programs to Decatur County, Iowa residents, with the broader ISU Extension and Outreach network providing the underlying expertise and programmatic content.

The parent institution operates an academic platform that spans more than 100 undergraduate majors across eight colleges, alongside 112 master's and 83 doctoral programs and a professional veterinary medicine degree, serving over 36,000 enrolled students. Core technology infrastructure runs on standard enterprise SaaS: Canvas for the learning management system, Workday for human resources and student information, a ServiceNow-based ISU Service Portal, the eduroam international Wi-Fi federation for roaming connectivity, the ISU Student Health Patient Portal, and Microsoft Teams for collaboration. IT services additionally provide HIPAA and GLBA risk assessments, PCI compliance reviews, vulnerability assessments, and research information security plans, and digital properties are maintained to WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards.

The business model is public-sector appropriation rather than market revenue. Funding flows arrive as state appropriations, federal and state financial aid administration, research grants and contracts from agencies including NSF, NIH, DOE, and USDA, tuition and fees for enrolled students, and revenue from auxiliary enterprises such as housing, dining, and parking. The Decatur County office's specific revenue mechanics are not disclosed; its segment mix covers prospective and current students, faculty and staff, parents and families, and Decatur County / Iowa community members accessing extension services. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via admissions recruitment, campus visits, virtual events, and the county extension office channel.

Name

ISU Extension Decatur County

Legal name

Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Website

https://iastate.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1858

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ISU Extension Decatur County is a county-level extension office of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, delivering continuing education, agricultural resources, and community programs to Decatur County, Iowa residents under the university's land-grant mission.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Extension Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

Keywords

• Extension services
• Agricultural extension
• Community education
• Youth development programs
• Family nutrition education

Headquarters

HQ city

Leon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Revenue generated from undergraduate and graduate tuition, mandatory fees, and course-specific charges for enrolled students.
2. Federal and State Financial Aid: University administers federal grants, loans, work-study programs, state financial aid, and institutional scholarships.
3. Research Grants and Contracts: Funding from federal agencies (NSF, NIH, DOE, USDA), state agencies, and private foundations supporting university research activities.
4. Extension and Outreach Programs: Continuing education, community engagement, and outreach services provided through ISU Extension and Outreach.
5. Auxiliary Enterprises: Revenue from housing, dining, athletics, recreation services, parking, and other student life services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ISU Extension Decatur County is a local county extension office that delivers research-based educational programs and outreach to Decatur County residents. Programs span agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and nutrition education, and community and economic development. Services are provided in person at the local office, through community events, and via online resources connected to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Product overview

No specific product or service information for ISU Extension Decatur County was found in the provided sources. The source materials primarily cover Iowa State University's main campus services including academic programs, student services (health, counseling, accessibility), IT services, parking services, and various administrative systems. These are general university services rather than specific branded products or modules for a county extension office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% first-year student participation in at least one learning community
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Pappajohn Center for EntrepreneurshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal university center that has developed an award-winning entrepreneurial ecosystem at Iowa State, recognized nationally for its approach to fostering entrepreneurship among students and faculty.
• Eduroam ConsortiumcoreTechnology or IntegrationInternational wireless network federation allowing Iowa State students, faculty, and staff to access Wi-Fi at other participating universities worldwide and vice versa.
• U.S. Department of EducationcoreOthersUniversity participates in federal student aid programs requiring compliance with Higher Education Opportunity Act disclosures.
• Iowa Community CollegescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArticulation agreements and transfer partnerships enabling community college students to transfer credits to Iowa State University through comprehensive transfer guides.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension: Wisconsin's land-grant extension system operating county offices statewide with similar continuing education and community development programming. Comparable to ISU Extension in mission and operating model, though serving a larger state.
• Purdue University Extension: Indiana's land-grant extension system with county-based programming in agriculture, community development, and continuing education. A larger-scale peer operating the same cooperative extension model.
• University of Minnesota Extension: Regional land-grant university extension system serving Minnesota counties with continuing education, 4-H youth development, and agricultural programming. Comparable scope and delivery model, anchored to a larger flagship state university.

Regional players

• Kansas State University Research and Extension: Another Midwestern land-grant extension system with county-based delivery. Operates a comparable mission of community education, agriculture, and family programming, though serving a different geography.
• University of Nebraska Extension: Regional land-grant extension service with county offices across Nebraska delivering community education and agricultural programming. Comparable model and scale tier to ISU Extension Decatur County.

Others

• eXtension Foundation: National umbrella and digital platform for the Cooperative Extension System, of which ISU Extension is a member. Indirect peer providing shared digital infrastructure, professional development, and network resources across all land-grant extensions.
• National 4-H Council: National organization supporting 4-H youth development programming delivered through cooperative extension offices including ISU Extension Decatur County. Indirectly comparable as a programmatic peer and ecosystem participant.

Direct peers

• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach (Story County office): Another county extension office within the same ISU Extension and Outreach network serving Story County. Most directly comparable peer in terms of operating model, programs, parent institution, and funding structure; differs only in host county.
• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach (Polk County office): County-level extension office of the same parent university serving Iowa's most populous county. Operates the same land-grant continuing education and community programming model as the Decatur County office.
• University of Iowa Extension and Outreach: Iowa's other public university extension system, operating statewide county-level programming. Closest in-state peer with parallel land-grant-style outreach and continuing education mandate, though anchored to a different host university.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IowaStateU
• YouTubeyoutube.com/isunewsservice
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/iowastateu
• Instagraminstagram.com/iowastateu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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