Easter Seals Iowa is part of a nationwide network of separately incorporated affiliates, that cumulatively represents the world's oldest and largest not-for-profit organization providing direct services to people with disabilities.  Easter Seals' network includes more than 100 state and local affiliates in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Although Easter Seals Iowa is affiliated with a national organization, it operates with a great degree of autonomy, with a board of directors comprised of individuals from throughout the state serving as its governing body. Since its inception in 1926 as the Iowa Society for Crippled Children, Easter Seals Iowa has earned a reputation as a leader in providing unique and responsive services to Iowans with disabilities of all ages.   Easter Seals Iowa is driven by its mission of  "creating solutions that change the lives of individuals with disabilities and other special needs and their families," and all of its programs and services have evolved out of this mission.