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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by URBAN DREAMS.

Totals

Total revenue
$959,832
Total expenses
$851,175
Contributions and grants received
$498,569
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$436,160
Investment income
$24,103
Other revenue
$1,000
Total assets, end of year
$2,935,742
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,137
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,892,605
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$488,110
Management and general expenses
$243,012
Fundraising expenses
$120,053
Program service expenses (Part III)
$488,110

Program services were 57.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $88,684

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $409,885

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

    total $436,160 · related or exempt $436,160

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,103 · related or exempt $24,103

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $88,684

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENT

    total $1,000 · related or exempt $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $382,279 · program services $262,788 · management and general $50,250 · fundraising $69,241

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,527 · management and general $17,527

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,416 · program services $24,504 · management and general $3,440 · fundraising $6,472

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $94,406 · program services $40,155 · management and general $47,421 · fundraising $6,830

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,508 · program services $5,207 · management and general $30,636 · fundraising $14,665

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,979 · program services $9,227 · management and general $752

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $135,744 · program services $134,437 · management and general $695 · fundraising $612

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $62,323 · management and general $62,323

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,418 · management and general $25,418

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $22,722 · program services $4,858 · management and general $319 · fundraising $17,545

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $10,235 · program services $1,716 · management and general $3,831 · fundraising $4,688

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,618 · program services $5,218 · management and general $400

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $274,989 · end of year $718,834

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $516,684 · end of year $256,618

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $10,837

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $325,000 · end of year $325,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,824,133

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $199,680

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,686,776 · end of year $1,624,453

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,266 · end of year $237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $36,235 · end of year $42,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,730,995 · end of year $2,837,928

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,953 · end of year $54,677

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

URBAN DREAMS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS OF DES MOINES, IOWA. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONTRADITIONAL REFERRAL SERVICE AND OPERATES A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TO COMBAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OFFER THEIR CLIENTS EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

  • COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY - THIS BUCKET OF WORK INCLUDES ALL OF OUR MONTHLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS INTIATIVES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY WORK. THESE EVENTS ARE HIGH-QUALITY, FREE OR VERY LOW COST, AND FOCUS ON POSITIVE OUT-OF-CAR EXPERIENCES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENGAGE WITH NEIGHBORS AND TO EARN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS' SUPPORT.

    Expenses $181,325 · Revenue $436,160

  • SUBSTANCE ABUSE - WITHIN OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DEPARTMENT, WE HOUSE OUR OWI WEEKEND DIVERSION CLASSES. WE OFFER CLASSES STATEWIDE IN SIX LOCATIONS: CEDAR RAPIDS/IOWA CITY, CHARLES CITY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, DES MOINES, OTTUMWA, AND SIOUX CITY. WE HELP OVER 1,750 INDIVIDUALS WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY RELATED ISSUES, BETWEEN OUR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, WORK AT THE CENTRAL IOWA SHELTER AND SERVICE (CISS), AND OUR OWI WEEKEND CLASSES.

    Expenses $248,036

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION - INCLUDES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE BUSINESSES. WE HOST JOB FAIRS FOR EMPLOYERS, PROVIDE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING, AND PARTNER WITH RECRUITING AGENCIES. WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE TO OTHER BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES. WE OFFER A DEFERRED EXPULSION PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $58,749

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • IZAAH JB KNOX

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $167,070
    From this org
    $139,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,420
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,650
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,420
    Filer's total
    $167,070

  • AHMED AGYEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JON AUGSPURGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MARY CHAPMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CHRIS CONETZKEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CHRIS ESPERSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BEN GRAEBER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SARA HOPKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ELIZABETH HUEBSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JIM O'HALLORAN JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • PATRICK KELLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JEFF KLEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ERIN KNUPP

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SHEILA MASON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BEATRIZ MATE-KODJO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JULIAN NEELY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CRAIG OWENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • RONA BERINOBIS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MATT JUFFER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DENNIS ZACHARY

    VICE-CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543169349303684

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