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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,193,832
Total expenses
$3,278,020
Contributions and grants received
$4,523,160
Grants paid
$392,500
Program service revenue
$581,909
Investment income
$79,807
Other revenue
$8,956
Total assets, end of year
$12,139,303
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,391,557
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,747,746
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,315,191
Management and general expenses
$912,671
Fundraising expenses
$50,158
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,315,191

Program services were 70.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $125,446

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,397,714

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEE REVENUE

    total $581,909 · related or exempt $581,909

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $79,807 · excluded $79,807

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $78,574

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $69,618

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $8,956 · excluded $8,956

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $392,500 · program services $392,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $218,304 · management and general $187,740 · fundraising $30,564

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $341,458 · program services $63,293 · management and general $278,165

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $38,112 · program services $17,763 · management and general $20,349

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,929 · program services $37,367 · management and general $34,198 · fundraising $1,364

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $217,575 · program services $112,580 · management and general $99,836 · fundraising $5,159

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,597 · program services $31,405 · management and general $16,192

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,720 · management and general $68,720

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $115,124 · program services $110,124 · management and general $5,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,492,414 · program services $1,469,100 · management and general $23,314

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $121,868 · program services $61,089 · management and general $59,973 · fundraising $806

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,878 · program services $292 · management and general $28,765 · fundraising $1,821

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,828 · program services $421 · management and general $27,386 · fundraising $21

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,964 · program services $100 · management and general $26,024 · fundraising $3,840

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,780 · program services $16,908 · management and general $2,846 · fundraising $4,026

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,035 · program services $800 · management and general $4,462 · fundraising $773

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $105 · management and general $105

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,128 · management and general $17,608 · fundraising $520

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $14,701 · program services $1,449 · management and general $11,988 · fundraising $1,264

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,909,491 · end of year $3,780,603

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $178,498 · end of year $390,167

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,947,131 · end of year $6,586,228

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $63,872 · end of year $127,086

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,233 · end of year $17,385

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

    $17,865

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

    $105

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $17,760

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,168 · end of year $1,209,385

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $10,689

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $381,607 · end of year $922,022

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $57,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $412,035

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $460,117 · end of year $1,681,312

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,272,669 · end of year $9,066,434

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVANCE CONSERVATION THROUGH INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, AND STEWARDSHIP.

  • CONSERVATION, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE/GET OUTDOORS PROJECTS INCLUDING FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO POLK COUNTY CONSERVATION PROJECTS, FRIENDS OF JESTER PARK, EASTER LAKE BRIDGE PLAQUES, AND WATER QUALITY PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $2,315,191 · Grants $392,500 · Revenue $581,909

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hannah Inman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $218,304
    From this org
    $195,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,985
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,319
    Filer's total
    $218,304
  • Joey Taylor-Moon

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cory Sharp

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Costa

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Kessinger

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Mahoney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gene Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurt Mumm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julian Seay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Arato

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grant Kvalheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Boddy Left 2024

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Abigail Bogaard Joined 2024

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Georgia Van Gundy Joined 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Fleckenstein Joined 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • CITY OF WEST DES MOINES

    $125,000

    GRANT DISTRIBUTION

  • CITY OF CLIVE

    $125,000

    GRANT DISTRIBUTION

  • CITY OF JOHNSTON

    $125,000

    GRANT DISTRIBUTION

  • SCWL

    $15,000

    GRANT DISTRIBUTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511219349301601

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