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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,556,976
Total expenses
$1,481,466
Contributions and grants received
$1,556,976
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$167,370
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,382
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$116,988
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,481,466
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,481,466

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,556,976

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $280,590 · program services $280,590

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,352 · program services $23,352

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,179 · program services $18,179

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,291 · program services $16,291

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,492 · program services $3,492

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,750 · program services $3,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,568 · program services $6,568

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $81,996 · program services $81,996

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $267,869 · program services $267,869

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,148 · program services $3,148

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $744 · program services $744

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,312 · program services $4,312

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENT

    total $268,949 · program services $268,949

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $257,838 · program services $257,838

  • 24c · Other expenses: VENUE RENT

    total $65,042 · program services $65,042

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE COSTS

    total $41,219 · program services $41,219

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $138,127 · program services $138,127

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $131,966 · end of year $129,565

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $47,852 · end of year $37,805

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

    $50,514

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

    $50,514

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,312 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,537 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $121,189 · end of year $15,382

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $35,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $41,478 · end of year $116,988

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PRODUCING ANNUAL LARGE-SCALE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN GREATER DES MOINES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENHANCE THE VIBRANCY OF OF DOWNTOWN DES MOINES THROUGH CREATION, ELEVATION AND ACTIVATION OF ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES EVENTS AND COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING.

  • THE FESTIVAL BEGAN IN 2005 AND IS A THREE-DAY EVENT WHICH CELEBRATES IOWA'S DIVERSITY AND CULTURE. IT ENCOMPASSES CULINARY VENDORS THAT HIGHLIGHT CUISINE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, PROFESSIONAL COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, INTERACTIVE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS. AUTHENTIC CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ARE ENJOYED BY ALL. ATTENDANCE HAS REACHED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE THREE-DAY EVENT. THE EXPENSES INCURRED REFLECT ALL COSTS INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE EVENT

    Expenses $432,183 · Revenue $410,003

  • DOWNTOWN DES MOINES FARMERS MARKET THE MARKET, WHICH DATES BACK TO 1976, IS HELD EACH SATURDAY FROM MAY TO OCTOBER. THE MARKET BOASTS OVER 320 VENDORS AND AVERAGES MORE THAN 35,000 IN ATTENDANCE EACH WEEK. IN ADDITION, AN INDOOR WINTER MARKET IS HELD OVER ONE WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER. THE NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED MARKET INCLUDES A VARIETY OF VENDORS AND PRODUCT OFFERINGS AND IS PRODUCED, OPERATED, AND MANAGED BY THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $331,393 · Revenue $709,014

  • ACTIVATIONS ARE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT MOMENTS THAT DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES CAN STUMBLE UPON AND ENJOY. PREVIOUS ACTIVATIONS HAVE INCLUDED; HIDE & SEEK ORNAMENTS YOU KEEP, THE GREAT DSM HOT AIR BALLOON HUNT, OUT TO LUNCH AND MORE. THESE EVENTS OFFER DES MOINES (DSM) NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN DSM.

    Expenses $17,595 · Revenue $17,750

  • Expenses $700,295

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ashtin Hotek

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Prevette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilary Ortmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Meinert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lesli Garcia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Callanan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Tauscheck

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $449,934
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $432,309
    Other
    $17,625
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $432,309 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,932 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,434 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $474,675 related

  • Tim Grabinski

    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612659349301141

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