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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$418,181
Total expenses
$608,760
Contributions and grants received
$418,181
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$46,540
Total liabilities, end of year
$284,798
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$238,258
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$435,567
Management and general expenses
$121,235
Fundraising expenses
$51,958
Program service expenses (Part III)
$435,567

Program services were 71.5% 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

    $418,181

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,381 · program services $4,381

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $173,193 · management and general $121,235 · fundraising $51,958

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,596 · program services $58,596

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $61,119 · program services $61,119

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,155 · program services $9,155

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,769 · program services $8,769

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENT

    total $133,097 · program services $133,097

  • 24b · Other expenses: PERFORMING ARTS TALENT

    total $91,598 · program services $91,598

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE COSTS

    total $31,487 · program services $31,487

  • 24d · Other expenses: PERMITS

    total $21,176 · program services $21,176

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,189 · program services $16,189

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $133,613 · end of year $15,376

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,768 · end of year $17,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $4,750

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

    $30,517

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

    $21,603

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,992 · end of year $8,914

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $184,552 · end of year $249,798

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $35,000

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year -$47,679 · end of year -$238,258

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

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

  • WORLD FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL THE FESTIVAL BEGAN IN 2005 AND IS A THREE-DAY EVENT WHICH CELEBRATES IOWA'S UNIQUE AND DIVERSE CULINARY TRADITIONS, AS WELL AS OFFERING LIVE MUSIC. THE EVENT OFFERS CULTURAL CAFES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, AND VARIOUS MARKETPLACES. ATTENDANCE HAS REACHED AS HIGH AS 75,000 OVER THE THREE-DAY EVENT. THE EXPENSES INCURRED REFLECT ALL COSTS INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE EVENT.

    Expenses $330,854 · Revenue $268,278

  • DSM BOOK FESTIVAL THE INAUGURAL EVENT IN 2019 FEATURED PRESENTATIONS AND BOOK SIGNINGS BY AUTHORS OF BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL ACCLAIM. IN ADDITION, WORKSHOPS AS WELL AS CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES WERE PROVIDED, AS PART OF A "CELEBRATION OF THE WRITTEN WORD."

    Expenses $91,224 · Revenue $95,496

  • HOLIDAY PROMENADE THE HOLIDAY PROMENADE IS AN EXCITING, FREE CELEBRATION FULL OF HOLIDAY- THEMED ACTIVITIES, ENTERTAINMENT, SHOPPING AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY FUN. A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE FIVE FRIDAYS, INCLUDING THE INAUGURAL TREE LIGHTING.

    Expenses $13,489 · Revenue $29,400

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TIFFANY TAUSCHECK

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $359,547
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $325,038
    Other
    $34,509
    Hours/week
    8 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $315,038 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $10,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $24,870 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,639 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $359,547 related

  • HALLIE STILL-CARIS

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JAKE CHRISTENSEN

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID BROWN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KAREN KARR

    EXECUTIVE CO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SID RAMSEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KRIS SADDORIS

    EXECUTIVE CO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JULIE STEWART

    EXECUTIVE CO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • EMILY ABBAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MIKE ABBOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • MATT ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ALEX BRIGGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRANDON BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JEFF CHELSEVIG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRIS CURRAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KYLE GAMBLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT GAVORA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BECKY GIBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DEREK JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TODD KAMP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ARDIS KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SHARON KRAUSE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KATHRYN KUNERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOSH MANDELBAUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • FARNAZ MATERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KENT MAUCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JENNY MCCOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ANDREA MORSE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN NORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TERRY ROSENDAHL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PAUL ROTTENBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN RUAN IV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRAD SCHOENFELDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GREG WATTIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • AMANDA WIEBERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JAY BYERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $453,432
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $414,462
    Other
    $38,970
    Hours/week
    8 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $394,462 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $20,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $29,331 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,639 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $453,432 related

  • KIRK IRWIN

    CHIEF ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $279,828
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $245,075
    Other
    $34,753
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $235,075 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $10,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $21,360 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $13,393 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $279,828 related

  • AMANDA BRIGGS

    CFAO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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
2022
Filed
15 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349314391

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