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← GROW CEDAR VALLEY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROW CEDAR VALLEY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,192,215
Total expenses
$2,315,856
Contributions and grants received
$1,303,768
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$684,310
Investment income
$57,859
Other revenue
$146,278
Total assets, end of year
$2,362,888
Total liabilities, end of year
$648,768
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,714,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,315,856
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,042,589

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $29,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $231,979

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEADER VALLEY SHARED SERVICES

    total $444,639 · related or exempt $444,639

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CV LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE REV

    total $91,650 · related or exempt $91,650

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TRC ANNUAL MEETING REVENUE

    total $56,550 · related or exempt $56,550

  • 2d · Program service revenue: DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PARTNER

    total $30,500 · related or exempt $30,500

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TECHWORKS SHARED SERVICES

    total $23,600 · related or exempt $23,600

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $37,371 · related or exempt $32,121 · unrelated business $5,250

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57,859 · excluded $57,859

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $15,524

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $15,524

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $15,524 · related or exempt $15,524

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $10,229

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

    $29,200

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,473

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $756 · excluded $756

  • 11a · Other revenue: CITIES INCENTIVE REVENUE

    total $112,750 · related or exempt $112,750

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $14,777 · related or exempt $14,777

  • 11c · Other revenue: PRINT PUBLICATIONS REVENUE

    total $2,471 · unrelated business $2,471

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $129,998

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $184,649 · program services $184,649

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,167,865 · program services $1,167,865

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $55,361 · program services $55,361

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $65,052 · program services $65,052

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,585 · program services $104,585

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23,662 · program services $23,662

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,595 · program services $28,595

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,283 · program services $76,283

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,529 · program services $14,529

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,334 · program services $28,334

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,144 · program services $45,144

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,922 · program services $45,922

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,513 · program services $15,513

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,867 · program services $3,867

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,980 · program services $11,980

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,741 · program services $18,741

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $98,132 · program services $98,132

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACTS

    total $51,027 · program services $51,027

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $41,101 · program services $41,101

  • 24d · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING EXPENSES

    total $38,048 · program services $38,048

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $197,466 · program services $197,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $503,873 · end of year $167,140

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,625,163 · end of year $1,783,659

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,213 · end of year $168,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,883 · end of year $18,264

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

    $221,263

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

    $48,756

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $177,582 · end of year $172,507

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $48,754 · end of year $52,468

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,687 · end of year $76,122

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $512,020 · end of year $572,646

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,837,761 · end of year $1,714,120

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKING TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND WEALTH IN THE WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS AREA AND SURROUNDING ECONOMIC REGION.

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PROMOTING THE WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS, IOWA METROPOLITAN AREA TO NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katy Susong

    PRESIDENT /

    Total calculated
    $184,649
    From this org
    $155,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,224
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,950
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $475
    Deferred
    $5,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,209
    Filer's total
    $184,649
  • James Schaefer

    DIR. OF INVE

    Total calculated
    $141,941
    From this org
    $124,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,386
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sandi Sommerfelt

    VP OF OPERAT

    Total calculated
    $141,666
    From this org
    $122,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,421
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Skubal

    VP OF ECONOM

    Total calculated
    $135,472
    From this org
    $125,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,938
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carolyn Darrah

    PAST SECRETA

    Total calculated
    $117,109
    From this org
    $107,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,141
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $107,968
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,183
    Filer's total
    $117,109
  • David Wilson Ccim

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Renee Christoffer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Vicki Parsons

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Mallaro

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Melissa Reade

    LEADER VALLE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Abernathy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kim Bear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Edita Begic

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joy Briscoe

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James Bronner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Fabio Castro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dave Deaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Rebecca Ehretsman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tavis Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kris Hansen

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mayor Quentin Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Todd Holcomb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kathryn Kunert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mayor Danny Laudick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ryan Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jim Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phil Nash

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Mark Nook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Erica Parks

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andy Pattee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Josh Schmidt

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Jared Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dustin Whitehead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
2024
Filed
30 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503109349303505

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