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← DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$26,167,956
Total expenses
$28,216,361
Contributions and grants received
$3,936,472
Grants paid
$7,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,074,250
Management and general expenses
$1,951,269
Fundraising expenses
$1,190,842
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,074,250

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ESPNOLA CARTMILL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARDIS KELLEY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL HLIVKO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LANAE CERYANEC

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VANESSA HOWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHUCK FREEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA GOBBER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE HER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT MCCOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENNIS MENKEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SONIA PARRAS KONRAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY PERKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB RITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA WESTERGAARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICH WILLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIBETH MULREADY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELINDA RUPERTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHRYN KUNERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACY WANDERSCHEID

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH MANDELBAUM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN PATRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF CHELESVIG

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $695,197
    From this org
    $670,395
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,802
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $430,828
    Bonus
    $236,962
    Other
    $2,605
    Deferred
    $11,528
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,274
    Filer's total
    $695,197

  • HEIDI WATKINS

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $226,912
    From this org
    $215,107
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,297
    Bonus
    $26,707
    Other
    $2,103
    Deferred
    $10,649
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,157
    Filer's total
    $226,913

  • LAURA SWEET

    VICE PRESIDENT/COO

    Total calculated
    $252,262
    From this org
    $230,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,134
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,606
    Bonus
    $30,109
    Other
    $2,413
    Deferred
    $10,222
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,913
    Filer's total
    $252,263

  • BARBARA PREUSS

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $197,313
    From this org
    $176,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,287
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,297
    Bonus
    $24,061
    Other
    $2,668
    Deferred
    $8,703
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,584
    Filer's total
    $197,313

  • MEGAN KIRK

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $134,937
    From this org
    $126,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,717
    Hours/week
    40

  • JONATHAN BRENDEMUEHL

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $133,631
    From this org
    $117,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,999
    Hours/week
    40

  • BILL PINEGAR

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $173,437
    From this org
    $163,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,067
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,842
    Bonus
    $16,385
    Other
    $2,143
    Deferred
    $8,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,992
    Filer's total
    $173,437

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 — 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
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

Answered no

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINES 5 & 6
JEFF CHELESVIG, LAURA SWEET, HEIDI WATKINS, AND BARBARA PREUSS PARTICIPATED IN AN INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN. THE CALCULATION CRITERIA OF THE AWARD IS BASED ON METRICS SUCH AS NET OPERATING REVENUE AND NET OPERATING SURPLUS, AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT. THE COMPENSATON COMMITTEE APPROVES INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR JEFF CHELESVIG PRIOR TO PAYMENT. INCENTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IS APPROVED BY JEFF CHELESVIG. TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IS REVIEWED AS PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE.

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
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349306075

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