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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by IRIS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$888,167
Total expenses
$763,436
Contributions and grants received
$888,167
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$366,574
Total liabilities, end of year
$198,226
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$168,348
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$465,360
Management and general expenses
$271,929
Fundraising expenses
$26,147
Program service expenses (Part III)
$465,360

Program services were 61.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $816,188

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $71,979

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,948 · program services $130,948

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $242,398 · program services $57,165 · management and general $185,233

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $101,722 · program services $80,892 · management and general $20,830

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $985 · program services $300 · management and general $685

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,243 · management and general $10,243

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,760 · program services $10,480 · management and general $26,280

  • 17 · Travel

    total $63,693 · program services $56,285 · management and general $7,408

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,573 · management and general $6,573

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS

    total $71,668 · program services $70,629 · management and general $378 · fundraising $661

  • 24b · Other expenses: ALUMNI PROGRAM

    total $47,800 · program services $47,800

  • 24c · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIP

    total $25,486 · fundraising $25,486

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

    total $10,187 · program services $3,200 · management and general $6,987

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,973 · program services $7,661 · management and general $7,312

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $238,854 · end of year $155,790

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $44,175 · end of year $139,172

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $20,274

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $63,957 · end of year $51,338

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $147,247 · end of year $149,718

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $93,386

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $62,736 · end of year $48,508

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,617 · end of year $168,348

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IRIS, INC WAS ESTABLISHED BY FORMER IOWA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BOB ANDERSON IN 1993. THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PEACE BY CONNECTING IOWA TO COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. IRIS CONDUCTS MANY PROGRAMS WHICH BRING STUDENTS, JOURNALISTS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, EDUCATORS, AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS FROM AFRICA, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND ASIA TO IOWA. WHILE IN IOWA, THE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS STAY WITH IOWA FAMILIES, STUDY IN IOWA SCHOOLS, INTERN IN IOWA BUSINESSES, AND BECOME INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. WHEN THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES, THEY TAKE WITH THEM NEW IDEAS AND STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE ADVANCEMENT. THEY ALSO RETURN HOME WITH NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICANS AND OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE. IRIS ALSO LINKS IOWANS TO THE WORLD BY FACILITATING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ARRANGING FOR TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR IOWANS. ALMOST ALL HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT.

  • YOUTH EXCHANGE STUDY PROGRAM (YES) - IT WAS DEVELOPED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CAN LIVE IN PEACE, RESPECT ONE ANOTHER'S RELIGION AND DEVELOP COMMON GOALS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. SINCE ITS INFANCY, THE YES PROGRAM HAS EXPENDED ITS MISSION TO 40 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, SUCH AS LEBANON, TURKEY, YEMEN, MOROCCO. THE PROGRAM ALSO EXPOSES STUDENTS WHO DO NOT NORMALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THEIR OWN REGION TO EXPERIENCE OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. IRIS PLACED EXCHANGE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT IOWA.

    Expenses $465,360

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chris Fultz

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Vani Bojjia

    VICE-CHAIRPE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mike Coverdale

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bobt Anderson

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dromi Etsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nicole Gassman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ronelle Langley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ursula Ruedenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Susan Anderson

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Del R Christensen

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $130,948
    From this org
    $130,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503159349305920

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