COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T310

Classification

1000

Street

1915 GRAND AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• CENTER AT SIXTH

  EIN 88-2816453

• GDMCF CHARITABLE TR

  EIN 39-6787864

• GREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION

  EIN 20-1282095

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL DONORS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH CHARITABLE GIVING FUNDS THAT BENEFIT CAUSES AND COMMUNITIES FOREVER. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL BY PROMOTING CHARITABLE GIVING, CONNECTING DONORS WITH CAUSES THEY CARE ABOUT AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP ON IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ISSUES. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES IS CONFIRMED IN COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR U.S. COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OFFERS EXPERT GIVING ADVICE, CHARITABLE GIVING TOOLS TO MEET INDIVIDUAL GIVING GOALS, PROFESSIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT OF CHARITABLE GIVING FUNDS AND MAXIMUM TAX ADVANTAGES. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ADMINISTERS MORE THAN 2,600 CHARITABLE COMPONENT FUNDS. THROUGH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTMAKING PROGRAMS AND DONOR FUNDS, OVER $84 MILLION WAS GRANTED TO CHARITABLE CAUSES IN 2024.

  Expenses $88,551,946 · Grants $82,559,042 · Revenue $50,265

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR IMPORTANT COMMUNITY BETTERMENT INITIATIVES. THESE INITIATIVES FULFILL SHORT-TERM ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS FOR A SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR PROJECT THAT IS KEY TO THE FUTURE VIABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY. BY SERVING AS FISCAL SPONSOR, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR THESE VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO ESTABLISH AN UNNECESSARY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, YET ALLOWS FOR THE PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN A PRUDENT MANNER WITH STRONG FISCAL OVERSIGHT. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THESE PROJECTS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE LAURIDSEN SKATEPARK, GRAY'S LAKE, THE MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY RECPLEX AND PLANNING FOR THE GREATER DES MOINES DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.

  Expenses $3,324,223 · Grants $365,153

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREATER DES MOINES AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE NONPROFIT SECTOR PLAYS IN BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S LEADERSHIP GRANTS SUPPORT CRITICAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREATER DES MOINES. ITS CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS STRENGTHEN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTATION TO HELP IMPROVE THE CAPACITY AND MANAGEMENT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ASSISTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ACCOUNTING SERVICES WHICH ALLOWS THEIR FOCUS TO REMAIN ON MISSION FULFILLMENT.

  Expenses $4,124,661 · Grants $1,770,507 · Revenue $375,451

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $160,755,314

  Expenses

  $96,607,690

  Contributions

  $115,164,589

  Grants paid

  $84,694,702

• 2023

  Revenue

  $109,094,031

  Expenses

  $72,508,750

  Contributions

  $79,447,911

  Grants paid

  $62,163,591

• 2022

  Revenue

  $130,145,897

  Expenses

  $77,264,221

  Contributions

  $108,164,293

  Grants paid

  $67,613,310

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $144,988,273

  Expenses

  $59,798,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $756,930,676

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $108,289,441

  Expenses

  $80,012,038

  Assets (EOY)

  $638,683,906

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $97,760,217

  Expenses

  $57,436,058

  Assets (EOY)

  $568,345,510

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $84,589,663

  Expenses

  $43,797,390

  Assets (EOY)

  $463,969,238

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $106,867,068

  Expenses

  $56,219,972

  Assets (EOY)

  $472,304,977

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST IOWA

  $7,339,995

  2024 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• SPIRIT OF OKOBOJI

  $3,050,000

  2024 · EMERALD ESTATES PURCHASE SUPPORT

• SPIRIT OF OKOBOJI

  $2,100,000

  2024 · GREEN ICE DEVELOPMENT LAND PURCHASE.

• DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ATTN CARMEN KOPF

  $2,000,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• INVEST DSM

  $2,000,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• THE BRENTON ARBORETUM INC

  $1,714,548

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• ST THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH & CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER

  $1,607,919

  2023 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH

  $1,607,372

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• BRICKER-PRICE BLOCK RESTORATION CORPORATION

  $1,597,407

  2023 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION TO REFLECT DISTRIBUTION OF INTEREST IN BP BLOCK LLC

• DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ATTN CARMEN KOPF

  $1,400,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GDMCF CHARITABLE TR

  $9,269,088

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $1,200,000

  2022 · ENDOWMENT TRANSFER

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $576,850

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA

  $400,000

  2022 · CONTRIBUTION TO CFGDM FOR THE DDIA DONOR ADVISED FUND. THE DONOR ADVISED FUND IS USED FOR THE REPAYMENT OF DENTAL EDUCATION DEBT FOR A DENTIST WHO AGREES TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE IN A RURAL, UNDERSERVED AREA.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $297,400

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $250,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION

  $246,125

  2023 · EVENT SPONSOR

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $216,166

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $203,902

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA

  $200,000

  2024 · CONTRIBUTION TO CFGDM FOR THE DDIA DONOR ADVISED FUND. THE DONOR ADVISED FUND IS USED FOR THE REPAYMENT OF DENTAL EDUCATION DEBT FOR A DENTIST WHO AGREES TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE IN A RURAL, UNDERSERVED AREA AND LEGACY WOODS PROJECT.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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