DOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A20

Classification

1200

Street

700 LOCUST ST STE 100

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 100). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

• DOWNTOWN DES MOINES SELF-SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

  EIN 86-1058466

• DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP INC

  EIN 42-1174898

• GREATER DES MOINES COMMITTEE INC

  EIN 42-0283250

• GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP

  EIN 42-1489668

• GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION

  EIN 99-4597167

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE FESTIVAL BEGAN IN 2005 AND IS A THREE-DAY EVENT WHICH CELEBRATES IOWA'S DIVERSITY AND CULTURE. IT ENCOMPASSES CULINARY VENDORS THAT HIGHLIGHT CUISINE FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, PROFESSIONAL COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, INTERACTIVE CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS. AUTHENTIC CULTURAL EXPERIENCES ARE ENJOYED BY ALL. ATTENDANCE HAS REACHED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE THREE-DAY EVENT. THE EXPENSES INCURRED REFLECT ALL COSTS INCURRED IN CARRYING OUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE EVENT

  Expenses $432,183 · Revenue $410,003

• DOWNTOWN DES MOINES FARMERS MARKET THE MARKET, WHICH DATES BACK TO 1976, IS HELD EACH SATURDAY FROM MAY TO OCTOBER. THE MARKET BOASTS OVER 320 VENDORS AND AVERAGES MORE THAN 35,000 IN ATTENDANCE EACH WEEK. IN ADDITION, AN INDOOR WINTER MARKET IS HELD OVER ONE WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER. THE NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED MARKET INCLUDES A VARIETY OF VENDORS AND PRODUCT OFFERINGS AND IS PRODUCED, OPERATED, AND MANAGED BY THE ORGANIZATION.

  Expenses $331,393 · Revenue $709,014

• ACTIVATIONS ARE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT MOMENTS THAT DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES CAN STUMBLE UPON AND ENJOY. PREVIOUS ACTIVATIONS HAVE INCLUDED; HIDE & SEEK ORNAMENTS YOU KEEP, THE GREAT DSM HOT AIR BALLOON HUNT, OUT TO LUNCH AND MORE. THESE EVENTS OFFER DES MOINES (DSM) NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN DSM.

  Expenses $17,595 · Revenue $17,750

• Expenses $700,295

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,556,976

  Expenses

  $1,481,466

  Contributions

  $1,556,976

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,515,360

  Expenses

  $1,352,404

  Contributions

  $1,515,360

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,472,914

  Expenses

  $1,356,134

  Contributions

  $1,472,914

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $418,181

  Expenses

  $608,760

  Contributions

  $418,181

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $737,514

  Expenses

  $717,950

  Assets (EOY)

  $156,873

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $505,378

  Expenses

  $411,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $93,167

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $789,892

  Expenses

  $746,663

  Assets (EOY)

  $79,081

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $698,437

  Expenses

  $630,420

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,760

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $783,743

  Expenses

  $689,748

  Assets (EOY)

  $69,587

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $769,832

  Expenses

  $734,881

  Assets (EOY)

  $95,416

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $702,008

  Expenses

  $646,939

  Assets (EOY)

  $54,399

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $854,578

  Expenses

  $1,045,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,952

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $816,619

  Expenses

  $968,500

  Assets (EOY)

  $64,841

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $679,608

  Assets (EOY)

  $81,027

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION

  $266,000

  2024 · CAPITAL BUILDING CAMPAIGN

• CENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION

  $250,000

  2022 · CAPITAL BUILDING CAMPAIGN

• BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC

  $88,000

  2023 · OPERATING GRANT

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $88,000

  2024 · OPERATING GRANT CYCLE 2024 - FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT

• BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC

  $79,200

  2024 · OPERATING GRANT

• PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACE TRACK & CASINO INC

  $60,000

  2024 · DOWNTOWN FARMERS' MARKET

• BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC

  $54,000

  2022 · GENERAL FUNDING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $30,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $25,000

  2022 · ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM GRANT

• PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACE TRACK & CASINO INC

  $25,000

  2024 · 2024 WORLD FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL

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.

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