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Community FDN of Greater DES Moines

Public charity
DBA: F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN
Foundations · DES MOINES, IA · EIN 42-6139033

About

The community foundation of greater DES moines improves the quality of life for ALL by promoting charitable giving, connecting donors with causes they care about and providing leadership on important community issues . . . We'RE simply better together.

DBA F/k/a Greater DES Moines Community FDN

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Foundations
Employees
41
Volunteers
652

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$160.8M
Expenses
$96.6M
Assets
$918.7M
Liabilities
$26.4M

Financial history

$160.8M$80.4M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $160.8M · Avg: $111.3M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$71.4M
Foreign employees0
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) has NOT elected 501(h) — lobbying is permitted but limited under the vaguer "no substantial part of activities" test.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$29K
Grants Given
$82.6M
COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES
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Address

1915 Grand AVE
DES Moines, IA, 50309-331

Governance

Voting board members31
Independent members31
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %100.0%
Permanent endowment %0.0%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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