Iowa · Nonprofit
BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON
BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON (Iowa) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $948,481 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($535,686). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $948k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Beacon of Life D/B/A the Beacon does
Mission
Beacon of life is a residential center in des moines, iowa that assists homeless women in their transition through a multifaceted approach that includes, but is not limited to, one-on-one counseling and programming on chemical dependency, budgeting, housing, job readiness, employment placement and permanent housing placement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Homeless shelter that assists women in their transition through a multifaceted approach that includes, but is not limited to, one-on-one counseling and programming on chemical dependency, budgeting, housing, job readiness, employment placement, violence against women, health issues and more.
$828,512 spent$295,714 earned by the program31% of program spendingAssist with affordable housing opportunities.
$1,868,484 spentof which $1,868,484 as grants69% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,696,996.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $2.4M (+57%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 9% · 2018 5% · 2019 3% · 2020 8% · 2021 7% · 2022 3% · 2023 16% · 2024 3% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amy Landrigan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $33k → $42k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 42% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 68% · 2022 64% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
30% of BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 28% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $348k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $601k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $53k on record.
- FEDERAL$53k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON?
- BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON (Iowa) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $948,481 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($535,686). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $948,481 in grants to BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $535,686 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing