Iowa · Nonprofit
CAPITAL CITY PRIDE
CAPITAL CITY PRIDE (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $646,424 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($321,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $860k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $646k
- Net assets
- $223k
What Capital City Pride does
Mission
Capital City Pride brings together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community, their friends, family, and supporters. We do this by producing events that inspire, educate, connect, and celebrate our diverse community and culture with and for the greater des moines metro.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pridefest: the flagship event for Capital City Pride is a three-day celebration and commemoration of the struggle for lgbt equality. Capital City Pride provides festivities and entertainment for members of the lgbt community and their ally's. The three-day celebration culminates with a gathering and parade to commemorate the first pride parade held a year after the stonewall riots.
$614,908 spent$309,245 earned by the program85% of program spendingYear-round programming: Capital City Pride offers year-round programming rooted in our five core pillars: community, education, health & wellness, family, and celebration. While our organization previously hosted daily events throughout pride month, we have since evolved our approach to better serve the community by providing inclusive and affirming experiences throughout the entire year. This shift allows us to engage a broader audience in meaningful ways while reinforcing our belief that pride is not just a moment, it's a movement. Through partnerships with local organizations, businesses, and civic groups, our events promote visibility, foster connection, and affirm that central iowa is a safe and welcoming place for lgbtq+ individuals to live, work, and play.
$73,087 spent$53,538 earned by the program10% of program spendingSpeaker series: speaker series is a year-long discussion series hosted by various community partners that provides a platform for members of the lgbt community to share their stories with other members of the community. It is very common for lgbt members to live believing they are alone. Speaker series allows out members of the community to provide affirmation to those who might feel alone.
$35,180 spent$545 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $723,175.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $157k to $212k (+35%).
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: 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of CAPITAL CITY PRIDE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Wes Mullins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $74k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 CAPITAL CITY PRIDE’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
CAPITAL CITY PRIDE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 CAPITAL CITY PRIDE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 58% · 2022 49% · 2023 40% — 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
60% of CAPITAL CITY PRIDE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
96% of CAPITAL CITY PRIDE's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $247k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CAPITAL CITY PRIDE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CAPITAL CITY PRIDE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAPITAL CITY PRIDE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAPITAL CITY PRIDE?
- CAPITAL CITY PRIDE (Iowa) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $646,424 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($321,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAPITAL CITY PRIDE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $646,424 in grants to CAPITAL CITY PRIDE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAPITAL CITY PRIDE?
- BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC is the largest funder on record, with $321,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAPITAL CITY PRIDE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing