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Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc

Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being IOWA SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$475k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$1.9M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc does

Mission

The Organization's purpose is to administer various charitable funds, including funds received from the State of Iowa to be used for the benefit of the citizens of Carroll and Sac counties. The Organization administers and grows various 501(c)(3) endowment funds, including those endowment funds created for each county under state statute, for the benefit of Iowa citizens.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Organization directly administers multiple funds, including ninr endowment funds, according to the federal and state requirements, and the National Standards for Community Foundations. The majority of the direct support for the Organization is received from the State of Iowa, currently for the benefit of Carroll County and Sac County. Of those funds, 25% are required to be placed in permanent endowments for the benefit of the citizens of Carroll County and Sac County. The remaining funds from the State are to be used for the public benefit of each county to enhance the cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities, as well as for the public health and safety of local communities and other community opportunities. The Organization will only provide grants to qualified projects meeting the charitable objectives to benefit community citizens and to governmental organizations or those recognized as eligible charitable organizations under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or those similarly qualified. Similarly, the Organization administers its other funds to meet their stated functions, under the Organization's governing criteria.During the current year the Organization awarded 40…

    $403,519 spentof which $397,966 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $403,519.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($478k) Expenses 100 ($240k) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 93 ($443k) Expenses 138 ($331k) Net assets 108 ($1.5M)2019 Revenue 88 ($419k) Expenses 146 ($350k) Net assets 114 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 87 ($417k) Expenses 144 ($347k) Net assets 119 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 76 ($362k) Expenses 127 ($305k) Net assets 123 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 97 ($463k) Expenses 164 ($395k) Net assets 129 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 113 ($538k) Expenses 168 ($403k) Net assets 138 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 94 ($449k) Expenses 178 ($427k) Net assets 140 ($1.9M)2025 Revenue 99 ($475k) Expenses 177 ($426k) Net assets 144 ($1.9M)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (177)Net assets (144)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.7M to $1.9M (+8%).

$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 56% · 2018 60% · 2019 65% · 2020 65% · 2021 60% · 2022 63% · 2023 85% · 2024 71% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

82% of Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$237k
’17
$112k
’18
$68k
’19
$70k
’20
$57k
’21
$68k
’22
$135k
’23
$22k
’24
$49k
’25
11
months of
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

Stacey Tonniges

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed999999999
Joined·+4+1+0+2+1+3+2+2
No longer listed·41021322
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $250.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc's grant income comes from Iowa funders.

IA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve10.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc?
Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being IOWA SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc?
IOWA SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc 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 1 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