Iowa · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION
COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WEILER FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Community Betterment Organization does
Mission
The Community Betterment Organization ("cbo") was formed to support central college, the city of pella, and pella regional health center, to engage in activities that such organizations would strive to engage in themselves were it not for cbo, including without limitation, providing amenities that make a small town a more desirable place to live and conduct business.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The cbo's program service accomplishments for the year 2024 involve in support of the city of pella, the operation of a building (the "building") that was constructed in the years 2000 and 2001 as part of a large downtown block development project (the "downtown project"). The downtown project by the city of pella was developed to attract businesses and people to do business and live in the town, and includes a hotel, business space, restaurant space, and entertainment attractions to improve the city of pella. The cbo's contribution to the downtown project involved the construction and ongoing maintenance and operation of the building on behalf of the city. The building includes a three-screen movie theater and a restaurant. In 2012, cbo determined that new projection equipment was needed for the movie theater to upgrade to digital capabilities. This cost of the new equipment was $199,077. Cbo received $64,000 in grants from various organizations and obtained a $111,500 loan from genlink llc in 2012 to pay for the costs of this upgrade. The installation of this new equipment continues to meet the exempt purpose of the organization in providing enhancements to community amenities.…
$100,182 spent$15,600 earned by the program39% of program spendingCbo supported central college during 2024 by paying for the amount of losses incurred by the movie theater. This included paying for sound repairs for the movie theater.
$154,473 spentof which $154,473 as grants61% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,655.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.7M to $1.2M (−56%).
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.
0% of COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION’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 COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
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.
Against its field
COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Central College · exempt
- Pella Regional Health Center · exempt
- City of Pella · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION: 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 COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION?
- COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WEILER FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION?
- WEILER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY BETTERMENT ORGANIZATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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