Iowa · Nonprofit
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,878 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($335,712). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $890k
- Net assets
- $9.7M
What Des Moines Public Library Foundation does
Mission
To raise funds and advocate for the des moines public library system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Des Moines Public Library Foundation (dmplf) supports and enriches the capabilities, resources, and services of the des moines public library (dmpl) system. Created as a separate 501(c)(3) foundation in 1998, dmplf is governed by an independent board of directors and operated by a small staff. In 2025, dmplf provided dmpl with nearly $300,000 in funding, helping enrich the lives of more than 124,000 people of all ages, across the city. Support from dmplf makes possible summer reading and school readiness, avid (authors visiting in des moines), rosie the reader community outreach, public access technology, tech central, adult and youth programming, dmpl staff training, and more.
$393,939 spentof which $393,939 as grants79% of program spendingThe Des Moines Public Library Foundation hosts fundraising events, conducts targeted appeals, and coordinates other initiatives to raise awareness and encourage donations that will support and enrich the des moines public library system.
$106,645 spent21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $500,584.
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 $5.7M to $9.7M (+72%).
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.
92% of DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Dave Remund
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $96k → $144k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION’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
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 48% · 2019 59% · 2020 72% · 2021 33% · 2022 50% · 2023 29% — 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
62% of DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
53% of DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION'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 $422k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $468k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: 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 DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,878 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($335,712). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $889,878 in grants to DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $335,712 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION 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 27 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