Idaho · Nonprofit
DESTINATION CALDWELL INC
DESTINATION CALDWELL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,735 to it, the largest being CLAUDE R & ETHEL B WHITTENBERGER FOUNDATION ($67,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Destination Caldwell Inc does
Mission
The corporation is organized for the non-profit purposes of educating the residents and visitors to the city of caldwell and surrounding area about the diverse culture, educational, scientific, civic, and athletic attractions and events available to the public in caldwell and the surrounding area; lessening the burdens of government by maintaining certain public buildings, monuments, or works; and by providing information, advice, and assistance to the residents of, and visitors to, the city of caldwell and surrounding area regarding issues related to tourism, including directions, transportation, and safety; enhancing the visitor resident experience in the city of caldwell and surrounding area through activities consistent with charitable purposes including educational programs, organization of cultural activities for the public in the city of caldwell and surrounding area, research, conferences, seminars, and other dissemination of information related to tourism, tourism economics, a
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization promotes and programs indian creek plaza in downtown caldwell through a management agreement with the city. Indian creek plaza provides business access, public seating and splash pads, and hosts events such as a weekly concert series and farmer's market during the summer season, indian creek festival, winter wonderland, as well as other family entertainment, cultural events and educational outreach programs throughout the year. The plaza is transformed into a public iceskating rink during the winter season. During 2024, the plaza hosted over 300 programmed days of activities, 17 signature events with attendance totaling approximately 367,000 people. The plaza also served 37,000 skating patrons during the year. A welcome center is open during events to provide information about the community's offerings.
$762,041 spentof which $3,784 as grants$816,402 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe organization continued to provide advertising and promotional support to stimulate agritourism through expansion of their program called "agventure trail". The agventure trail is a guided tour that features several local farms, ranches and wineries, many offering visitors a hands on approach to learning about the local agricultural industry. The organization also promotes "farm to fork" by connecting local farmers directly with consumers and downtown businesses, specifically through the "farm to fork" farmer's market. The farmer's market, in coordination with the idaho farmer's market association and local producers, continued expanding the availablity of fresh, local food to low-income families and the elderly.
$209,571 spent$106,091 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe organization administers the downtown caldwell business improvement district with such support including the operations, promotions and programming for indian creek plaza, special projects, beautification/ increased cleanliness efforts, and marketing/promotion for the overall district. Many of the events held on the plaza support the promotion of economic development. In addition, the organization promoted new and existing businesses within the district, provided businesses with promotional resources, and promoted retail trade, and professional activities in the district and surrounding community. In partnership with the city of caldwell, the organization managed a public "wayfinding" business directory and district map project to further enhance and promote accessibility and economic development within the district.
$197,152 spent$7,481 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,168,764.
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 2017 to 2018, from $78k to $1.6M (+1937%).
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: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of DESTINATION CALDWELL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Denae Warren
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $25k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Downtown Caldwell Business Improvement District Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DESTINATION CALDWELL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of DESTINATION CALDWELL 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DESTINATION CALDWELL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 DESTINATION CALDWELL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
88% of DESTINATION CALDWELL INC's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
DESTINATION CALDWELL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DESTINATION CALDWELL 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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Downtown Caldwell Bid Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DESTINATION CALDWELL INC?
- DESTINATION CALDWELL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,735 to it, the largest being CLAUDE R & ETHEL B WHITTENBERGER FOUNDATION ($67,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DESTINATION CALDWELL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $103,735 in grants to DESTINATION CALDWELL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DESTINATION CALDWELL INC?
- CLAUDE R & ETHEL B WHITTENBERGER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $67,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DESTINATION CALDWELL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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