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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$292krevenue
FY2025 · +21% in 3 yrs8staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin29.1%
Months of reserve4.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.2%
Middle half of peersMedianFort Dodge Historical
Where the money goes FY2025 · $207k spent
Programs$202k98%Management and general$5k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust gave about $29k a year for two years, 13% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$28k in FY2023 and −$25k in FY2024. Cash covers 4.4 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort4funders
$22ka year, last 3 years
86%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Ann Smeltzer Charitable TrustStopped after FY2022$25k$32k–The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable FoundationOn and off$5kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$12k$161$9k$115$119
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped