Iowa · Nonprofit
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,572,695 to it, the largest being Southwest Iowa Foundation ($600,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $804k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Pottawattamie County Development Corporation does
Mission
The 712 Initiative is aimed at improving the economic vitality in redevelopment areas through investments in the built environment, activating public spaces and delivering programs that increase social engagement and healthy lifestyles.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rentals-The 712 revitalizes areas through investments in the built environment by buying distressed properties, renovating, and operating mixed use rental properties. These provide much needed housing while also activiating public spaces by having people live and work in these areas.
$863,464 spent$763,947 earned by the program68% of program spendingQuality of Life-Enhancing community life and well-being by increasing social connectedness of residents in Council Bluffs, IA through endeavors that activate public spaces, create new forms of entertainment and support current attractions/events. The 712 fosters partnerships with the public and private sectors to provide quality options for recreation and healthy lifestyles. In 2025 The 712 hosted events suchs as the Shamrock Shuffle which had 376 participants, Celebrate CB that had 1,600 people participate in the parade with over 5,000 spectators and a Farmers Market which averaged 650 people attending each week it was held. The 712 also partnered with others for events to bring the community together.
$212,578 spent$38,812 earned by the program17% of program spendingNeighborhood Building-Strengthening neighborhoods city wide with programming which provides general support while increasing public engagement in redevelopment projects, public space improvement and community events. As part of these efforts, The 712 has a block party trailer that has equipment and games that neighborhoods can borrow to help strengthen neighborhood relationships. The 712 also has equipment that can be used to put on movie nights. To further improve neighborhoods. During 2025 The 712 donated 2 properties for home construction and sold 4 homes it had completed rehabilitation and new construction on.
$132,021 spentof which $35,675 as grants$36,672 earned by the program10% of program spendingDevelopment- The 712 improves economic vitality in redevelopment areas through investemnts to improve the variety of quality housing and commercial stock in Council Bluffs. These investemnts attract new professionals and residents to the community. The 712s efforts to attract new property investments are accomplished through introduction of new developers to the community and through The 712 buying and rehabilitating properties.
$58,576 spent$27,887 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,266,639.
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 $7.9M to $13M (+58%).
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: 2018 0% · 2019 2% · 2020 7% · 2022 8% · 2023 48% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of Pottawattamie County Development Corporation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Chris LaFerla
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Dave Burd
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $30k → $674k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Pottawattamie County Development Corporation’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
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 Pottawattamie County Development Corporation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 72% · 2022 56% · 2023 45% — 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
50% of Pottawattamie County Development Corporation's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 46% 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
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $433k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Pottawattamie County Development Corporation is better cushioned than half of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Hughes-Irons Building LLC · disregarded
- Cohen Building LLC · disregarded
- 12 Scott LLC · disregarded
- Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce · exempt
- CB Chamber of Commerce Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Pottawattamie County Development Corporation?
- Pottawattamie County Development Corporation (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,572,695 to it, the largest being Southwest Iowa Foundation ($600,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pottawattamie County Development Corporation have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,572,695 in grants to Pottawattamie County Development Corporation, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pottawattamie County Development Corporation?
- Southwest Iowa Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pottawattamie County Development Corporation 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 13 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