Iowa · Nonprofit
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,248,617 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($1,124,589). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Roosevelt High School Foundation does
Mission
The Roosevelt High School Foundation is organized to celebrate the tradition and shape the future of roosevelt high school by advancing and supporting the students, faculty, alumni, and roosevelt high school community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The roosevelt for generations capital campaign is a $3 million capital project to improve the facilities and student experience at roosevelt high school, in order to better serve an increasingly diverse student population and ensure excellence in 21st-century education. The campaign is focused on two projects - track and field, and library reimagined.track and field: this project included a renovated track and field. The current track and field was removed and replaced in the same location with state-of-the-art track surfacing and a synthetic turf field. The project updated fencing, added safer sidewalks, new signage, and landscaping beautification. This project is important to roosevelt formany reasons and the space will be a multipurpose community asset: it serves one of iowa's largest marching bands, and is the practice field for a re-emerging football program, a storied track and field program, and a growing soccer program. During the school day, the track can be utilized by physical education classes for nearly 2,000 students. The field opened in spring of 2023 after construction finalized.library reimagined: this project will renovate the roosevelt library into a learning…
$69,758 spentof which $64,633 as grants36% of program spendingThe Roosevelt High School Foundation (rhsf) supports theodore roosevelt high school in des moines, ia by providing funding for learning and educational opportunities to roosevelt students and teachers. On a regular basis, rshf provides funds or support to the following programs: roosevelt hall of fame to honor distinguished alumni which serves as an inspiration to today's students; grants and scholarships for students to attend programs outside of roosevelt that further their educational experience; financial support for teachers to attend conferences to further their teaching skills. Rhsf manages and awards approximately $30,000 in scholarships annually to graduating seniors. Scholarships are funded entirely by donations, and are awarded objectively.the foundation's instructional and extracurricular grants provide support for student learning and experiences or professional development for teachers and staff. These grants total approximately $20,000 per year. In addition, a $5,000 annual grant is provided to support programs and projects selected by the high school principal.
$120,330 spentof which $120,330 as grants61% of program spendingRhsf provides alumni and community support through activities including: providing revolving funds for class reunions to facilitate class mailings and meeting facilities, development and maintenance of a website and alumni newsletter, providing alumni reunion tours of the school, providing award hardware to award recipients, providing funds for presentations and events related to roosevelt high school.rhsf engages the community as a whole by sponsoring an annual golftournament and community gala. These events not only provide fundingfor rhsf programs but also provide awareness of the foundationthroughout the community.
$5,650 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $195,738.
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 $1.5M to $3.4M (+120%).
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.
95% of ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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 Diebel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $29k → $244k.
9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 funders by total. 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
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 63% · 2019 54% · 2020 57% · 2021 44% · 2022 64% · 2023 82% — 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
67% of ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
56% of ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL 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 $999k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,248,617 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($1,124,589). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,248,617 in grants to ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $1,124,589 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL 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 24 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