Iowa · Nonprofit
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC (Iowa) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,241,051 to it, the largest being IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ($1,128,650). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc does
Mission
Upper des moines opportunity, inc. Is dedicated to helping build stronger communities by addressing the effects of poverty on individuals and families.upper des moines opportunity, inc. Will strengthen communities through: the promotion of progressive leadership and a positive environment, achieve goals and break down barriers; the building of partnerships to maximize community resources; the bridging of communication between clients, partners, and staff; the creation of an environment in which diversity in all its forms is valued and encouraged; fiscal excellence and responsibility are valued and maintained; and diversified resources are developed to meet community needs. Through these actions, upper des moines opportunity, inc. Will continue to evolve and grow in order to serve communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child education - this category includes a variety of programs and services geared toward the care and education of young children. Parents may also be assisted through these initiatives.head start/early head start/child development centers - upper des moines opportunity (udmo) head start and early head start programs and child development centers are funded for 254 children in head start, early head start is funded for 183 children and child development centers are funded for 32 children. All programs maintained full enrollment throughout the program year. Head start serves many more children in partnerships with school districts in its eight-county service area. Upper des moines opportunity's head start programs are available in buena vista, clay, dickinson, emmet, o'brien, osceola, palo alto, and pocahontas. Early head start is available in the counties of buena vista, clay and emmet.during the year a cumulative total of 281 children were served by head start, 25% lived in families with incomes below 100% of poverty, 5.7% lived in families between 100% and 130% of poverty, 1.7% lived in families above 130% of poverty, 50% received public assistance, and 1% were in foster care…
$7,341,104 spentof which $12,302 as grants$2,046 earned by the program43% of program spendingWeatherization/energy assistance -this category includes a variety of programs and services designed to alleviate the energy burden of eligible households. Two major programs included are weatherization and liheap.weatherization - the weatherization assistance program is a low-income energy efficient program. Its purpose is to make the homes of low-income clients more energy efficient, thereby reducing clients' fuel bills and increasing their comfort. The program also provides important health and safety services to the clients it serves.during the 2025 fiscal year, a total of $1,529,143 was expended to weatherize 126 homes in udmo's 12-county service area. The average per home was approximately $12,136.liheap - the low income home energy assistance program was established to help low-income iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season, to encourage regular utility payments, to promote energy awareness and to encourage reduction of energy usage through energy efficiency and client education. The assistance is based on household income, household size, type of fuel and type of housing. Applications for assistance are…
$4,902,020 spentof which $3,314,748 as grants$77,593 earned by the program29% of program spendingOutreach - this category includes a variety of programs and services which provide general relief and assistance to citizens experiencing poverty or hardship within udmo's service area. These programs include: miscellaneous utility assistance outside of energy programs, senior citizen assistance, community pool passes, back to school assistance, birthday room for children and adopt a family.
$1,213,159 spentof which $373,262 as grants7% of program spendingCommunity services - community services includes a variety of programs serving eligible participants within upper des moines opportunity's 12-county service area. Eligibility may vary by program. The programs included in this group are family development self-sufficiency (fadss) and kommunity involvement development & support (kids) programs. These programs are a blend of home visitation programs and resource navigation. Fadss served 108 families, and kids served 13 families in fy2025.
$1,113,830 spentof which $414,888 as grants$162,362 earned by the program7% of program spendingHousing - rental assistance for homeless or low-income households.
$1,088,719 spentof which $783,725 as grants$259 earned by the program6% of program spendingFood programs.
$669,586 spent$3,589 earned by the program4% of program spendingHealth services.
$581,665 spent3% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,910,083.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.6M to $5.8M (+26%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 93% · 2019 91% · 2020 92% · 2021 94% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% · 2024 93% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Julie Edwards
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 10 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $121k → $191k.
9 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 34% · 2019 85% · 2020 41% · 2021 47% · 2022 46% · 2023 41% — broadly stable.
“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
39% of UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
81% of UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $399k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 366 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $66.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$63.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 56 related entities
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC?
- UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC (Iowa) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,241,051 to it, the largest being IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ($1,128,650). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $2,241,051 in grants to UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC?
- IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,128,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC 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.
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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 33 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