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IOWA RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $605K · expenses $422K · assets $423K

EIN
20-1079745
Address
705 MAIN ST, PELLA, IA 50219-1620
Website
IOWARDC.ORG
NTEE code
S32
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2005
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Mission

IMPROVEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL IOWA THROUGH EDUCATION AND FACILITATING OF COLLABORATION

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 23 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

23 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Carla Eysink BOARD MEMBER2024-2025 1 $0 reported 5
Mark Reinig PAST CHAIR2020-2025 1 $0 reported 2
Kiley Miller BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 7
Liesl Seabert BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 2
Brittany Morales SECRETARY2025 1 $0 reported 2
Sacha Wise BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 2
Kim Didier BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 2
Theresa Hildreth BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
James Hoelscher BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 2
Adam Koppes BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Lisa Kremer BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Amy Kuhlers BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Erin Olson BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Mike Sexton BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Ashley Thompson BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jim Thompson BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Graci Zeiger BOARD MEMBER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Madison Burke CHAIR2025 1 $0 reported 1
Bruce Nuzum TREASURER2025 1 $0 reported 1
Troy Weary VICE CHAIR2025 1 $0 reported 1
Bill Menner (former) EXECUTIVE DI2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Todd Thorson (former) Treasurer2018-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Sandy Ehrig (former) President2018-2019 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 20 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KIM DIDIER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
CARLA EYSINK BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $05
THERESA HILDRETH BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JAMES HOELSCHER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
ADAM KOPPES BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LISA KREMER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
AMY KUHLERS BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
KILEY MILLER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $07
ERIN OLSON BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
LIESL SEABERT BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
MIKE SEXTON BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
ASHLEY THOMPSON BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JIM THOMPSON BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
SACHA WISE BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $02
GRACI ZEIGER BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
MADISON BURKE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
BRITTANY MORALES SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $02
BRUCE NUZUM TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK REINIG PAST CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $02
TROY WEARY VICE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CARLA EYSINK TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $05
BILL MENNER EXECUTIVE DI10 $0$0$0 $01
MARK REINIG PRESIDENT1 $0$0$0 $02
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Mark Reinig President1 $0-$0 $02
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Mark Reinig President1 $0-$0 $02
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Mark Reinig President1 $0-$0 $02
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Mark Reinig President1 $0-$0 $02
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Sandy Ehrig President1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Bill Menner Executive Director10 $0-$0 $01
Todd Thorson Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Sandy Ehrig President5 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2023 · 1 contractor · $69K
NameLocationServicePaid
The Bill Menner GroupGRINNELL, IAManagement$69,000
2022 · 1 contractor · $70K
NameLocationServicePaid
The Bill Menner GroupGRINNELL, IAManagement$70,055
2021 · 1 contractor · $60K
NameLocationServicePaid
The Bill Menner GroupGRINNELL, IAManagement$60,394
2020 · 1 contractor · $62K
NameLocationServicePaid
The Bill Menner GroupGRINNELL, IAManagement$61,992
2019 · 1 contractor · $60K
NameLocationServicePaid
The Bill Menner GroupGRINNELL, IAManagement$59,658

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$605,094$422,200 $423,424$423,424 $340,000$262,205 -0-
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$406,062$231,129 $240,530$240,530 $6,600$399,273 -0-
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$177,875$224,748 $65,597$65,597 -- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$177,742$163,628 $112,470$112,470 -- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$97,383$110,163 $98,356$98,356 -- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$116,377$107,473 $111,136$111,136 -- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$155,959$98,517 $102,232$102,232 -- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$103,741$74,998 $44,790$44,790 -- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $282,000 in all, tax years 2019 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Iowa Rural Development Council” 2025 1$250,000 2025$250,000
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IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION Public charity Exact 2019, 2022 2$17,000 2022$7,000
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IOWA AREA DEVELOPMENT GROUP L C Public charity Fuzzy filed as “Iowa Rural Development Council”, “IOWA RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL” 2019-2020, 2022 3$15,000 2022$5,000
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MERCER COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONMOS32 $437,644$148,923 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code S32, revenue within 2x
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCILCAS32 $545,021$515,856 DIRECTOR BOS$0 Same NTEE code S32, revenue within 2x
GREAT PLAINS DEVELOPMENT INCKSS32 $315,066$398,784 Co-Executive Director$85,428 Same NTEE code S32, revenue within 2x
TEXAS RURAL COMMUNITIES INCTXS32 $306,717$488,353 Executive Director$72,900 Same NTEE code S32, revenue within 2x
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
W K KELLOGG FOUNDATION Private foundation$2,423,39115 22011–2024 COMMUNITY AGROECOLOGY NETWORK; RURAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC
WACO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$1,527,2832 12022–2024 TEXAS RURAL FUNDERS
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST DAF sponsor$1,359,5007 12016–2023 NEW COVENANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$1,321,56023 72016–2024 MUDOKA PORK COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT; VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC; JUBILEE HOUSE COMMUNITY; THE BLESSING PROJECTS and 3 more
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$1,277,65122 52010–2024 JUBILEE HOUSE COMMUNITY; THE BLESSING PROJECTS; SHARING OUR ROOTS; MEIGS COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION and 1 more
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$1,163,95011 22016–2024 VERMONT COUNCIL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT INC; COMMUNITY CAPITAL OF VERMONT INC
HARDING FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,047,3855 12021–2023 THE BLESSING PROJECTS
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor$1,025,50015 72020–2024 SHARING OUR ROOTS; GILA COMMUNITY AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT INC; TAOS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; CAHABA RIVER SOCIETY INC and 3 more
ARIE AND IDA CROWN MEMORIAL Private foundation$1,025,0004 12021–2022 NEW COVENANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RICHMOND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$829,0003 12019–2022 COBIZ RICHMOND INC
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$765,0008 22020–2024 SHARING OUR ROOTS; COMMUNITY AGROECOLOGY NETWORK
MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION Private foundation$750,0007 22019–2024 CENTER FOR RURAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT; SHARING OUR ROOTS
CHARLES STEWART HARDING FOUNDATION Private foundation$700,0002 12022–2024 THE BLESSING PROJECTS
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GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC DAF sponsor$472,0003 12020–2024 WASHINGTON STATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $422,200 spent · pay $0 · grants $198,754 · events $4,454
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $198,754$198,754-- 47.1%
Fees: management $134,967$134,967-- 32.0%
Other (as described)CONFERENCE $69,729$69,729-- 16.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $4,454$4,454-- 1.1%
Other (as described)ACCOUNTING FEES $4,445$4,445-- 1.1%
All other expenses $2,614$2,614-- 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $2,471$2,471-- 0.6%
Insurance $2,153$2,153-- 0.5%
Other (as described)WEBSITE $1,353$1,353-- 0.3%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $1,106$1,106-- 0.3%
Travel $154$154-- 0.0%
Total$422,200100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $231,129 spent · pay $0 · grants $69,280 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $111,249$111,249-- 48.1%
Grants to US organizations and governments $69,280$69,280-- 30.0%
Other (as described)CONFERENCE $49,206$49,206-- 21.3%
Advertising and promotion $1,000$1,000-- 0.4%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $372$372-- 0.2%
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $22$22-- 0.0%
Total$231,129100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $224,748 spent · pay $0 · grants $48,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $107,748 47.9%
Fees to independent contractors $69,000 30.7%
Grants and similar amounts paid $48,000 21.4%
Total$224,748100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $163,628 spent · pay $0 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $83,573 51.1%
Fees to independent contractors $70,055 42.8%
Grants and similar amounts paid $10,000 6.1%
Total$163,628100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $110,163 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $60,394 54.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $46,769 42.5%
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,000 2.7%
Total$110,163100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $107,473 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $61,992 57.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $29,981 27.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $15,500 14.4%
Total$107,473100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $98,517 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $59,658 60.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $38,859 39.4%
Total$98,517100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $74,998 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $49,992 66.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25,006 33.3%
Total$74,998100%

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