Mentor Iowa: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7329212)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$205K
FY2021	$312K
FY2022	$231K
FY2023	$260K
FY2024	$251K
FY2025	$247K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$210K
FY2021	$201K
FY2022	$225K
FY2023	$234K
FY2024	$250K
FY2025	$247K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$325K
FY2021	$441K
FY2022	$374K
FY2023	$436K
FY2024	$451K
FY2025	$506K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1975.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

78%

13%

Program services 78% · $165K Management & general 13% · $26K Fundraising 9% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Martin Lester

Executive Director

$93,484Pt VII · Sec A

Huu Duong

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jackson Waechter

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Maas

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erin Finke

Past President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Suzette Clark

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ann Hudson

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacob Jaacks

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Martin Lester	$105,464	$103,332	$100,500	$93,583	$89,111	$93,484

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects abused and neglected children with volunteer mentors through the juvenile court system.

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2 programs · $165K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Mentoring- program matching adult volunteers with children in the polk county iowa juvenile justice system - approximately 145 adult volunteers, approximately 105 children currently matched.

$99Kprogram expense

02

Group activities- program providing monthly group activities to give the children the opportunity to go to fun places, learn new things, and improve their social skills. Activities have included picnics, arts and crafts, holiday parties, horseback riding, camping, sporting events, and other.

$66Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

Greenstate Credit UnionFY2025$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$205K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$168K

Investment incomeLn 3$19K

Other incomeLn 4–11$18K

Money outPt IX

$210K

Ln 25

Programscol B$165K

Managementcol C$26K

Fundraisingcol D$19K

Owns and owesPt X

$325K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$60K

Total assetsLn 16$352K

LiabilitiesLn 26$27K

PeoplePt VI, VII

22

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a21

IndependentVI 1b21

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$168K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$67K

Investment incomeLn 3$19K

Other incomeLn 4–11$18K

Gains on assetsLn 7$13K

Total revenueLn 12$205K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$60K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$60K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$525

Other assetsLn 15$291K

Total assetsLn 16$352K

LiabilitiesLn 26$27K

Net assetsLn 32$325K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 54

VolunteersI 6306

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$34K	$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1K	$525
Total assetsLn 16	$317K	$352K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$27K
Net assetsLn 32	$317K	$325K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$102K	$87K	$9K	$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$24K	$20K	$2K	$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$721	$613	$65	$43
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$4K	$3K	$337	$225
Payroll taxesLn 10	$9K	$8K	$805	$537
Accounting feesLn 11c	$6K		$6K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$1K		$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$9K			$9K
Office expensesLn 13	$3K		$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$13K	$11K	$1K	$759
TravelLn 17	$2K	$1K	$139	$92
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$391		$391
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$483		$483
InsuranceLn 23	$7K	$6K	$602	$401
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$29K	$28K	$423	$282
All other expensesLn 24e	$812	$500	$312
Total functional expensesLn 25	$210K	$165K	$26K	$19K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$247K	$247K	$415	$506K	990 PDF
FY2024	$251K	$250K	$142	$451K	990 PDF
FY2023	$260K	$234K	$27K	$436K	990 PDF
FY2022	$231K	$225K	$6K	$374K	990 PDF
FY2021	$312K	$201K	$111K	$441K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$205K	$210K	−$6K	$325K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $204,667 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $166,889$167,765

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $13,873$18,995

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $18,187$17,907

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $198,949$204,667

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $140,676$139,404

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $74,019$71,054

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $214,695$210,458

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$15,746−$5,791

Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21

VI-1b Independent voting members21

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $204,667 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$9,929

VIII-1c Fundraising events$66,910

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$90,926

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$167,765

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,633$5,633

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $13,362$13,362

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,907$17,907

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $36,902$204,667

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $210,458 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $86,737 · Management $9,184 · Fundraising $6,123$102,044

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $20,358 · Management $2,154 · Fundraising $1,436$23,948

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $613 · Management $65 · Fundraising $43$721

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,184 · Management $337 · Fundraising $225$3,746

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,603 · Management $805 · Fundraising $537$8,945

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $6,398$6,398

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,274$1,274

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $9,350$9,350

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,643$2,643

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,757 · Management $1,139 · Fundraising $759$12,655

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,309 · Management $139 · Fundraising $92$1,540

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $391$391

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $483$483

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,684 · Management $602 · Fundraising $401$6,687

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $28,116 · Management $423 · Fundraising $282$28,821

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $500 · Management $312$812

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $164,861 · Management $26,349 · Fundraising $19,248$210,458

Part X · Balance sheet $352,282 assets, 10 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,070$60,440

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,007$525

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $281,573$291,317

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $316,650$352,282

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$27,400

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$27,400

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $256,704$268,235

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $59,946$56,647

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $316,650$324,882

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $316,650$352,282

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $324,882 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$204,667

XI-2 Total expenses$210,458

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,791

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$316,650

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$14,023

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$324,882

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Mentor Iowa FY2020 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Mentor Iowa

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV