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Council Blfs, IA501(c)(3)Since 2007Human ServicesEIN 26-1240327Revenue $2.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSthrivingfamiliesalliance.org421 W Broadway Ste 540, 51503-9406 · Council Blfs, IATax-exempt since Apr 2010Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To empower a caring community that promises the well-being of every child. Thriving Families Alliance works together through interagency and cross-discipline collaboration to better coordinate efforts to effectively address the needs of children and families in Southwest Iowa.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $68K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$81K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 81% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$394K
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.9M
+53% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$984K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.9M
FY2025▲ +53%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.9M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2025▲ +45%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.8M
Net assets
$984K
FY2025▲ +46%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$445K
FY2021$546K
FY2022$605K
FY2023$668K
FY2024$674K
FY2025$984K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $2.5M Management & general 9% · $261K Fundraising 0% · $441

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

14 people listed on the 990; $81K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Patricia Russmann
Executive Director
$81,401Pt VII · Sec A
Kris Smith
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
David Clark
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patricia Russmann’s $81K as Executive Director is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patricia Russmann$81,401$80,451$78,595$76,003$82,356$71,714

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Empowers local initiatives for children and youth to be healthy, safe, and skilled.

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1 program · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Coordination Services

Thriving Families Alliacne (TFA) coordinates with multiple agencies to develop a comprehensive plan to increase positive childhood experiences to ensure that children and families can thrive.

$2.5Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 57 grants · $6.6M · 2019–2024
Southwest Iowa Families INCIA · FY2024$400,028
Lutheran Family Services of Ne INCNE · FY2024$197,875
West Central Community ActionIA · FY2024$184,347
The Visiting Nurse FoundationNE · FY2024$96,358
Cass County Public HealthFY2024$95,000
Harrison County Home and Public HeaFY2024$85,000
Burgess Health CenterIA · FY2024$85,000
Mills County Public HealthFY2024$69,730
Shelby County Chris a Myrtue Memorial HospitalIA · FY2024$60,506
Isu Extension & Outreach Page CountFY2024$49,987
Isu Extension & OutreachfremontFY2024$49,466
Matura Action CorporationIA · FY2024$27,173
Lakin Foundation Child Development Center of GriswoldIA · FY2024$25,000
Anita Foundation INCIA · FY2024$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$23,887
Our House Child Development CenterIA · FY2024$23,100
Kids in the VillageIA · FY2024$22,000
Building Blocks Childcare AcademyFY2024$20,700
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$261K
Fundraisingcol D$441
Owns and owesPt X
$984K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$394K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$485
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Total revenueLn 12$2.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Other assetsLn 15$41K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$394K
Net assetsLn 32$984K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$728K$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$400K$394K
Net assetsLn 32$674K$984K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.6M$1.6M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$24K$24K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$114K$114K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$447K$399K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$41K$38K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$126K$118K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$28K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$75K$21K$54K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$7K$242
Advertising and promotionLn 12$96K$96K
Office expensesLn 13$34K$26K$8K$63
Information technologyLn 14$19K$16K$2K$103
OccupancyLn 16$23K$19K$3K$225
TravelLn 17$13K$13K$532
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$16K$11K$5K
InterestLn 20$16$16
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$4K$256$18
InsuranceLn 23$6K$3K$4K$32
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$64K$111
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.5M$261K$441

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.9M$2.8M$157K$984K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.9M$1.9M$7K$674K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.7M$63K$668K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$1.6M$59K$605K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.7M$101K$546K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$1.7M$25K$445K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,912,128 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,767,364$2,861,073
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $968$3,300
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $594$485
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $137,181$47,270
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,906,107$2,912,128
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,058,343$1,629,647
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $498,722$765,809
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $342,496$359,792
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,899,561$2,755,248
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,546$156,880
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,912,128 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,672,115
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$188,958
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,861,073
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,300$3,300
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $485$485
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $47,270$47,270
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $50,570 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $485$2,912,128
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,755,248 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,605,760$1,605,760
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $23,887$23,887
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $114,270$114,270
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $399,018 · Management $47,627$446,645
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $37,667 · Management $3,633$41,300
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $118,055 · Management $8,214$126,269
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,421 · Management $8,904$37,325
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,791 · Management $54,235$75,026
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,324 · Management $242$7,566
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $96,056$96,056
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,872 · Management $8,313 · Fundraising $63$34,248
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,380 · Management $2,468 · Fundraising $103$18,951
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,149 · Management $3,498 · Fundraising $225$22,872
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,953 · Management $532$13,485
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,211 · Management $5,004$16,215
IX-20 InterestManagement $16$16
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,489 · Management $256 · Fundraising $18$4,763
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,670 · Management $3,667 · Fundraising $32$6,369
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $64,114 · Management $111$64,225
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,493,817 · Management $260,990 · Fundraising $441$2,755,248
Part X · Balance sheet $1,378,820 assets, 13 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $727,782$1,078,228
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $233,007$209,188
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,302$41,873
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,150$8,398
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $59,234$41,133
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,074,475$1,378,820
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $339,317$351,522
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $61,093$42,825
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $400,410$394,347
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $557,018$647,294
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $117,047$337,179
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $674,065$984,473
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,074,475$1,378,820
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $984,473 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,912,128
XI-2 Total expenses$2,755,248
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$156,880
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$674,065
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$153,528
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$984,473

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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