IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES
EIN 42-0711488 · Education (B)
What they do
THE OBJECTIVE, POWERS, and PURPOSES of THIS ASSOCIATION SHALL BE to ASSOCIATE THE MEMBERS THEREOF TOGETHER INTO A SOCIETY for THE PURPOSE of PROMOTING THE INTERESTS and WELFARE of IOWA COOPERATIVES BY ANY APPROPRIATE MEANS BUT SPECIFICALLY BY ENCOURAGING, (CONTINUE) SPONSORING, PROMOTING, and CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED to BRING ABOUT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING of THE THEORY, PRINCIPLES, PHILOSOPHY, PURPOSES, POSSIBILITIES, and LIMITATIONS, and THE ORGANIZATIONAL and OPERATIONAL METHODS and PRACTICES THAT ARE DISTINCTIVE of or PECULIAR to THE COOPERATIVE TYPE of BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, THE OBJECTIVE BEING to DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING of THE NATURE and PURPOSE of COOPERATIVES, SO THAT PEOPLE MIGHT MORE FULLY REALIZE THE BENEFITS and ADVANTAGES of COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES, THAT SOUND PUBLIC POLICIES and ATTITUDES TOWARD COOPERATIVES MIGHT BE DEVELOPED and MAINTAINED, and THAT THE SOUND GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT of COOPERATIVES MIGHT BE PROMOTED.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $100.00 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
Plain answer: A tax form cannot prove that a charity is doing good. It can show how the charity says it spent its money—and point out questions you should ask.
Basic facts we verified
IRS warning checkNo IRS revocation warning appears in this data.
Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders17 people are listed in the latest report.
You can reach themThey list contact information, so you can ask questions.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $80,590 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
Pay context: The highest compensation shown in this filing is $306,313 for DAVE HOLM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FORMER)). Compare pay with organizations of similar size and complexity.
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Financial picture
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How each $100 of revenue was used
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Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.
Has the pattern changed?
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Money in and money out
Reported spending amounts
Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.
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Leadership and board
Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.
People reported as paid
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See everyone listed on the board or leadership roster (17)
DAVE HOLMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FORMER)
MATTHEW EDDYDIRECTOR OF COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
DOYLE ANDERSONPRESIDENT
DAN DIETZENBACHSECRETARY
ED ANDERSONDIRECTOR
BRIAN LARSENDIRECTOR
GREG HANSHAWDIRECTOR
WIL MANWEILERDIRECTOR
TERRY PANBECKERVICE PRESIDENT
TAYLOR JANSDIRECTOR
LEVI BAPPEDIRECTOR
JERRY KELEHERDIRECTOR
JASON BERKLANDDIRECTOR
JAKE WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
DR BOBBY MARTENSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CURRENT)
COZY NELSENDIRECTOR
BRIAN THILGESDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1952
- Location
- 2515 UNIVERSITY BLVD, AMES, IA 50010
- County
- Story
- In care of
- DR BOBBY MARTENS
- Primary officer
- DR BOBBY MARTENS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- June 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- GARDINER COMPANY PC
- NTEE classification
- Education (B)
- IRS tax category
- Education
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes