Gift of Giving
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854128857
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Clarion, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5152932911
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Gift Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,998
- Expenses
- $92,055
- Assets
- $57,411
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erica Anne Lindaman (President)
People named in this filing
- Erica Anne Lindaman (President)
- Ben Lindaman (Treasurer)
- Kathy Deimerly (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gift of Giving is a volunteer led nonprofit providing barrier-free access to essential goods, food, education, support services for individuals and families in rural North Central Iowa. The organization connects community members to clothing, household items, food resources, and educational opportunities while reducing stigma and increasing access. Core programs include a low-cost thrift and redistribution initiative that re-homes essential goods and diverts over 92,000 pounds of materials from landfills annually; seasonal and emergency support providing clothing, food, and holiday assistance; the Fresh Pathways Project, which integrates hydroponic food production and nutrition education; and youth and family enrichment programs offering school supplies, creative learning, and safe community space.
What it reported doing in 2025
Basic Needs, Direct Family Assistance Program Description: Gift of Giving provides direct assistance to individuals and families in need, including clothing, beds, household goods, food, school supplies, and direct support. Services are delivered through a dignity-centered, barrier-free model prioritizing rural and underserved populations. In 2025, the organization supported over 2,600 individuals through direct assistance and crisis response efforts, including seasonal holiday support and essential goods distribution.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.