Greater Des Moines Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421489668
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5152864950
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,094,055
Expenses
$9,776,494
Assets
$13,125,117
Liabilities
$3,810,566

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

82 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIFFANY TAUSCHECK (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIFFANY TAUSCHECK (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $492,301 total reported compensation
  • AMANDA BRIGGS (CFAO): $243,854 total reported compensation
  • STACIE LOVAN (SVP OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT): $228,851 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Drive economic growth and talent development to advance quality of life for dsm USA with one voice, one mission, and as one region.

What it reported doing in 2025

Talent development is a primary pillar of the partnership's mission, and the organization's strategies stretch from local to global. Programming for high school students, college interns and young professionals supports talent exploration and development at early stages, setting rising talent on pathways to success. A national talent marketing campaign reaches millions of prospective new workers every year and serves to bring in talent to fill the local workforce. Dsm is a global community with a large foreign-born population and the partnership cultivates and reaches this segment through programming, studies and collaborative efforts. The partnership convenes local stakeholders including employers, governments, nonprofits and elected officials and the organization is uniquely positioned to lead the dsm community to talent development solutions. This work leads to economic growth and prosperity, both for businesses and people at all levels of their careers. The partnership through its visionary model is aligned with chambers of commerce in the region resulting in more than 6,700 member organizations. It offers numerous educational and professional development opportunities to help startups and small businesses grow, as well as a formal business accelerator and incubator programs. Its talent development and education efforts connect employers and prospects across several employment sectors and adds value through increased programming and career development connections.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.1%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 68.5%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.1% of revenue deployed · 68.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 76 of 76 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $492K · 82 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.