Shalom Community Impact Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872617405
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $217,500
- Expenses
- $219,000
- Assets
- $219,000
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eugene Kiruhura (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Claude Mbonigaba (Digital Instructor)
- Cathy Reynolds (Development Associate)
- Benjamin Matabaro (Driver)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Community Impact Center is to empower refugee and immigrant families in Des Moines Iowa by providing educational economic and social support services that promote self-sufficiency integration and long-term success. The organization provides critical services to support the successful integration of refugees and immigrants into the community including: English Language Classes ESL: Helping newcomers develop essential communication skills for daily life work and education. Digital Literacy and Computer Training: Equipping clients with technology skills needed for employment and accessing services. Employment Support Services: Assisting with job readiness resume writing job applications and interview preparation to promote economic stability. Early Childhood Preschool Program: Providing culturally responsive early learning opportunities for children ages 3-5 to support kindergarten readiness. After-School Tutoring and Youth Programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hosted a 8-week youth summer camp that served 60 children from refugee and immigrant families. The camp combined academic reinforcement arts and crafts outdoor recreation cultural exchange and field trips to local educational sites. The program aimed to prevent summer learning loss and promote confidence leadership and social connection among youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 65
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $219K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.