Telligen Community Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202017785
IRS 990-PF coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
West Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5152222428
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,954,975
Expenses
$2,721,554

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

Overview

Mission

Corporate Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 44 grants totaling $2,175,916. The stated grant purposes included become is requesting $25,000 to support our community outreach and engagement (coe) contractor in 2025. this capacity building investment will support greater engagement in becomes culturally responsive community transformation (crct) program and courage to love collaborative (clc) mother mentorship program in chicagos auburn gresham, a historically underserved neighborhood where there are additional challenges in engaging residents due to systemic disenfranchisement. the coe contractor will employ targeted strategies to build trust, remove barriers, and encourage broader participation among community members to ensure that our organizations work is community-led., better tomorrow serves as the supportive foundation for our four direct services programs. this capacity request is meant to assist us in identifying impact measurements to evaluate how effective the better tomorrow model is. this project will allow us to better understand the overall impact of our organization and increase our effectiveness at serving vulnerable individuals within our rural community., and over six months, results lab's impact manager will help strengthen the center for african american healths capacity to collect, analyze, and use data to drive program improvements and demonstrate outcomes. through coaching, tools, and technical support, the capacity building project will empower staff to embed continuous learning and evidence-based decision-making into their daily operations., plus 41 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 88% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 56

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 19.03; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 56th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 45 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 56/100.