The Des Moines Urban Experience

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474708375
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5155089688
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,748
Expenses
$185,460
Assets
$2,185
Liabilities
$89,204

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Johnson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Dwana Bradley (Executive Dir.)
  • Robert Johnson (President)
  • Teresa Bradley (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide education in African American culture and history, collaborating with like-minded organizations to cultivate awareness and appreciation of our contributions and to build a stronger, more connected community by providing platforms that celebrate freedom, liberty, and responsible citizenship. Through activities that address economic, health, social, and political development, we aim to meet the needs of our community while fostering understanding and appreciation for Juneteenth's significance in American history.

What it reported doing in 2024

The annual Iowa Juneteenth event has celebrations throughout the year. We educate Iowans about Juneteenth history through our largest celebration, Neighbors Day, which takes place on the third Saturday in June at Western Gateway Park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 40.83; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 89.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $161K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.