CHEROKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $64K · expenses $35K · assets $98K

EIN
30-0036983
Address
416 W MAIN ST, CHEROKEE, IA 51012-1735
NTEE code
T30
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2002 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Diane Cargin (its 2017 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2017 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP QUALITY OF LIFE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHEROKEE, IA

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 10 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Timothy Hoffman DIRECTOR2023-2025 0 $0 reported 2
Lorna Kohn DIRECTOR2020-2025 0 $0 reported 2
Craig Schmidt MAYOR2020-2025 0 $0 reported 1
David Wilberding DIRECTOR2020-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Sara Lucas SECRETARY/TR2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Theresa Pudenz CITY ADMINIS2025 0 $0 reported 1
Melinda Brown (former) DIRECTOR2021-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Eric List (former) DIRECTOR2020-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Cheryl Ellis (former) DIRECTOR2020-2022 0 $0 reported 2
Diane Cargin (former) SECRETARY/TR2020 Not reported $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TIMOTHY HOFFMAN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
THERESA PUDENZ CITY ADMINIS0 $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR0 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SARA LUCAS SECRETARY/TR0 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TIMOTHY HOFFMAN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR0 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SARA LUCAS SECRETARY/TR0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELINDA BROWN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
TIMOTHY HOFFMAN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
ERIC LIST DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR0 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SARA LUCAS SECRETARY/TR0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELINDA BROWN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
CHERYL ELLIS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
ERIC LIST DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR0 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SARA LUCAS SECRETARY/TR0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELINDA BROWN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $02
ERIC LIST DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR0 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SARA LUCAS SECRETARY/TR0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHERYL ELLIS DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
LORNA KOHN DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $02
ERIC LIST DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
CRAIG SCHMIDT MAYOR- $0$0$0 $01
DAVID WILBERDING DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
DIANE CARGIN SECRETARY/TR- $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$64,318$35,108 $97,685$97,685 $64,236$0 -030
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$209,280$448,861 $68,475$68,475 $204,125$0 -030
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$139,373$97,091 $306,500$306,500 $136,694$0 -030
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$275,411$103,442 $261,658$261,658 $275,208$0 -030
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$502,886$820,457 $89,689$89,689 $502,612$0 -030
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$274,141$177,577 $422,821$422,821 $273,723$0 -030

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $206,617 in all, tax years 2010 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2018, 2021-2024 5$75,500 2024$14,000
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THE WELLMARK FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHEROKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION” 2022 1$75,000 2022$75,000
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COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES DAF sponsor Exact 2018-2020, 2022 4$39,117 2022$9,117
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IOWA LAKES ELECTRIC MEMBERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHEROKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION” 2022 2$7,000 2022$7,000
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CARE INITIATIVES Public charity Exact 2010 1$5,000 2010$5,000
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PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHEROKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION” 2013 1$3,000 2013$3,000
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BOMGAARS FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHEROKEE COMUNITY FOUNDATION” 2023 1$2,000 2023$2,000
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
OSILAS FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,190,00012 12020–2025 GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC DAF sponsor$936,04615 12009–2024 DOYLE FIELD FOUNDATION INC
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$521,20029 112016–2024 GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; COALA FOUNDATION; WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT; CIRCLE OF GENEROSITY FOUNDATION and 7 more
MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$440,0002 12019–2020 GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
PAUL AND SUZANNE HANIFL FOUNDATION Private foundation$331,2006 12019–2024 GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC DAF sponsor$263,6684 12019–2023 TOMMY LANIER FOUNDATION INC
TOWNEBANK FOUNDATION Private foundation$250,0002 12018–2019 VIRGINIA CAPITOL FOUNDATION
ADIRONDACK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$243,4248 12013–2024 HIGH PEAKS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$224,41512 52015–2024 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION; TEXAS IRISH FOUNDATION; GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; VIRGINIA CAPITOL FOUNDATION and 1 more
RICHARD M COHEN AND ANDREW S COHEN FOUNDATION Private foundation$200,0001 12020–2020 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$199,11215 72019–2024 APNA FOUNDATION CORPORATION; WAYNE-GOSHEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC; GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; CIRCLE OF GENEROSITY FOUNDATION and 3 more
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$140,2313 22016–2021 FOR THE CHILDREN FOUNDATION; GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
E RHODES AND LEONA B CARPENTER FOUNDATION Private foundation$140,0006 12019–2024 FOX RIVERSIDE THEATER FOUNDATION
FORGOOD INC DAF sponsor$126,9514 22013–2021 TEXAS IRISH FOUNDATION; WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor$120,0004 22019–2024 GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; TEXAS IRISH FOUNDATION

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $35,108 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $15,738$15,738-- 44.8%
Other (as described)SANFORD MUSEUM EXPENSES $8,000$8,000-- 22.8%
Other (as described)SWIM TEAM EXPENSES $6,000$6,000-- 17.1%
Advertising and promotion $3,926$3,926-- 11.2%
Fees: accounting $939$939-- 2.7%
Other (as described)MISC TRAILS EXPENSE $505$505-- 1.4%
Total$35,108100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $448,861 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)SKATE PARK CONSTRUCTION $386,465$386,465-- 86.1%
Other (as described)TRAILS PROJECT CONSTRUCT $19,848$19,848-- 4.4%
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $18,168$18,168-- 4.0%
All other expenses $13,005$13,005-- 2.9%
Other (as described)SWIM TEAM EXPENSES $11,000$11,000-- 2.5%
Fees: accounting $375$375-- 0.1%
Total$448,861100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $97,091 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $200
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)TRAILS PROJECT CONSTRUCT $63,950$63,950-- 65.9%
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $11,109$11,109-- 11.4%
Other (as described)SKATE PARK CONSTRUCTION $7,695$7,695-- 7.9%
Other (as described)HISTORIC PRESERVATION EXP $6,505$6,505-- 6.7%
All other expenses $6,250$6,250-- 6.4%
Advertising and promotion $1,032$1,032-- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $350$350-- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $200$200-- 0.2%
Total$97,091100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $103,442 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $275
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)TRAILS PROJECT CONSTRUCT $77,344$77,344-- 74.8%
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $7,351$7,351-- 7.1%
Other (as described)SKATE PARK CONSTRUCTION $6,990$6,990-- 6.8%
Advertising and promotion $4,412$4,412-- 4.3%
Other (as described)MISC TRAILS EXPENSE $4,201$4,201-- 4.1%
Interest $1,811$1,811-- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $550$550-- 0.5%
All other expenses $428$428-- 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $275$275-- 0.3%
Office expenses $80$80-- 0.1%
Total$103,442100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $820,457 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $393
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTIO $799,080$799,080-- 97.4%
Other (as described)HIST. PRES - GRANT REIMB $9,945$9,945-- 1.2%
Other (as described)MISC EXP - MAGNETIC PARK $6,308$6,308-- 0.8%
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $4,539$4,539-- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $393$393-- 0.0%
Advertising and promotion $192$192-- 0.0%
Total$820,457100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $177,577 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $235
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTIO $160,316$160,316-- 90.3%
Other (as described)PLAYGROUND/PARK EQUIPMEN $11,965$11,965-- 6.7%
Other (as described)TOYS, CLOTHING NEEDY KIDS $4,096$4,096-- 2.3%
Advertising and promotion $647$647-- 0.4%
Other (as described)MISC EXP - MAGNETIC PARK $318$318-- 0.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $235$235-- 0.1%
Total$177,577100%

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