The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc

WEST DES MOINES, IA EIN: 20-0523259

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$1.0M

-14.3% YoY

Annual Giving

$268K

+4.1% YoY

Grant Count

105

+9.4% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$3K

-4.8% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$165K$330K$494K$659K20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$1,048,795$1,224,180$1,209,115
Revenue$93,429$273,312$67,339
Expenses$268,814$258,247$317,325
Qualifying Distributions$267,657$257,134$316,761
Net Investment Income$66,469$57,673$37,125
Distributable Amount$114,684$99,090$105,246

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$79K$158K$238K$317K85 grants202077 grants202191 grants202296 grants2023105 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

BALLET THEATRE OF DES MO…$10KDES MOINES AREA RELIGIOU…$10KDOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SC…$10KANAWIM HOUSING$8KMIND & SPIRIT COUNSELING…$8KREBUILDING TOGETHER GREA…$8KGREATER MANKATO AREA UNI…$7KHOPE MINISTRIES$6KCHILDREN & FAMILIES OF I…$6KBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CEN…$5K

Grant Size Distribution

454 grants across all recorded years

454<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
JILL T HANSENEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR4
DAVID D NELSONDIRECTOR0.5
BRAD L WINTERBOTTOMDIRECTOR0.5
HARLEE N OLAFSONDIRECTOR0.5
JENNIFER WEDEMEYERSECRETARY0.5
JEAN SCHERRDIRECTOR AND TREASURER0.5
MELISSA GILLESPIEDIRECTOR0.5
LUKE MOLENHOFFDIRECTOR0.5
JIM CONARDDIRECTOR0.5
GABE OLSONDIRECTOR0.5
KEVIN SMITHDIRECTOR0.5
BRAD PETERSDIRECTOR0.5
JANE FUNKDIRECTOR0.5

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

5states

Cities

AltoonaAmesAnkenyCedar RapidsCliveCoralvilleDes MoinesGrimesHiawathaIowa CityIowa City IaJohnstonLovelandMankatoNorth MankatoNorwalkOmahaOwatonnaRochesterSaint Charles

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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