Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc
Our mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in their communities.
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc at a glance
In short: Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc gave $76K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $76K), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $76,188
- -92.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $76,188
- -92.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $76,188
- Total assets
- $16,377,405
- -6.4% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Easter Seals Iowa Foundation ($76K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 1 grant of 4 (25%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc gives
- Giving fell 84% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $76K (2025) to $4.7M (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $76K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Easter Seals Iowa Foundation Des Moines, IA | — | $76,188 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,377,405 | $15,340,927 | $15,646,292 | $76,188 | 1 | $51,600 |
| 2024 | $17,496,229 | $15,318,182 | $16,234,520 | $1,072,962 | 1 | $1,330 |
| 2023 | $18,665,007 | $15,162,718 | $13,891,701 | $660,000 | 1 | $32,499 |
| 2022 | $17,196,874 | $13,866,049 | $12,270,339 | $484,000 | 1 | $3,096 |
| 2021 | $17,569,933 | $16,285,651 | $13,772,070 | $4,676,000 | Total only | $4,054 |
| 2020 | $15,353,506 | $10,219,612 | $9,285,329 | $345,317 | Total only | $4,890 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc
Based on IRS filings
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc is a public charity, based in Des Moines, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $16.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $76K. Net investment income was $52K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc is led by Sherri Nielsen, CEO on every filing since 2020; 2 of 31 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sherri Nielsen
CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$147K (2020) → $167K (2025)
Chris Costa
Chair
Director → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Dose
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Colleen Ladd
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Dwight
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Jorgensen
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patty Housby
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marianne Coppock
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Despotovich
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adam Lackey
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bethany Crouch
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carl Vieregger
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denis Scott
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Clauson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Pififfner
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Sandbulte
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Fasbender
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rochelle Burnett
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Ashley
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Fast
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Trobaugh
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Gilbertson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joel Anderson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lacy Miles
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rosie McAninch
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Zachary Gates
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Ingram
CFO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$4K (2023) → $92K (2025)
Scott Gojkovich
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wade Anderson
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Sandvig
Community En
Director → Community En, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lucas Nelson
Second Vice
Director → Second Vice, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Derek Trobaugh (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Jennifer Schumann (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Patrick McConnell (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Chris Tigges (2021–2024) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 10/2023
- Former: Joyce Vista-Wayne (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Ellie Burns (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: April Schmaltz Termed (2024) — Director
- Former: Michael Miano (2024) — Director
- Former: Norm Sterzenbach Termed (2024) — Director
- Former: April Schmaltz (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Becky Gibson (2020–2023) — Chair · Filing note: Resigned oct 2022
- Former: Kevin Small (2020–2023) — CFO
- Former: Norm Sterzenbach (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Carl Vieregger Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Dennis Scott Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Jean Clauson Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Kim Pififfner Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Miano Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Rochelle Burnett Joined (2023) — Director
- Former: Beth McGinnis (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended 10/2021
- Former: Brent Macke (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended 10/2021
- Former: Bryon Schaeffer (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Term ended 10/2021
- Former: Clare Kelly (2020–2022) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 921
- Former: Diana Collins (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Erik Bonstrom (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Amy Bentley (2021–2022) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 11/2021
- Former: Diana Briggs (2021–2022) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 522
- Former: Alex Sandvig Joined (2022) — Director
- Former: Ellie Burns Joined (2022) — Director
- Former: Lucas Nelson Joined (2022) — Director
- Former: Marianne Coppock Joined (2022) — Director
- Former: Steve Despotovich Joined (2022) — Director
- Former: Doug Fiore (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lori Southard Howe (2021) — Director
- Former: Aaron Uhl (2020) — Director
- Former: Gary Buelt (2020) — Director
- Former: Jay Lettow (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $167K, to Sherri Nielsen (CEO). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc
How much does Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc give each year?
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc gave $76K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 1 grant.
How large is Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc?
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc reported $16.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $15.3M.
Where does Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc operate?
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc has awarded grants in Iowa.
What is Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc's EIN?
Easter Seal Society of Iowa Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-0707100. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 30, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 18, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 14, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 14, 2022)
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