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US nonprofit · EIN 421198355 · Underwood, IAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 421198355) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Optimist International

Revenue
$78k
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$73k
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$25k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$25k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
2.6y av
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Activity
S80
Community improvement and capacity building
Filings on record
3
latest 2025
Exemption reinstated on 15 June 2012. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 February 2011 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Optimist International's network

9 people1 organisationi9 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Alicia JohnsonTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Barb RobertsonCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Connie EdsonDirector2023
3 yrs
Dale RobertsonVice President2023
3 yrs
Dennis BardsleyVice President2023
3 yrs
Ginny BardsleyDirector2025
1 yr
James BinnsDirector2025
1 yr
Kristi KennedyPresident2024
2 yrs
Tim RodenburgDirector2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kristi KennedyPresident6$0
Dale RobertsonVice President2$0
Dennis BardsleyVice President2$0
Barb RobertsonSecretary4$0
Alicia JohnsonTreasurer4$0
Connie EdsonDirector2$0
Ginny BardsleyDirector2$0
Tim RodenburgDirector2$0
James BinnsDirector2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Optimist International
EIN
421198355
Address
Po Box 75, Underwood, IA, 51576-0075
State
Iowa
Activity (NTEE)
S80 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)04 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 July 1958
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2025
Principal officer
Don Dilts (Form 990-N, tax year 2021)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsAlicia Johnson
≥3years on the filingsBarb Robertson
≥3years on the filingsConnie Edson
≥3years on the filingsDale Robertson

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$25k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$25k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$55k$65kDeficit $10k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.