Forest City Education Foundation
Donations deductibleForest City Education Foundation's network
10 people3 organisationsi10 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (4) 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
10 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 15 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 10 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brittany Frerichs | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Cody Hennigar | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Daniella Niess | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Derek Ziesmer | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Duane Polsdofer | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Heather Duenow | Board Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Pat Lovik | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ron Lichtsinn | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Scott Meinders | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Trista Helm | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Ryan | Vice-Preside | 2025 |
| Cindy Carter | Company secretary | since 2020 |
| David Arndt | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Don Heidemann | Vice Preside | since 2019 |
| Pat Lovik | Vice-Preside | 2024 |
| Raymond Beebe | President | since 2019 |
| Steve Lovik | Vice-Preside | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Beebe | President | 2 | $0 | ||
| David Arndt | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Pat Lovik | Board Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Trista Helm | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brittany Frerichs | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cody Hennigar | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Duane Polsdofer | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Scott Meinders | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cindy Carter | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Ron Lichtsinn | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daniella Niess | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Heather Duenow | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amy Ryan | Vice-Preside | 1 | $0 | ||
| Derek Ziesmer | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Forest City Education Foundation
- EIN
- 421511192
- Address
- Po Box 270, Forest City, IA, 50436-0270
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- To provide grants and scholarships to forest city high school graduates pursuing higher education at accredited institutions. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B11 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2000
- Principal officer
- Raymond Beebe (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2000
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDerek Ziesmer
≥7years on the filingsDuane Polsdofer
≥7years on the filingsPat Lovik
≥7years on the filingsRon Lichtsinn
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.8m
- Total liabilities
- $991
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $420k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 2
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $722k | $595k | $127k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Forest City Education Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 16 October 2000
- Registered agent
- Darwin Lehmann (city and state not held)