Public Charity

PROTEUS INC

Based in DES MOINES, IA, PROTEUS INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $6.4M in revenue, $6.2M in expenses, $2.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 36 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.3M.

EIN: 421186501 DES MOINES, IA Employment Preparation & Procurement NTEE: J20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.4M
Total Expenses$6.2M
Total Assets$2.5M
Grant Records36
Funding Total$1.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF PROTEUS SHALL BE TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF MIGRANT SEASONAL FARMWORKERS AND OTHER LOW-INCOME PEOPLE BY IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH CARE, AND OTHER SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR, THE DISADVANGTAGED AND LOW-SKILLED.

Where $100 goes at Proteus Inc

How Proteus Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $87 for programs

$61
National farmworker jobs program
70% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 400 families
$22
Agricultural health program
26% of program spending
$4
Other community support programs
4% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 30 people; 30 participants
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CFO Carla Beste
DIRECTOR Cecelia Lopez Monterrosa
CEO Daniel Zinnel
DIRECTOR Erika Villegas
DIRECTOR Hijinio Carreon
TREASURER John Van Ginkel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$821,360 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$249,522 9 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$177,000 4 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$5,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$35,567 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.4M $6.2M $2.5M
2024 $7.0M $6.8M $2.4M
2023 $6.5M $6.4M $2.2M
2022 $6.8M $6.5M $1.6M
2021 $6.9M $6.8M $1.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $6.9M to $6.4M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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