Through the years, you’ve heard me brag that we’ve gone from founder to second — and now third — generation Gardiner family members in the business. Over 60-plus years, relatives just keep showing up to work: parents and kids, spouses, in-laws, cousins, you name it. We’ve even called our firm a family farm — do...

Each Spring, our team gathers in Des Moines for our annual staff training meeting, bringing employees from across our organization together for several days of learning, collaboration, and connection. This year’s training covered a wide range of topics designed to strengthen our knowledge so we can better serve our clients, including worker cooperatives, grain hedging...

Dennis Gardiner, Managing Partner, CPA During 2025, in alignment with our firm’s vision, we established a set of Core Goals to guide our direction in the years ahead. As a CPA firm with more than 61 years of service, we are proud to be second-generation led with a third generation actively in place—ensuring continuity, stability,...

Matt Gardiner, CPA, CFE, Audit Manager Each year, our entire team comes together for a couple of days dedicated to team-building and professional training. Given that our staff is spread across four offices (Lincoln, NE; Charles City, IA; Sioux Falls, SD; and Des Moines, IA), this event is crucial for fostering unity and collaboration. As...

Emily Bell, Marketing Manager Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our hospitality room in Minneapolis on December 7th. We have had the pleasure of hosting a hospitality room during this annual event for many years now and were very pleased with the turn out this year! We enjoyed spending time with each...

By: Mark Gardiner, CPA, CFE, Partner Each year Gardiner + Company, CPA’s offers the “Daniel Gardiner Memorial Scholarship” in honor of my dad, founder of Gardiner + Company.  The scholarship is awarded to the current year’s graduates from Waukee High School who plan to attend a post secondary school and pursue a degree in accounting. ...