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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNIDOS MN EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$948,605
Total expenses
$679,452
Contributions and grants received
$843,769
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$102,087
Investment income
$51
Other revenue
$2,698
Total assets, end of year
$1,905,989
Total liabilities, end of year
$93,199
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,812,790
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$513,526
Management and general expenses
$133,630
Fundraising expenses
$32,296
Program service expenses (Part III)
$513,526

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $159,931

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $683,838

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $102,087 · related or exempt $102,087

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51 · excluded $51

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,698 · related or exempt $2,698

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,698

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $9,000 · program services $9,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $396,343 · program services $297,257 · management and general $79,268 · fundraising $19,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,668 · program services $41,001 · management and general $10,934 · fundraising $2,733

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,654 · program services $22,240 · management and general $5,931 · fundraising $1,483

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,378 · management and general $1,378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,072 · management and general $3,072

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,608 · program services $50,706 · management and general $13,522 · fundraising $3,380

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,991 · program services $26,243 · management and general $6,998 · fundraising $1,750

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,759 · program services $2,069 · management and general $552 · fundraising $138

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,161 · program services $15,871 · management and general $4,232 · fundraising $1,058

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,968 · program services $8,226 · management and general $2,194 · fundraising $548

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,197 · program services $3,898 · management and general $1,039 · fundraising $260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $792 · program services $594 · management and general $158 · fundraising $40

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $20,100 · program services $20,100

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,715 · program services $11,786 · management and general $3,143 · fundraising $786

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $6,046 · program services $4,535 · management and general $1,209 · fundraising $302

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,241,517 · end of year $1,072,551

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $271,375 · end of year $271,518

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $344,620 · end of year $561,920

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $95,746 · end of year $93,199

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,761,766 · end of year $1,812,790

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

NAVIGATE ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING ISSUES THROUGH EDUCATION, ORGANIZING, AND ADVOCACY: IMMIGRATION, EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. OUR CAMPAIGNS' COMMON GOAL IS HONORING THE INHERENT DIGNITY AND WORTH OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS - AND LIVING ECOSYSTEMS - REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, CLASS, GENDER IDENTITY, DIS/ABILITY AND/OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER, OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NAVIGATE IS A MILLENNIAL DRIVEN LATINX BASED ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS POWER FOR GENDER, RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. WE HAVE A VISION OF A MINNESOTA WHERE LATINXS ARE ACHIEVING THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. WE BELIEVE THAT BY DOING THIS, WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING AND THE PROSPERITY OF ALL MINNESOTANS, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, RACE, IMMIGRATION STATUS, DIS/ABILITY AND GENDER IDENTITY.

  • EDUCATION: THROUGH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, ORGANIZING, PARENT INVOLVEMENT, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, NAVIGATE WORKS TO CREATE SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR LATINX YOUTH. NAVIGATE WORKS TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY AND CREATE A HEALING PATH IN AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND OPPRESSION FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THOSE WITH A LATINX BACKGROUND.IMMIGRATION: OUR IMMIGRATION-FOCUSED PROGRAMS ENVISION PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, WHILE CENTERING THE REALITIES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES. WE BUILD CAPACITY WITH, WITHOUT, AND AGAINST STRUCTURES IN FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS TO BUILD AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES. OUR CONSTITUENCY IS CLEAR: WE WANT POWER, NOT ONLY PAPERS. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, WE HAVE WORKED ON NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS FOR DRIVERS LICENSES FOR ALL, A MINNESOTA DREAM ACT, AND AGAINST SO-CALLED "PUBLIC CHARGE" REGULATIONS. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: NAVIGATE BELIEVES THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND BUILD POWER FOR THE THINGS THAT IMPACT THEIR/OUR LIVES. OUR MODEL IS NOT CITIZENSHIP BASED, BUT COMMUNITY BASED. THROUGH "POLPOP" (POLITICAL-POPULAR) EDUCATION, WE UNTANGLE POLICY INTO REAL LIFE APPROACH TO DEEPLY REFLECT ON ISSUES. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THEN PROVIDES A DIRECT LINE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO REPRESENT THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES AT THE PUBLIC ARENA WITH CLARITY THAT THOSE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUES WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD POWER IN ORDER TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WIN ON THEIR/OUR ISSUES. WE HAVE ENGAGED IN NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND PREPARATION FOR THE 2020 CENSUS.

    Expenses $513,526 · Revenue $104,785

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Espinosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Blanca Gavina

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Iris Altamirano

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emilia Avalos

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
24 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349315023

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