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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AWOOD CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$370,987
Total expenses
$501,483
Contributions and grants received
$370,987
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$872,844
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,165
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$849,679
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$329,605
Management and general expenses
$161,472
Fundraising expenses
$10,406
Program service expenses (Part III)
$329,605

Program services were 65.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $370,987

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $153,292 · program services $130,898 · management and general $16,284 · fundraising $6,110

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $155,803 · program services $118,424 · management and general $37,084 · fundraising $295

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,543 · program services $40,581 · management and general $17,660 · fundraising $302

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,982 · program services $17,609 · management and general $3,873 · fundraising $500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $58,835 · program services $2,042 · management and general $53,837 · fundraising $2,956

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,399 · program services $4,000 · management and general $16,399

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $579 · program services $34 · management and general $545

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,199 · program services $8,498 · management and general $6,570 · fundraising $131

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,375 · management and general $2,375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,517 · program services $1,461 · fundraising $56

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,706 · management and general $3,706

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,551 · program services $1,619 · management and general $2,932

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $4,439 · program services $4,439

  • 24c · Other expenses: SHIPPING

    total $207 · management and general $207

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $56 · fundraising $56

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $737,328 · end of year $857,219

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $260,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $625

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,153 · end of year $23,165

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $720,175 · end of year $834,679

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $260,000 · end of year $15,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AWOOD CENTER PROVIDES EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG WORKERS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA. THE AWOOD CENTER CREATES A CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY RELEVANT SPACE TO BUILD UNITY AND DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN MINNESOTA'S DIVERSE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES.

  • THE AWOOD CENTER HAS ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY OF 100,000 AND GROWING RECENT IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA BY EDUCATING, ORGANIZING, DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP, AND MOBILIZING TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY OF EAST AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND ALL WORKING PEOPLE.

    Expenses $329,605

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deqa Essa

    CHAIR THRU 07/24, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR START 07/24

    Total calculated
    $54,114
    From this org
    $47,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,460
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sabah Yusuf

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kassim Mohamed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abdirahman Muse

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 06/24

    Total calculated
    $105,207
    From this org
    $74,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,659
    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
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349317994

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