Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$391,496

Total expenses

$401,924

Contributions and grants received

$391,496

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$81,945

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$81,945

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$400,324

Management and general expenses

$1,600

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$400,324

Program services were 99.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE SGU VETERANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 50 ORAL INTERVIEWS WITH HMONG SGU VETERANS, SPOUSES, AND WIDOWS, PRESERVING THEIR PERSONAL STORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE PROJECT EMPOWERED VETERANS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES THEY ONCE BELIEVED WERE UNIMPORTANT, WHILE PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH MEANINGFUL RECORDINGS THAT SERVE AS LASTING LEGACIES. PUBLIC EXHIBITS AND OUTREACH EFFORTS EDUCATED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ABOUT HMONG HISTORY, AND THE ORAL HISTORIES REACHED MORE THAN 250,000 VIEWERS THROUGH SGUS WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE, STRENGTHENING AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF HMONG VETERANS EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $145,367 · Grants $132,280

• THE SGU MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAM WAS THE ORGANIZATIONS FIRST INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING PTSD AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AMONG SGU VETERANS, WIDOWS, AND DESCENDANTS. THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, THE PROGRAM INCREASED AWARENESS OF WAR-RELATED TRAUMA AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE. SGU PARTNERED WITH VANGUARD MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS CLINIC TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE PSYCHOTHERAPY, DELIVERING 129 THERAPY SESSIONS TO 15 CLIENTS, MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING MORE THAN 40 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH GROUP AND PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL SESSIONS. OVERALL, THE PROGRAM STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY AWARENESS, REDUCED STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE FOR THE HMONG SGU COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $203,504 · Grants $194,775

• IN 2025, THE SGU ORGANIZATION COMMEMORATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HMONG PRESENCE IN MINNESOTA THROUGH YEARLONG ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY BOTH ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDS AND STATE GRANT FUNDING. SGU HOSTED A MAJOR COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS ON MAY 14, ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, VETERANS, STUDENTS, AND LEADERS, WHILE AN EVENING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ATTRACTED OVER 300 ATTENDEES. OVERALL, THE PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HMONG HISTORY, PRESERVED IMPORTANT CULTURAL STORIES, AND STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS MINNESOTA.

  Expenses $51,453 · Grants $56,000 · Revenue $8,441

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  — no cash amount reported

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202611349349311681

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