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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GOOD TROUBLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$401,421
Total expenses
$416,885
Contributions and grants received
$350,315
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,000
Investment income
$106
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$77,549
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,747
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,802
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$416,885
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$416,885

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $350,315

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $51,000 · related or exempt $51,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106 · excluded $106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $189,936 · program services $189,936

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,446 · program services $16,446

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,956 · program services $14,956

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,394 · program services $12,394

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,949 · program services $5,949

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,484 · program services $14,484

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,848 · program services $3,848

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTOR EXPENSE

    total $137,943 · program services $137,943

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $20,530 · program services $20,530

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $168 · program services $168

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND MISC EXPEN

    total $139 · program services $139

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $92 · program services $92

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $66,661 · end of year $69,882

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,604 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,993 · end of year $7,667

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,993 · end of year $33,747

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $59,265 · end of year $43,802

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GOOD TROUBLE IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501 C 3. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF MINNESOTA YOUTH AGES 14 TO 24. ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND ARE OPEN TO A BROAD AND INDEFINITE CLASS OF STUDENTS. ACTIVITIES FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION TEAMWORK PROBLEM SOLVING SELF REFLECTION AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT PREPARATION FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

  • GOOD TROUBLE IS A YOUTH-LED CHARITABLE INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING YOUTH LEADERSHIP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SYSTEMS CHANGE THROUGH RELATIONSHIP-BASED ORGANIZING AND YOUTH-ADULT PARTNERSHIP. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, WHILE OPERATING UNDER FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, GOOD TROUBLE ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, YOUTH ORGANIZING, AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXPERIENCES.GOOD TROUBLE WORKED WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR RECORDING ARTS, TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ELEVATE YOUTH VOICE IN SCHOOL AND CIVIC DECISION-MAKING, AND STRENGTHEN YOUTH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED YOUTH LEADERSHIP RETREATS, STUDENT LISTENING SESSIONS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES, YOUTH-LED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY CONVENINGS, AND COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL-COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS, PARTICIPATED IN DISTRICT LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND HELPED SHAPE CONVERSATIONS AROUND SCHOOL CLIMATE, BELONGING, ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT.GOOD TROUBLE ALSO SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH-CENTERED FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND INFORM SYSTEMS-LEVEL IMPROVEMENT. PROGRAMMING EMPHASIZED CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, BELONGING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND INTERGENERATIONAL COLLABORATION.THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, GOOD TROUBLE ADVANCED ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE BY EQUIPPING YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FACING ADVERSITY, WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS, STRENGTHEN CIVIC PARTICIPATION, AND INFLUENCE THE SYSTEMS THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES.

    Expenses $416,885 · Revenue $401,421

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Theresa Neal

    BOARD CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nora Flood

    BOARD CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Stern

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin Torres Santiago

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alfred Solis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611389349301651

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