Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$856,718

Total expenses

$890,810

Contributions and grants received

$397,170

Grants paid

$30,234

Program service revenue

$458,756

Investment income

$792

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$593,767

Total liabilities, end of year

$40,874

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$552,893

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$759,734

Management and general expenses

$99,706

Fundraising expenses

$31,370

Program service expenses (Part III)

$759,734

Program services were 85.3% 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 · 2023

• HOUSING SERVICESCOMMUNITY MEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVICES PROVIDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING STABILITY MEDIATION AND NAVIGATION SERVICES, WORKING TO IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. LIFTING UP THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF OVER 20,000 RENTER-OWNER MEDITATIONS, CMRS IS STRATEGICALLY MOVING SERVICES UPSTREAM AND COLLABORATIVELY ADDRESSING THE RESOURCE RUNAROUND BY INCREASING COLLABORATION AMONG RESOURCE PROVIDERS - INTEGRATING FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND MEDIATION RESOURCES. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDTIONAL PROGRAM LANGUAGE.WITH A MULTILINGUAL TEAM OF HOUSING NAVIGATORS - INCLUDING AMPACT AMERICORPS MEMBERS - AND TRAINED MEDIATORS SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND COURT, CMRS IS HELPING RENTERS TO IDENTIFY THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPROVE THEIR SITUATIONS AND HELP CONNECT THEM WITH THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMMUNICATE AND CREATE PATHWAYS FORWARD. YOUTH SERVICESCMRS YOUTH SERVICES ARE GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT ALL YOUTH ARE WORTHY, CAPABLE, AND RELATIONAL. WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THEIR COMMUNITY'S CAPACITY TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND REPAIR HARM. USING THE CIRCLE PROCESS, BASED ON INDIGENOUS WAYS OF BEING, WE WORK WITH YOUTH AND SCHOOLS TO HOLD SPACES AND CONVERSATIONS WHERE YOUTH CAN PARTICIPATE IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND RESPOND TO CONFLICT AND HARM. WE ALSO WORK WITH JUVENILE COURT, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DIVERT YOUTH FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESSES DESIGNED TO MERGE SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BUILDING ON OUR WORK TO CREATE RESTORATIVE SCHOOLS, CMRS TRAINS STAFF IN HOW TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND CULTURE IN THE WORK THEY ALREADY DO. COURT AND COMMUNITY MEDIATION SERVICES AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICESGROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE CAN RESOLVE THEIR OWN CONFLICTS, CMRS WORKS WITH COURT PARTNERS TO ALLOW DISPUTANTS TO CO-CREATE THEIR AGREEMENTS. WE PROVIDE MEDIATION SERVICES AT ALL STAGES OF DISPUTES - BEFORE A COURT FILING, DURING A COURT HEARING, AND FOLLOWING A COURT HEARING. CMRS MEDIATORS ARE IN HOUSING AND HARASSMENT COURTS AND HELP PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FAMILY, CONCILIATION, PROBATE, AND DISTRICT COURT DISPUTES. CMRS ALSO PROVIDES COMMUNITY-BASED MEDIATION AND RESTORATIVE SERVICES, HELPING PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULT AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS. THROUGH MEDIATION, PARTICIPANTS CAN HEAR AND BE HEARD AND CO-CREATE AGREEMENTS THAT FIT THEIR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. THROUGH RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, PARTICIPANTS BUILD COMMUNITY AND REPAIR HARM. SERVICES ADDRESS SITUATIONS INVOLVING NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES, WORKPLACES, BUSINESSES, AND CUSTOMERS, AND ORGANIZATIONS. CMRS ALSO FACILITATES LARGE GROUP CONVERSATIONS AND SPEARHEADS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS SECTORS. CMRS SERVES AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL MENTOR OR FISCAL SPONSOR - SUPPORTING MISSION-ALIGNED WORK OF GEOGRAPHICALLY OR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN CREATING STATEWIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES THROUGH COMMUNITY MEDIATION MINNESOTA. SPECIFICALLY, CMRS SERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR OF RESTORATIVE AND MEDIATION PRACTICES (RAMP), A COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SOCIAL WORK, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW DEGREES.

  Expenses $759,734 · Grants $30,234 · Revenue $458,756

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

• SAKAN

  $14,920

  TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC HOUSING SERVICES TO CITY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS

• 1 DAY AT A TIME

  $5,060

  ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC HOUSING SERVICES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

16 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202442299349301629

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