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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,291,098
Total expenses
$8,074,691
Contributions and grants received
$7,558,087
Grants paid
$367,240
Program service revenue
$1,892,072
Investment income
$5,153
Other revenue
-$164,214
Total assets, end of year
$42,978,022
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,397,199
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,580,823
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,645,391
Management and general expenses
$1,504,086
Fundraising expenses
$925,214
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,645,391

Program services were 69.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $299,338

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,448,583

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,810,166

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Interest From PRI

    total $1,811,113 · related or exempt $1,811,113

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Client Service Revenue

    total $62,674 · related or exempt $62,674

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $18,285 · related or exempt $18,285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,153 · excluded $5,153

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $143,400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $299,338

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $307,614

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$164,214 · excluded -$164,214

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $367,240 · program services $367,240

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $798,164 · program services $382,988 · management and general $304,545 · fundraising $110,631

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,952,521 · program services $972,490 · management and general $813,381 · fundraising $166,650

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,613 · program services $26,189 · management and general $3,586 · fundraising $3,838

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $360,009 · program services $258,538 · management and general $61,220 · fundraising $40,251

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,811 · program services $127,574 · management and general $38,415 · fundraising $19,822

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $118,730 · program services $66,237 · management and general $52,493

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,854 · program services $54,854

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $56,400 · fundraising $56,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,217,293 · program services $974,353 · management and general $58,573 · fundraising $184,367

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $70,561 · program services $19,370 · management and general $29,963 · fundraising $21,228

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $180,443 · management and general $991 · fundraising $179,452

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $178,349 · program services $124,845 · management and general $33,886 · fundraising $19,618

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,465 · program services $42,737 · management and general $125 · fundraising $7,603

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $77,490 · program services $27,497 · management and general $3,235 · fundraising $46,758

  • 20 · Interest

    total $582,126 · program services $582,126

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $115,274 · program services $80,692 · management and general $21,902 · fundraising $12,680

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $81,308 · program services $56,947 · management and general $15,429 · fundraising $8,932

  • 24a · Other expenses: Uncollectable Loan Loss

    total $1,324,692 · program services $1,324,692

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event Production

    total $39,399 · program services $15,093 · management and general $17,761 · fundraising $6,545

  • 24c · Other expenses: Memberships

    total $28,896 · program services $4,280 · management and general $12,917 · fundraising $11,699

  • 24d · Other expenses: Educational Programs

    total $22,735 · program services $13,970 · management and general $1,907 · fundraising $6,858

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $178,318 · program services $122,679 · management and general $33,757 · fundraising $21,882

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,561,578 · end of year $12,335,294

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $382,256 · end of year $1,714,734

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,046 · end of year $26,620

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $273,931 · end of year $172,045

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $797,497

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $609,798

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $275,984 · end of year $187,699

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $116,738

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $750,000 · end of year $750,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $23,134,162 · end of year $27,650,561

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $209,444 · end of year $141,069

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $610,417 · end of year $549,712

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $2,523,304

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $25,977,538 · end of year $26,497,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,610,768 · end of year $1,826,850

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,869,643 · end of year $8,278,649

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,494,773 · end of year $3,302,174

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Helping minority entrepreneurs succeed.

  • Meda's mission is to Help BIPOC Entrepreneurs Succeed. Our theory of communities of color is a primary strategy to build a more just and fair economy. To fulfil our mission, Meda provides integrated, wrap-around services in the areas all entrepreneurs need to be successful to grow and scale their businesses- Management Education, Money, and Market. Meda's services and products are available to Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Entrepreneurs exclusively. Continued on Schedule OIn 2023, Meda focused on helping BIPOC Entrepreneurs with the tools to succeed in this ever-changing Economic Environment. We provided emergency and sophisticated business consulting and volunteering to help BIPOC Entrepreneurs and Businesses.Our CDFI provided Paycheck Protection Program funding, lines of credit and other term debt products to fund hiring, inventory, and equipment. Meda's Minnesota MBDA Business Center and Ascend Twin Cities connected BIPOC contractors to secure contracts that lead to sustainable growth. In all, Meda served 799 BIPOC Entrepreneurs, helping them secure $18.7 million in finance and securing 18 contracts worth $33.1 million. These results led to the creation or maintenance of 1,316 jobs in these businesses.

    Expenses $5,645,391 · Grants $367,240 · Revenue $1,892,072

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Hoyt Hsaio

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Stout

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeffrey Payne

    Treasurer / Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Craig Veurink

    Chair (Jan-Jun)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kevin Besikof

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Burns

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Idle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Mendoza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Novak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hayes Bukata

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darren Moquist

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Lebewitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jashan Eison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Rudolph

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John JT Taylor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Wallace

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Helmueller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Lyons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie McGrady

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Singer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacob Rider

    Director (June-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn Calabrase

    Director (June-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stefan Michno

    Director (June-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Murphy

    Director (June-Dec)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mimi Bekele

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Contreras Edin

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Currea

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Freeman

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amelia Hardy

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Mathews

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Pomerleau

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Rasmussen

    Director (Jan-Mar)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Stute

    Director (Jan-June)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Bridges

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $316,090
    From this org
    $298,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,306
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,533
    Bonus
    $17,051
    Other
    $1,200
    Deferred
    $2,429
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,876
    Filer's total
    $316,089
  • Kevin AmbrusVP of Finance

    and Operations (Jan-Feb)

    Total calculated
    $56,805
    From this org
    $50,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,905
    Hours/week
    40
  • Pamela Cannon

    Chief People Officer

    Total calculated
    $265,953
    From this org
    $250,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,561
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,192
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $76,200
    Deferred
    $5,249
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,312
    Filer's total
    $265,953
  • Adrian RuddockVP of Lending

    & Business Consulting Services

    Total calculated
    $159,899
    From this org
    $150,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,105
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,254
    Filer's total
    $159,899
  • Robert HarperSenior Director

    Consulting Services (Jan-Nov)

    Total calculated
    $110,697
    From this org
    $110,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • George JacobsonProgram Mgr

    MBDA Business Center

    Total calculated
    $123,483
    From this org
    $103,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,028
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nelly Chick

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $116,473
    From this org
    $109,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,773
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 7
During the CEO transition in 2022, the board negotiated a non- fixed payment to a key executive employee for retention, that was payable over 2 years.
Part I, Line 7:
Officers are eligible for bonuses based on annual performance reviews. The bonuses are determined by the President and Board of Directors.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Wugs Vending

    $25,000

    General Operations

  • Howard's Bar Inc

    $15,000

    General Operations

  • H2overhaul Inc

    $15,000

    General Operations

  • Eggroll Queen

    $15,000

    General Operations

  • Planting People Growing Justice LLC

    $10,000

    General Operations

  • Joy Catering

    $10,000

    General Operations

  • Park Salon LLC

    $10,000

    General Operations

  • BKB Luxury Transportation

    $10,000

    General Operations

  • Novart Media

    $10,000

    General Operations

  • T Will Sports Inc

    $10,000

    General Operations

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441319349301104

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