Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$4,650,077

Total expenses

$7,547,234

Contributions and grants received

$2,608,293

Grants paid

$1,655,676

Program service revenue

$1,779,715

Investment income

$283,896

Other revenue

-$21,827

Total assets, end of year

$8,936,255

Total liabilities, end of year

$917,642

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,018,613

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,273,731

Management and general expenses

$644,119

Fundraising expenses

$629,384

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,273,731

Program services were 83.1% 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

• CAREER & COLLEGE INITIATIVES PROGRAMS - SEE SCHEDULE OCAREER & COLLEGE INITIATIVES PROGRAMS:SCHOOL-BASED CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES IS A UNIVERSAL CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS PROVIDER, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED PLANS FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. IN COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN 28 HIGH SCHOOLS, WE PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE AND CONNECT STUDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF POSTSECONDARY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING TWO AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE, APPRENTICESHIPS, TRAINING PROGRAMS, EMPLOYERS AND OTHER OPTIONS TO HELP THEM EXPLORE AND PLAN FOR PURPOSEFUL, LIFE SUSTAINING CAREERS. THESE SERVICES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO 17,000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EACH YEAR, WITH OVER 10,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY IN OUR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING 93% OF SENIORS. OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAM-WHICH INCLUDES LICENSED COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, ADMISSIONS EXPERTS, EDUCATORS AND YOUTH WORKERS-WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS TO BUILD THE KIND OF TRUSTING, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CREATING POST-GRADUATION PLANS AND CAREER SUCCESS. THEY OFFER PERSONALIZED CAREER EXPLORATION ADVISING, CAREER EVENTS WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONALS, COLLEGE FAIRS AND TOURS, COLLEGE REP VISITS, ASSISTANCE WITH COLLEGE, FINANCIAL AID AND FAFSA APPLICATIONS, SUPPORT WITH RESUME WRITING AND JOB INTERVIEWING, CONNECTIONS WITH INTERNSHIP AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND LINKS TO OTHER COLLEGE ACCESS PROVIDERS. ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMMING-FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THESE HIGH SCHOOL SERVICES-CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF CAREER AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP THEM PREPARE TO ACCESS FAMILY-SUPPORTING, HIGH-DEMAND AND HIGH-GROWTH CAREERS MORE QUICKLY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ALSO BRINGS EMPLOYERS INTO HIGH SCHOOLS TO MEET WITH STUDENTS VIA CAREER SPEAKERS AND CAREER FAIR EVENTS. PROGRAM DATA SHOWS THAT 93% OF STUDENTS WHO UTILIZE ACHIEVE'S SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES GRADUATE WITH A CAREER PATHWAY PLAN. LOWER INCOME STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO UTILIZE THESE SERVICES ENROLL IN POSTSECONDARY PROGRAMS AT 50+% HIGHER RATES THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT. WITH ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES SUPPORT, MORE STUDENTS ARE PURSUING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THEY NEED FOR MEANINGFUL CAREERS AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.STEP UP YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: STEP UP PREPARES TODAY'S YOUTH FOR TOMORROW'S CAREERS BY RECRUITING, TRAINING AND PLACING HUNDREDS OF MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH (AGES 14-21) IN PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS WITH OVER 50 REGIONAL EMPLOYERS, FROM FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS. A PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING, STEP UP IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AND LEVERAGES A COLLECTIVE THAT SPANS 15 INDUSTRIES AND MULTIPLE SECTORS. STEP UP SUPPORTS HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED YOUTH IN MINNEAPOLIS WHO ARE READY TO NAVIGATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD. IT ALSO HELPS ORGANIZATIONS DIVERSIFY THEIR WORKFORCE AND BUILD A BASE OF YOUNG, SKILLED WORKERS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. STEP UP HAS PROVIDED OVER 34,500 INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES SINCE 2003, YIELDING A COMPETITIVE TALENT PIPELINE, A STRONGER ECONOMY AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WAGES FOR STEP UP INTERNS. INTERNS COLLECTIVELY EARN OVER $1.69 MILLION IN SUMMER WAGES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS: EACH YEAR, OVER 300 TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM LOCAL COMPANIES VOLUNTEER WITH ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES TO INTRODUCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO NEW CAREERS, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED CAREER EVENTS, STEP UP MOCK INTERVIEWS, AND OTHER CAREER EXPLORATION SUPPORT. SCHOOL-BASED CAREER EXPLORATION EVENTS CONNECT VOLUNTEERS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS AND INSIGHTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF CAREER AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. THROUGH IN-SCHOOL CAREER SPEAKER EVENTS AND FAIRS, STUDENTS EXPLORE NEW CAREER FIELDS, MEET LOCAL PROFESSIONALS, AND LEARN THE STEPS THEY NEED TO TAKE TOWARD SPECIFIC FIELDS AND INDUSTRIES. IN THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR, 149 INDIVIDUALS FROM 184 TWIN CITIES COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVED AS CAREER VOLUNTEERS. EACH SPRING, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL STEP UP MOCK INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWING AND COACHING STEP UP YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ONE-ON-ONE IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR SUMMER INTERNSHIP INTERVIEWS AND OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. THE MOCK INTERVIEWS ARE PART OF STEP UP WORK READINESS TRAINING, WHICH EACH INTERN MUST COMPLETE BEFORE THEY ARE MATCHED WITH THEIR SUMMER EMPLOYER. IN SPRING 2025, 160 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN THE STEP UP MOCK INTERVIEWS. IN ADDITION TO THESE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYEES FROM ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES PARTNER COMPANIES ALSO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME WITH STEP UP AND ACHIEVE COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS PARTICIPANTS AS WORK READINESS TRAINERS, CAREER EXPOSURE EVENT LEADERS, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY AND CAREER SKILLS EVENT FACILITATORS. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ALSO HOSTS PUBLIC EVENTS THAT INFORM AND SPARK CONVERSATIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CONNECT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ANNUAL PRINCIPAL PARTNER DAY MATCHES TWIN CITIES BUSINESS, PHILANTHROPY, MEDIA AND CIVIC LEADERS ONE-ON-ONE WITH PRINCIPALS FOR A HALF-DAY JOB SHADOWING AT THEIR SCHOOLS. PARTICIPANTS GET A RARE BEHIND-THE-SCENES EXPERIENCE AT A MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL, SEE THEIR PRINCIPAL IN ACTION AND INTERACT WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS. FOLLOWING THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, THEY GATHER WITH OTHER EVENT PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE INSIGHTS AND EXPLORE NEXT STEPS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THEY'VE SEEN AND HEARD THAT DAY. ACHIEVE 101 AND LUNCHBREAK WITH ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS (CCR) STAFF EXPERTS, VISIT OUR SCHOOL-BASED CENTERS AND EXPLORE CCR AND YOUTH WORKFORCE ISSUES. PARTICIPANTS HEAR FROM ACHIEVE PROGRAM LEADERS AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, MEET YOUNG PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE OUR SERVICES, AND LEARN HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS AS CAREER EVENT VOLUNTEERS, INTERNSHIP EMPLOYERS, DONORS AND PARTNERS.

  Expenses $4,368,777 · Revenue $1,554,035

• MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP - SEE SCHEDULE OMINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MPS) PARTNERSHIP: IN ADDITION TO BEING A STRONG PROGRAM PARTNER THROUGH CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS SERVICES IN MPS HIGH SCHOOLS, ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ALSO SERVES AS THE NONPROFIT FOUNDATION FOR MPS. IN THIS ROLE IT ADMINISTERS MAJOR GRANTS FOR STEM PROGRAMS, EDUCATOR PATHWAY PROGRAMS AND OTHER DISTRICT PRIORITIES. IT ALSO MANAGES $4-5 MILLION IN PRIVATE FUNDS FOR MPS SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS, ADMINISTERS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MPS GRADUATES AND AWARDS MINI GRANTS FOR DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND CLASSROOM PROJECTS.

  Expenses $1,904,954 · Grants $1,655,676 · Revenue $225,680

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL

  $1,420,171

  AID TO DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 January 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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