Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,288,120

Total expenses

$2,847,482

Contributions and grants received

$2,911,040

Grants paid

$37,909

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,401

Other revenue

$370,679

Total assets, end of year

$4,666,356

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,347,670

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,318,686

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,111,880

Management and general expenses

$696,627

Fundraising expenses

$38,975

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,111,880

Program services were 74.2% 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

• MODEL CITIES' SERVICE CONTINUUM CREATES PATHWAYS TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY TO HOUSING STABILITY AND HOMEOWNERSHIP. OUTCOMES FROM 2024 DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES:PROVIDED SERVICES TO 3,397 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS.PROVIDED HOMEOWNERSHIP EDUCATION, 1:1 ADVISING, AND FINANCIAL COACHING SERVICES TO 729 INDIVIDUALS (70% BIPOC), REDUCING HOMEOWNERSHIP GAPS AND CREATING BETTER PATHWAYS TOWARD WEALTH CREATION AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.SERVED 2,465 ADULTS AT OUR SAFE SPACE SHELTERHOLIDAY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO 35 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FAMILIES BY AN ANGEL SPONSOR.RECEIVED NEARLY 7,000 VOLUNTEER PREPARED MEALS THAT WERE DONATED TO SAFE SPACE. COMPLETED A $670,000 RENOVATION OF OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUILDING AT 833 UNIVERSITY THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY WATER INFILTRATION. THIS PROJECT PRESERVED SIX PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.56 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED OVER 360 VOLUNTEER HOURS ACROSS PROGRAMS. INCREASED CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIONS BY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 9 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND DEEPEN OUR SERVICE IMPACT ACROSS THE HOUSING CONTINUUM. CELEBRATED THE TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEYS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BY HOSTING SEVERAL EVENTS, INCLUDING FAMILY FUN DAY BBQS, A MOTHER'S DAY IN BLOOM VOLUNTEER DAY, AND A HOLIDAY GIVING PARTY.OUR CORE OFFERINGS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES (HSS): ADDRESSING HOUSING INSTABILITY REQUIRES A WHOLE-PERSON APPROACH WITH A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES TO MEET A HOUSEHOLD'S HOLISTIC NEEDS AND HELP THEM ACCESS RESOURCES TO BUILD SKILLS AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. IN 2024, HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: FAMILIES FIRST SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (FFSH) - FFSH PROVIDES PERMANENT HOUSING TO HOMELESS FAMILIES WITH ONE OR MORE MEMBERS ENDURING A CHRONIC DISABILITY AND/OR THE HEAD-OF-HOUSEHOLD IS RECOVERING FROM CHEMICAL ADDICTION. SANKOFA SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDES PERMANENT HOUSING TO YOUNG ADULTS AGES 17-25 YEARS OLD WHO ARE EITHER PREGNANT OR PARENTING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF THREE YEARS OLD.HOMEOWNERSHIP SERVICES: MODEL CITIES PROVIDES BOTH HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND PRE-PURCHASE COUNSELING SERVICES TO FAMILIES WHO NEED SUPPORT WITH LEARNING HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE HOMEBUYING PROCESS. SERVICES INCLUDE:THE HOME STRETCH WORKSHOP IS AN 8-HOUR EDUCATIONAL COURSE OFFERED IN A DAY-LONG SESSION ON WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF SCHEDULES. IN ADDITION TO INFORMATION ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT MORTGAGE, AVOIDING SCAMS AND PREPARING FOR A CLOSING, COURSE MATERIALS ARE DELIVERED IN AN INTERACTIVE WAY THAT INCORPORATES DISCUSSION, MULTI-MEDIA, ADDITIONAL RESOURCE MATERIALS, AND PRESENTATIONS FROM VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN HOUSING, LENDING AND REAL ESTATE.PRE-PURCHASE COUNSELING IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST HOUSEHOLDS WITH UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS TO BECOMING A HOMEOWNER. THE HOMEOWNERSHIP ADVISOR MEETS ONE-ON-ONE WITH HOUSEHOLDS TO ANALYZE THEIR INCOME, CREDIT, DEBT AND WORK HISTORY IN ORDER TO MAP OUT A STRATEGY TO OVERCOME ANY HOMEOWNERSHIP OBSTACLES. FISCALLY FIT PROVIDES FINANCIAL WELLNESS SERVICES TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS AND LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, WITH A GOAL OF ELIMINATING ECONOMIC DISPARITIES WHILE FOSTERING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SHELTER SERVICES: IN NOVEMBER 2019, MODEL CITIES BEGAN OPERATING SAFE SPACE, AN EMERGENCY SHELTER LOCATED AT 160 EAST KELLOGG BOULEVARD IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL. EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR UP TO 64 MEN AND WOMEN ON A NIGHTLY BASIS AND THE SHELTER OPERATES DAILY FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 9:00 A.M. SAFE SPACE IS CONSIDERED A LOW-BARRIER, TEMPORARY SHELTER WHERE POLICE AND OTHER AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATIONS BRING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FOUND SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON THE LIGHT RAIL, IN SKYWAYS, OR IN OTHER UNAUTHORIZED BUILDINGS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL AT SAFE SPACE IS TO ENSURE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY WHILE THEY LOOK FOR OTHER LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN NOVEMBER 2024, MODEL CITIES RELOCATED ITS SHELTER OPERATIONS TO CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN SAINT PAUL'S MIDWAY AREA.BROWNSTONE SERVICES: SINCE OPENING IN 2017, BROWNSTONE HAS BEEN AT OR NEAR 100 PERCENT OCCUPANCY (APPROXIMATELY 97% ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR) FOR THE 35 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. THE POPULATION OF RESIDENTS IS DIVERSE WITH A MIX OF RACES, AGES, AND FAMILIES RESIDING AT BROWNSTONE. INTEREST CONTINUES TO REMAIN HIGH IN THE RESIDENCE AS WE TYPICALLY GET MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR VACANCIES WHEN THEY ARISE. IN ADDITION TO APARTMENT UNITS, MODEL CITIES LEASES AFFORDABLE RETAIL SPACE TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS AT BROWNSTONE. IN 2024, ALL 5 RETAIL SPACES CONTINUED TO FULLY OPERATE, ALL BY BIPOC ENTREPRENEURS.

  Expenses $2,111,880 · Grants $37,909 · Revenue $370,679

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• MODEL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT · MN · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by MODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC

• MODEL CITIES PROPERTIES

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · MN · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by MODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

9 June 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202521609349300247

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