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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TENDING THE SOIL MN.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 2 May 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$816,000 changed to $2,508,150
Total expenses
$1,182,163 changed to $1,382,050
Contributions and grants received
$816,000 changed to $2,508,150
Grants paid
$708,578 changed to $738,612
Total assets, end of year
$820,218 changed to $1,432,005
Total liabilities, end of year
$253,405 changed to $305,905
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$566,813 changed to $1,126,100
Program services expenses
$1,067,760 changed to $1,265,196
Management and general expenses
$110,803 changed to $116,854
Fundraising expenses
$3,600 changed to $0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,067,760 changed to $1,265,196

Totals

Total revenue
$2,508,150
Total expenses
$1,382,050
Contributions and grants received
$2,508,150
Grants paid
$738,612
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,432,005
Total liabilities, end of year
$305,905
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,126,100
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,265,196
Management and general expenses
$116,854
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,265,196

Program services were 91.5% 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

    $2,508,150

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $738,612 · program services $738,612

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,981 · program services $61,585 · management and general $15,396

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $196,636 · program services $157,309 · management and general $39,327

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,746 · program services $13,396 · management and general $3,350

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,659 · program services $18,127 · management and general $4,532

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,730 · program services $2,184 · management and general $546

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,905 · management and general $15,905

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $163,804 · program services $131,043 · management and general $32,761

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $420 · program services $336 · management and general $84

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,853 · program services $3,082 · management and general $771

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,092 · program services $873 · management and general $219

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,092 · program services $4,074 · management and general $1,018

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,104 · program services $1,683 · management and general $421

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,489 · management and general $2,489

  • 24a · Other expenses: RISE UP EXPENSES

    total $131,076 · program services $131,076

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,674 · program services $1,674

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $177 · program services $142 · management and general $35

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $695,218

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $734,175

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $305,905

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $1,063,600

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $62,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TOGETHER, WE FORGE A NEW PATH FORWARD, ROOTED IN RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND GENDER JUSTICE THAT UNITES US, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN IN OUR OPERATIONS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

  • TENDING THE SOIL IS AN ALIGNMENT OF FIVE, POWER BUILDING NON-PROFITS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 10,000 MINNESOTANS LED BY WORKING CLASS, BIPOC COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH A LONG HISTORY OF EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE ORGANIZING. WE WORKED WITH THESE FIVE GROUPS TO ALIGN THEIR CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES AROUND A SHARED TIMELINE TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE IMPACT FOR THEIR MEMBERS.

    Expenses $1,265,196

  • A MAJOR PROJECT THAT RECIEVED GREAT ATTENTION AND ADVANCEMENT IS OUR EFFORT TO BUILD THE RISE UP CENTER, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, COMMUNITY GATHER SPACE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HUB. SINCE JANUARY 1, 2023 TENDING THE SOIL MN AND OUR PROJECT PARTNERS HAVE DEFINED THE SCOPE OF THE RISE UP CENTER BUILDING USE, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND ENTERED A PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE FORMER YWCA UPTOWN AT, 2808 HENNEPIN AVE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

  • THROUGH 2023, TENDING THE SOIL TRAINED AND FOSTERED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG STAFF AND MEMBERS AT OUR FIVE ALIGMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rod Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jen Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Roberto De La Riva

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emilia Gonzalez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cat Salonek Schladt

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,981
    From this org
    $71,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,253
    Hours/week
    40

  • Veronica Mendez-Moore

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Greg Nammacher

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Merle Payne

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • CTUL

    $187,500

    CONSTRUCTION WORKER ORGANIZING

  • INQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA

    $125,000

    TENANT ORGANIZING

  • UNIDOS MN

    $112,500

    CONSTRUCTION AND NEW ENERGY ORGANIZING

  • NEW JUSTICE PROJECT

    $100,000

    SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZING

  • NEW JUSTICE PROJECT

    $52,500

    CONSTRUCTION AND NEW ENERGY ORGANIZING

  • CTUL

    $50,000

    RETAIL WORKER ORGANIZING

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531719349300038

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