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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NORTH STAR POLICY ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$310,791
Total expenses
$190,501
Contributions and grants received
$310,553
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$238
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$211,732
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,068
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$209,664
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$154,108
Management and general expenses
$27,295
Fundraising expenses
$9,098
Program service expenses (Part III)
$154,108

Program services were 80.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $310,553

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $238 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $238

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $149,000 · program services $119,200 · management and general $22,350 · fundraising $7,450

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,019 · program services $4,815 · management and general $903 · fundraising $301

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,486 · program services $9,989 · management and general $1,873 · fundraising $624

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $752 · program services $602 · management and general $113 · fundraising $37

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,714 · program services $2,971 · management and general $557 · fundraising $186

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,040 · program services $9,740 · management and general $225 · fundraising $75

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $625 · program services $500 · management and general $94 · fundraising $31

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,567 · program services $2,053 · management and general $385 · fundraising $129

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,440 · program services $1,152 · management and general $216 · fundraising $72

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,012 · program services $1,609 · management and general $302 · fundraising $101

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,846 · program services $1,477 · management and general $277 · fundraising $92

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $84,451 · end of year $208,576

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

    $6,078

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

    $2,922

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,168 · end of year $3,156

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $245 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,068

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $89,374 · end of year $209,664

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NORTH STAR POLICY ACTION IS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE THAT IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY MINNESOTANS BY ADVANCING BOLD IDEAS THAT CHANGE THE CONVERSATION & BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. WE DEVELOP & PROMOTE DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO PERSISTENT PROBLEMS THAT ALLOW WORKING PEOPLE TO THRIVE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE.

  • STATE BUDGET - RESEARCHING HOW OUR STATE BUDGET SHOULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF LIFE FOR MINNESOTANS

    Expenses $43,132

  • TRANSPORTATION - RESEARCHING STATE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

    Expenses $37,618

  • HOUSING LABOR - RESEARCHING LABOR PRACTICES AND ABUSES IN THE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

    Expenses $36,685

  • EDUCATION - THE EDUCATION PROGRAM RESEARCHES POLICIES THAT SUPPORT A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $36,673

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jake Schwitzer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,000
    From this org
    $149,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kris Fredson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carrie Lucking

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andy Snope

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bethany Winkels

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349302485

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