Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$414,126

Total expenses

$272,985

Contributions and grants received

$339,142

Grants paid

$16,438

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$74,984

Total assets, end of year

$270,016

Total liabilities, end of year

$10,514

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$259,502

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$199,541

Management and general expenses

$46,420

Fundraising expenses

$27,024

Program service expenses (Part III)

$199,541

Program services were 73.1% 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 · 2023

• LAUNCH PROGRAMS: OUR VILLAGE LAUNCH PROGRAMS INCUBATE DREAMS AND FUTURE LEADERS. WE DON'T STOP AT A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. WE INTENTIONALLY CARVE OUT AND ENGAGE OPPORTUNITIES THAT TACTICALLY ALLOW OUR YOUTH TO GROW AND THRIVE BEYOND OUR VILLAGE. KLUB IS OUR STAPLE PROGRAM AT THE URBAN VILLAGE. KLUB INCORPORATES ACADEMIC SUPPORT, HIGH ENERGY GAMES, AND A PEER SUPPORT MODEL THAT CREATES A DEEP SENSE OF BELONGING FOR STUDENTS. THE URBAN VILLAGE IS PROUD TO OFFER FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS TO EMERGING ORGANIZATIONS. WITHIN THE KNYAW AND KARENNI COMMUNITIES. WE PROVIDE SEED, MONEY, OVERSIGHT, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND GROWTH TRAINING TO GROUPS WHOSE MISSIONS ALIGN WITH OUR OWN. WE DON'T JUST LAUNCH YOUTH. WE EMPOWER OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. THE "FIGHT FOR SOMETHING" SCHOLARSHIP EXISTS TO REMOVE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FACED BY MANY OF OUR KNYAW AND KARENNI YOUTH LIVING HERE IN MINNESOTA, THROUGH 4-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS.

  Expenses $60,549

• CONNECT PROGRAMS: OUR CONNECT PROGRAMS ALIGN WITH OUR BELIEF THAT CONNECTING STARTS INWARD AND THEN BRAVELY GROWS OUTWARD INTO RELATIONSHIPS THAT REACH ACROSS DIVIDES. THIS INCLUDES OUR K'NYAW AND KARENNI SUMMER CAMPS AND OUR ARCHIVE. OUR YOUTH DESERVE TO BE ROOTED IN WHO THEY ARE AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE, HISTORY, AND HOMELAND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IDENTITY AS THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AS CONNECTORS AND PEACEMAKERS. THE URBAN VILLAGE CAMP IS A SUMMER IMMERSION EXPERIENCE CENTERED ON CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR KNYAW YOUTH TO EXPLORE AND ENGAGE THE INTERSECTION OF THEIR IDENTITIES AS BOTH KNYAW/KARENNI AND AMERICAN YOUTH. LASTLY, OUR K'NYAW DIGITAL ARCHIVE WHERE KAREN YOUTH SET UP RECORDED INTERVIEWS WITH ELDERS TO PRESERVE THEIR STORIES, EXPERIENCES, AND WISDOM FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THIS CONTENT IS EXPANDING, AND WILL LIVE ON THE URBAN VILLAGE WEBSITE FOR FREE ACCESS TO ALL.

  Expenses $118,932

• HEAL PROGRAMS: GIVEN THE REALITIES OF VIOLENCE AND DISPLACEMENT OUR COMMUNITY HAS FACED, WE BELIEVE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO ENGAGE WITH AND HEAL FROM PAST AND PRESENT TRAUMAS/HURTS/ INJUSTICES ARE NECESSARY FOR A MORE ROBUST AND SUSTAINABLE LAUNCH. THIS IS WHY WE OFFER HEAL PROGRAMS KNOWN AS ASIAN YOUTH OUTREACH (AYO) AND URBAN VILLAGE OUTDOORS. IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE A HOPEFUL ALTERNATIVE FOR STRUGGLING YOUTH, THE URBAN VILLAGE HAS PARTNERED WITH MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE AND GROW THE ASIAN YOUTH OUTREACH (AYO) INITIATIVE. THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND ADDRESSES THE ISSUES OF GANG VIOLENCE, TRUANCY, AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY BY PROVIDING CONSISTENT ONE TO ONE CULTURALLY RELEVANT MENTORSHIP AND GROUP FACILITATION FOR OUR YOUTH. OUR SECOND HEAL PROGRAM IS THE URBAN VILLAGE OUTDOORS WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS AND AT VARIOUS STATE PARKS WHERE ROCK CLIMBING IS ACCESSIBLE. WE SEE GETTING OUTDOORS AS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR YOUTH, FOSTERING PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONALWELL-BEING. LN AN ERA DOMINATED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND URBANIZATION, ENGAGING WITH OUR INDIGENOUS ROOTS IN NATURE PROVIDES A VITAL ANTIDOTE TO OUR SCREEN-CENTRIC CULTURE.

  Expenses $20,060 · Grants $16,438

As filed on the 2023 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

• BETHEL UNIVERSITY

  $19,938

  OPERATIONS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

6 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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