Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,239,975

Total expenses

$1,328,892

Contributions and grants received

$1,075,293

Grants paid

$593,569

Program service revenue

$163,461

Investment income

$1,221

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$382,064

Total liabilities, end of year

$104,319

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$277,745

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,193,934

Management and general expenses

$133,878

Fundraising expenses

$1,080

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,193,934

Program services were 89.8% 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

• MAVA BUILDS COMMUNITY AND COMPETENCY FOR LEADERS OF VOLUNTEERS. LEADERS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE OFTEN ISOLATED AS THE ONLY PERSON FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, AND FREQUENTLY UNDER-RESOURCED, IN TERMS OF MATERIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THEY DO. MAVA FILLS THOSE GAPS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GATHER WITH, AND LEARN FROM PEERS, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. WHILE ESPECIALLY CRITICAL DURING A PANDEMIC AND SOCIAL UNREST THAT DISRUPTED ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS, THIS SUPPORT CONTINUES TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR LEADERS OF VOLUNTEERS CONFRONTING A CHANGING VOLUNTEERISM LANDSCAPE CHARACTERIZED BY GENERATIONAL SHIFTS, SUCH AS ATTRITION OF OLDER VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION, AND DEMAND FOR MORE FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AND VENUES TO SERVE, SUCH ASREQUESTS FOR VIRTUAL AND OFF-SITE ROLES. LEADERS OF VOLUNTEERS, FROM THOSE ENTERING THE FIELD TOEXPERIENCED VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS, VALUE MAVA'S ABILITY TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE, IDEAS AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HIGH-IMPACT, RELEVANT AND PURPOSEFUL WAYS TO FUEL COMMUNITY CHANGE.MAVA ADVANCES THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM TO DEEPEN COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH UPLIFTING COMMUNITY VOICE, BUILDING CONNECTIONS, PROVIDING EDUCATION, AND PROMOTING ADVOCACY. MAVA'S VISION IS A WORLD IN WHICH EVERYONE HAS AN EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM. IN 2001, MAVA WAS FORMED TO ELEVATE THE VOICE OF VOLUNTEERS, AND THOSE WHO LEAD THEM. SINCE THAT TIME, MAVA HAS GROWN TO BE A ONE-OF-A-KIND CAPACITY BUILDING ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL TOOLS AND SERVICES WHICH ENABLE VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR LEADERS TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR MOST DIRE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. FROM ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER TO WORKING FOR ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE, A MAJOR FORCE THAT MAKES CHANGE IN THESE ARENAS IS A VOLUNTEER FORCE. VOLUNTEERS HAVE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. MAVA IS A STATE AND GLOBAL LEADER IN MEETING PRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. MAVA HAS EMBEDDED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INTO INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND WORKS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL RACISM IN VOLUNTEER SYSTEMS. A ONE OF ITS' KIND ORGANIZATION, MAVA PROPELS ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND INFORMAL VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY PROBLEMS THROUGH MULTIPLE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE: INNOVATIVE CONSULTING, TRAINING AND CONFERENCES IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND BEST PRACTICE TRAINING IN VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AN AMERICORPS VISTA PROGRAM FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATIONS DEMONSTRATING SOLID LEVERAGING OF VOLUNTEER RESOURCES RESEARCH RESULTING IN CUTTING EDGE CURRICULUM IN TOPICS THAT ADVANCE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS CONNECTION, NETWORKING AND ADVOCACY FOR VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS.

  Expenses $1,193,934

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

• READING PARTNERS TWIN CITIES

  $42,626

  STUDENT SUCCES

• TREEHOUSE

  $40,243

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• YMCA OF THE NORTH

  $37,137

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• QUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE

  $35,834

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• BOULDER OPTIONS

  $32,852

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• MENTOR NORTH

  $31,863

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• BIG BROTHER SISTERS TWIN CITIES

  $31,834

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• REACH INC

  $31,095

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• DULUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE

  $31,035

  STUDENT SUCCESS

• MINNESOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

  $30,464

  STUDENT SUCCESS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

5 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202441649349300314

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