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← EMERGE ENTERPRISES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by EMERGE ENTERPRISES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,098,760
Total expenses
$2,556,105
Contributions and grants received
$1,332,827
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,765,933
Total assets, end of year
$6,991,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,743,049
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,248,082
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,348,228
Management and general expenses
$207,877
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,348,228

Program services were 91.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,012,439

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $320,388

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $307,442

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $300

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $300

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $300 · related or exempt $300

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,333,441

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,569,523

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,763,918 · related or exempt $1,763,918

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,715 · related or exempt $1,715

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,715

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,015,655 · program services $948,010 · management and general $67,645

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,510 · program services $61,510

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $86,963 · program services $73,659 · management and general $13,304

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,633 · program services $85,929 · management and general $7,704

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $189,276 · program services $84,719 · management and general $104,557

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,246 · program services $34,730 · management and general $516

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $74,877 · program services $69,336 · management and general $5,541

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,691 · program services $17,341 · management and general $1,350

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $325,523 · program services $319,849 · management and general $5,674

  • 17 · Travel

    total $299,952 · program services $299,551 · management and general $401

  • 20 · Interest

    total $57,761 · program services $57,761

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $176,695 · program services $176,695

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,944 · program services $40,944

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PARTICIPANT SUPP

    total $67,123 · program services $67,123

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $9,741 · program services $8,556 · management and general $1,185

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSSES

    total $2,515 · program services $2,515

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $156,844 · end of year $316,563

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $548,205 · end of year $416,251

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $189,761 · end of year $222,239

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $141,427 · end of year $270,106

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $53,202 · end of year $35,415

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

    $5,841,406

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

    $2,448,319

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,412,591 · end of year $3,393,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,907,204 · end of year $2,337,470

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $188,337 · end of year $270,233

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,115,029 · end of year $1,061,683

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $55,556 · end of year $27,778

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $359,363 · end of year $383,355

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,093,188 · end of year $4,606,176

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $597,761 · end of year $641,906

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EMERGE ENTERPRISES, INC. OPERATES SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE FACING EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS TO RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE AND ACHIEVE LIFE-LONG SUCCESS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • EMERGE ENTERPRISES CONSISTS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE CRUCIAL TRANSITIONAL JOBS AND WRAP AROUND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE RETURNING TO COMMUNITY FROM INCARCERATION. SECOND CHANCE RECYCLING AND FURNISH OFFICE AND HOME PROVIDE 100 TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PER YEAR WHILE REDUCING WASTE THROUGH MATTRESS RECYCLING AND SALES OF GENTLY USED OFFICE FURNITURE. IN 2025, 103 PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN TRANSITIONAL JOBS AT EMERGE ENTERPRISE BUSINESSES-SECOND CHANCE RECYCLING AND FURNISH OFFICE AND HOME-AND NEARLY 90,000 MATTRESSES AND 265 TONS OF USED FURNITURE WERE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS. IN ADDITION, SECOND CHANCE REMOVAL WAS LAUNCHED AS A NEW SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, WHICH PROVIDES ECO-FRIENDLY OFFICE FURNITURE REMOVAL SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE RELOCATING, DOWNSIZING, ORUPGRADING THEIR WORKSPACES.

    Expenses $2,348,228 · Revenue $1,765,933

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sheila Dowling

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Elaine Eiland

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Paul Fitzpatrick

    VICE CHAIR - FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jay Gast

    VICE CHAIR - SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Connie McCuskey

    VICE CHAIR - FUNDRAISING AND BRANDING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • John Banovetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Patrick Brault

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nyajuok Deng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ekram Elmoge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Justin Erickson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Michael Wynne

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $240,453
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $204,232
    Other
    $36,221
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,302 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $17,930 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,999 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,222 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $240,453 related

  • Jason Giltner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Alexander Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Esha Syal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Evan Swanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kevin Engdahl

    EXECUTIVE VP OF ENTERPRISES

    Total calculated
    $161,237
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $136,796
    Other
    $24,441
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $136,796 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,305 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,136 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $161,237 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVED A BONUS PAYMENT FOR PERFORMANCE IN 2025 THAT WAS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION AND WAS REPORTED ON THE 2025 FORM W-2. THE NON-FIXED BONUS PAYMENT WAS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS AGREED TO BY THE EMPLOYEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • SECOND CHANCE RECYCLING LLC

    MATTRESS & BOX SPRINGS RECYCLER · MN

    Directly controlled by EMERGE ENTERPRISES INC

  • FURNISH OFFICE AND HOME LLC

    OFFICE FURNITURE RETAIL STORE · MN

    Directly controlled by EMERGE ENTERPRISES INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
16 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632019349301093

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