Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MN350 ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue: $67,378
Total expenses: $213,391
Contributions and grants received: $66,927
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $451
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $201,236
Total liabilities, end of year: $20,353
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $180,883
Program services expenses (Part IX): $164,280
Management and general expenses: $28,581
Fundraising expenses: $20,530
Program service expenses (Part III): $164,280

Program services were 77.0% 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.

1b · Membership dues

$26,927
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$40,000
2a · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

total $451 · related or exempt $451

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

11g · Fees: other

total $193,469 · program services $153,530 · management and general $24,783 · fundraising $15,156
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $486 · program services $48 · fundraising $438
13 · Office expenses

total $5,147 · program services $3,670 · management and general $132 · fundraising $1,345
14 · Information technology

total $5,837 · program services $16 · management and general $2,230 · fundraising $3,591
16 · Occupancy

total $7,002 · program services $7,002
17 · Travel

total $10 · program services $10
23 · Insurance

total $1,436 · management and general $1,436
24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $4 · program services $4

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $363,307 · end of year $50,611
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

end of year $110,625
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $40,000
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $42,411 · end of year $20,353
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $163,062 · end of year $137,126
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $163,834 · end of year $43,757

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MN350 ACTION IS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE CLIMATE JUSTICE - AN ECONOMICALLY AND RACIALLY JUST TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY - THROUGH ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA AND THE MIDWEST. BY RECRUITING SUPPORTERS, TRAINING LEADERS, AND CONVENING MEETINGS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CITY, AND STATE LEVEL, MN350 ACTION INTENDS TO BUILD AN ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE ACTIONS TO ADVANCE MORE SUSTAINABLE, JUST COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE MINNESOTANS TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

AS THE ADVOCACY AND POLITICAL ARM OF MN350, MN350 ACTION ENGAGES MINNESOTANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO HELP RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY BY ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR PLANET AND URGING ELECTED LEADERS TO MAKE MINNESOTA A LEADER IN PROTECTING OUR CLIMATE.THROUGH A STRONG SUSTAINING MEMBER BASE WE CAN SHOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT MINNESOTA WANTS COMMON SENSE, SCIENCE-BASED CLIMATE POLICY. MEMBERS BUILD A SHARED VISION OF A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE THROUGH ACTION TEAM MEETINGS, CANVASSING, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND LEGISLATIVE EVENTS. OUR MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WORK TOGETHER IN SERVICE OF A JUST, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL.THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING IN 2023, MN350 ACTION: - ORGANIZED AND TRAINED HUNDREDS OF MINNESOTANS CONTACT DECISION MAKERS AND TESTIFY IN PUBLIC HEARINGS ADVOCATING FOR CLEAN ENERGY POLICY AND AGAINST HARMFUL FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS. - CONVENED REGULAR MEETINGS TO DISCUSS TACTICS FOR SUPPORTING JUST TRANSITION AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES. - PARTICIPATED IN COALITIONS AROUND CLIMATE AND ENERGY, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, AND FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE IRA AND IIAJ. - LOBBIED LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS THROUGH IN-DISTRICT MEETINGS. - CO-LEAD/SPONSORED TWO LOBBY DAYS WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SUPPORT CLIMATE AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS LEGISLATION AT THE MINNESOTA CAPITOL. - PREPARED A ROBUST LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 2024 MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION. - WON HISTORIC 100% CLEAN ENERGY BILL, ENSURING THAT MINNESOTA'S ENERGY SECTOR WILL OPERATE ON 100% CLEAN ENERGY BY 2040 THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE LEGISLATION EVER PASSED IN OUR STATE, AND AMONG THE MOST ROBUST IN THE COUNTRY. - WON THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT / CUMULATIVE IMPACTS BILL, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE ADDITIONAL POLLUTION IN OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRONGER PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. - WON ZERO WASTE RESEARCH BILL THAT ALLOCATES FUNDING TO STUDY HOW THE STATE CAN MOVE TOWARDS REDUCING WASTE BY 90% AND DIVERT WASTE FROM INCINERATORS AND LANDFILLS. - WON $13M IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BUYING AND MAINTAINING ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. - WON FREE FARE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PILOT FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE ON TWO BUS LINES. - WON 0.75-CENT METRO-WIDE SALES TAX THAT WILL FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM. - WON AN INCREASE TO WATER PERMIT VIOLATION PENALTIES THAT WILL HELP HOLD BIG FARMING OPERATIONS ACCOUNTABLE, PARTICULARLY REPEAT OFFENDERS. - WON UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF MINNEAPOLIS CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE, WHICH COMMITS $10M TO FUND CLIMATE INITIATIVES AND CREATE GOOD GREEN JOBS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Expenses $164,280 · Revenue $451

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

Listed in Part VII

ELEANOR DVORAK

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1.5 related
SHEILA LAMB

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1.5 related
JEREMY SCHROEDER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1.5 related
TARA HOUSKA

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 0.5 related
ROBERT PILOT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
KURT KIMBER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 2 related
MARCUS MILLS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 2.5 related
MALIAH-MAE PENNINGTON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
SARAH SIRIANNI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
DARA TOPPIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
THERESA MCCLENTY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$113,779

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$97,356

Other

$16,423

Hours/week

1 + 40 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.

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.

MN350

501 · ENVIRONMENTAL · MN

Directly controlled by MN350

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 17 June 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202401719349300620

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