Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$11,819,279

Total expenses

$10,946,954

Contributions and grants received

$3,530,365

Grants paid

$13,405

Program service revenue

$8,257,088

Investment income

$31,826

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,519,651

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,129,755

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,389,896

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$10,311,081

Management and general expenses

$635,873

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,311,081

Program services were 94.2% 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

• EMERGENCY SHELTER:IN 2023, PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE, INC'S (PSP) WELCOMED AN AVERAGE OF 297 GUESTS PER NIGHT. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS 98 DAYS AND THE AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE WAS 3.39. PSP SERVED (UNDUPLICATED) 327 INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES TOTALING 108,649 (DUPLICATED TOTAL) SHELTER STAYS. IN 2023, PSP WELCOMED BACK MORE VOLUNTEERS AND HAD 718 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED 6,209 HOURS OF TIME. PSP SERVED OVER 170,000 MEALS AND DISTRIBUTED 10,213 DIAPERS PER MONTH. OF THE GUESTS, 62% WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, AND 26% WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 6. ADDITIONALLY, 96% OF GUESTS IDENTIFIED AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE AVERAGE AGE OF CHILDREN STAYING AT PSP WAS 7 YEARS OLD. PSP OFFERS GUESTS A RANGE OF WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY TO STABILITY. GUESTS CAN CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCESS THESE SERVICES, INCLUDING BASIC NEEDS, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, SYSTEMS ADVOCACY, AND CONNECTIONS TO OTHER SUPPORTIVE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. PSP AS AN ORGANIZATION AND OUR GUESTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY BOTH THE LIFTING OF THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND INFLATION. PSP HAS BEEN AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY SINCE SUMMER 2022. 2023 SAW PSP'S MEAL SERVICE RETURN TO REUSABLE TRAYS, PLATES, AND CUPS WHILE CONTINUING TO USE DISPOSABLE SILVERWARE TO MINIMIZE THE RISK TO OUR KITCHEN STAFF AND HAVE CONTINUED ADHERING TO STRICT CLEANING REGIMES THROUGHOUT THE SHELTER. TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY OF OUR STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND GUESTS, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO OFFER MEALS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO ROOMS AND, IN THE FALL OF 2022, REOPENED (OPTIONAL) CONGREGATE DINING TO GUESTS IN OUR CAFETERIA.

  Expenses $6,341,484 · Revenue $5,737,451

• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO HELPING FAMILIES ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS AND RETURN TO STABILITY IS GROUNDED IN THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. IN 2023 201 CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO ENROLL IN OUR SHELTER'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE ONSITE LICENSED AND NATIONALLY ACCREDITED EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH SERVES CHILDREN AGED INFANCY THROUGH PRESCHOOL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PSP'S K-12 ENRICHMENT PROGRAM OFFERS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, INCLUDING 1:1 TUTORING, HOMEWORK HELP, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THE SUMMER. IN ADDITION TO ON-SITE OFFERINGS, PSP OPERATES THE OFFSITE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE PRESCHOOL AND LEARNING CENTER LOCATED AT FIRST COVENANT CHURCH OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE FOR INFANTS, PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN PREPARATION, PARENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AND SYSTEMS CHANGE WORK TO IMPROVE THE FIELD OF FAMILY RESILIENCE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATION AND SERVICE. THE CENTER IS PART OF PSP'S CONTINUITY OF CARE INITIATIVE WHICH ENABLES US TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR FAMILIES TRANSITIONING OUT OF EMERGENCY SHELTER AND FAMILIES AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER CHRONIC ADVERSITIES.

  Expenses $2,203,404 · Grants $13,405 · Revenue $1,267,557

• FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS:WHILE STAYING AT PSP, FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ORGANIZATION'S STRENGTHS-BASED, CLIENT-CENTERED PROGRAMMING THAT EMPOWERS FAMILIES TO REACH STABILITY BY ADDRESSING THEIR SELF-IDENTIFIED BARRIERS AND AREAS OF POTENTIAL GROWTH. EVERY FAMILY IS ASSIGNED AN ADVOCATE WHO WILL BE THEIR PRIMARY TOUCH POINT AND CASE MANAGER THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN SPEAK TO ANY ADVOCATE ANYTIME. THESE ADVOCATES OFFER INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS TO HELP FAMILIES WORK TOWARD THEIR SELF-DETERMINED STABILITY GOALS. IN 2023, PSP ADVOCATE STAFF HELD 480 1:1 MEETINGS WITH GUESTS (UNDUPLICATED). IN ADDITION TO THESE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS, PSP ALSO OFFERS MORE STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING. IN 2023, 207 PARENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL FITNESS CLASSES, AND OF THOSE GUESTS, 110 OPENED NEW SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. TO FIND JOB OPENINGS AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, PSP SUPPORTED 158 GUESTS WITH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SESSIONS, AND 133 GUESTS MADE 621 VISITS TO PSP'S TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER TO SEARCH FOR JOBS, PREPARE RESUMES, AND SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CAREERS. WHILE 14% OF GUESTS WERE EMPLOYED WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT PSP, 40% WERE EMPLOYED WHEN THEY LEFT.

  Expenses $1,006,306 · Revenue $93,035

• PSP'S FAMILY HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED AS A PILOT PROGRAM IN 2021. WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PSP INCREASED THE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATING FAMILIES AND EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO PREVENT THE EXPERIENCE OR RE-EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS THROUGH CONNECTION WITH FAST AND FLEXIBLE RESOURCES AND LIMITED CASE MANAGEMENT, ALLOWING FAMILIES TO STAY STABLY HOUSED. FOR PARTICIPATING FAMILIES, 2023 SAW A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN NEED AND REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. THESE REQUESTS WERE TYPICALLY FOR SUPPORT WITH SECURITY DEPOSITS, BACK RENT, RENT SUPPORT, CAR REPAIRS/TRANSPORTATION/TIRE REPLACEMENT, AND CELL PHONES TO ASSIST WITH JOB SEARCHES AND CHILDCARE COMMUNICATIONS. IN 2023, 190 FAMILIES COULD RECEIVE SERVICES AND PREVENT THE RE-EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND 28 FAMILIES COULD REMAIN STABLY HOUSED BEFORE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

  Expenses $759,887 · Revenue $1,016,010

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

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.

• PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES INC

  501(C)(3) · FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE, INC. PROGRAMS · MN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

1 July 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202431909349301218

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