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← CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,635,394
Total expenses
$3,446,316
Contributions and grants received
$7,592,987
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,432
Investment income
$967
Other revenue
$34,008
Total assets, end of year
$5,748,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$335,481
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,412,857
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,937,950
Management and general expenses
$291,070
Fundraising expenses
$217,296
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,937,950

Program services were 85.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $599,986

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,993,001

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $7,432 · related or exempt $7,432

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $967 · excluded $967

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $34,008 · related or exempt $34,008

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34,008

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $225,838 · program services $196,789 · management and general $18,971 · fundraising $10,078

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $989,541 · program services $862,256 · management and general $83,126 · fundraising $44,159

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,344 · program services $97,022 · management and general $9,353 · fundraising $4,969

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,214,497 · program services $1,122,171 · management and general $36,757 · fundraising $55,569

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,824 · program services $14,546 · fundraising $15,278

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,715 · program services $8,253 · management and general $12,262 · fundraising $200

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,839 · program services $9,047 · management and general $10,202 · fundraising $1,590

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $96,948 · program services $64,437 · management and general $32,511

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,528 · program services $25,528

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,426 · program services $19,176 · fundraising $2,250

  • 20 · Interest

    total $248 · management and general $248

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $48,000 · management and general $48,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,091 · management and general $10,091

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $242,937 · program services $225,529 · management and general $4,938 · fundraising $12,470

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

    total $193,462 · program services $108,577 · management and general $16,252 · fundraising $68,633

  • 24c · Other expenses: VACCINE INCENTIVES

    total $170,625 · program services $170,625

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $21,699 · program services $11,460 · management and general $8,139 · fundraising $2,100

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,754 · program services $2,534 · management and general $220

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $46,805 · end of year $184,755

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $450,185 · end of year $2,026,152

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $479,464 · end of year $2,840,968

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,628 · end of year $70,921

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

    $803,515

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

    $177,973

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $525,312 · end of year $625,542

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $165,010 · end of year $159,541

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $150,605 · end of year $175,940

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $936,681 · end of year $917,339

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $287,098 · end of year $4,495,518

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER'S MISSION IS TO UNLEASH THE POWER OF PEOPLE TO HEAL THEMSELVES AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY.

  • MEMBER SERVICES: CWC WORKS WITH PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO APPLY THE CULTURAL WELLNESS PROCESS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM ISOLATION, LOSS OF COMMUNITY, AND LOSS OF CULTURE. THIS IS OUR CORE MISSION WORK. WHILE MEMBER SERVICES DOES NOT APPEAR TO GENERATE POSITIVE REVENUE WHEN EXAMINED IN ISOLATION, THE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCED IS WHAT GIVES CWC AUTHORITY AND MAKES OTHER AREAS OF WORK VALUABLE TO CUSTOMERS.INVISIBLE COLLEGE: CWC APPLIES THE CULTURAL WELLNESS PROCESS TO IMPROVE INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR REMAINING PROGRAM LANGUAGETHROUGH CLASSES, COACHING, AND CONSULTING, INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND STAKEHOLDERS STUDY THE ROLE OF CULTURE AS A TOOL TO NAVIGATE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS. IN 2021, CUSTOMERS INCLUDED RAMSEY COUNTY,MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION, PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING, MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, COMMUNITY CATALYST, AND OTHERS. HEALTH INSTITUTE: CWC PERFORMED HIGHEST AMONG AGENCIES CONTRACTED BY MN DEPT OF HEALTH TO REDUCE DISPARITIES IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS. IN THE BACKYARD HEALTH HUB SUPPORTED BY ALLINA HEALTH, 200 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED VIRTUALLY IN CULTURE WELL LEARNING COHORTS. THOUSANDS ATTENDED ONLINE MEDITATION, ZUMBA AND MOVEMENT CLASSES. CWC WORKED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY'S REDLEAF CLINIC TO DEVELOP TRAINING COHORTS FOR BLACK DOULAS.OTHER: CWC BEGAN A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR DREAMLAND ON 38TH, A FACILITY TO HOUSE CWC HEADQUARTERS AND A CO-KITCHEN WHERE BLACK FOOD ENTREPRENEURS WILL SHARE KITCHEN SPACE WHILE RECEIVING MENTORING AND PEER SUPPORT IN CULTURALLY-ROOTED FOOD, BUSINESS PLANNING, FINANCE, PERMITTING, AND MANAGEMENT. WITH AN ANONYMOUS DONATION, CWC BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANCIENT GRAINS KITCHEN WITHIN THE MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET TO OFFER HEALTHY SOUL FOOD, NUTRITION AND COOKING CLASSES, AND CATERING SERVICES THAT SUPPORT ALL AREAS OF CWC WORK.

    Expenses $2,937,950 · Revenue $7,432

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Birdie Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Craig Hassel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Esther Fulks

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Harvey Linder

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jose William Castellanos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lequetta Diggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mae Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ptahmes Tat-Siaka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Richard Oni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ariele Strachan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sehet Tat-Siaka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cara Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jeff Staggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Atum Azzahir

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $116,974
    From this org
    $116,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven Lassiter

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $108,864
    From this org
    $108,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349321679

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