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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONNECTIONS INDEPENDENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,565,190
Total expenses
$1,512,586
Contributions and grants received
$845,865
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$692,979
Investment income
$291
Other revenue
$26,055
Total assets, end of year
$614,482
Total liabilities, end of year
$89,506
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$524,976
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,232,259
Management and general expenses
$165,569
Fundraising expenses
$114,758
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,232,259

Program services were 81.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $845,865

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HENNEPIN COUNTY CONTRACT

    total $442,830 · related or exempt $442,830

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STATE CONTRACT

    total $250,149 · related or exempt $250,149

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $291 · related or exempt $291

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $26,235

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $180

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $26,055 · excluded $26,055

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,980 · program services $74,026 · management and general $8,923 · fundraising $3,031

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $516,137 · program services $444,380 · management and general $53,565 · fundraising $18,192

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,864 · program services $67,677 · management and general $7,889 · fundraising $2,298

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,828 · program services $38,575 · management and general $4,661 · fundraising $1,592

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,315 · program services $2,125 · management and general $28,190

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $73,947 · program services $13,508 · management and general $6,840 · fundraising $53,599

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $233 · program services $99 · management and general $52 · fundraising $82

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,306 · program services $7,176 · management and general $2,733 · fundraising $397

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $217,448 · program services $204,377 · management and general $11,183 · fundraising $1,888

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,756 · program services $33,831 · management and general $830 · fundraising $95

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,669 · program services $4,979 · management and general $5,690

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,753 · program services $28,023 · management and general $2,987 · fundraising $743

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $233,866 · program services $233,748 · management and general $118

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $28,966 · fundraising $28,966

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $23,529 · program services $10,534 · management and general $12,949 · fundraising $46

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTALS

    total $19,302 · program services $15,224 · management and general $3,833 · fundraising $245

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,687 · program services $53,977 · management and general $15,126 · fundraising $3,584

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $419,022 · end of year $303,512

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $50,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $143,356 · end of year $204,260

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,997 · end of year $18,885

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

    $141,408

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

    $120,316

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,126 · end of year $21,092

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,883 · end of year $16,733

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,939 · end of year $87,470

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,397 · end of year $2,036

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $332,335 · end of year $452,344

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $189,713 · end of year $72,632

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING AND ADVOCACY FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH, AGES 14- 24, TO PROMOTE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY REACH ADULTHOOD.

  • CONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE CREATES A SEAMLESS NETWORK OF SUPPORT AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS AND SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH'S LIFE, INCLUDING COUNTY SOCIAL WORKERS, PERMANENT PLACEMENT PROVIDERS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, THERAPISTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THROUGH CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE NETWORK OF SUPPORT, INVOLVED PARTIES ARE ABLE TO CREATE DETAILED AND INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS AND PLANS AND ADDITIONALLY ENSURE THAT BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS FOLLOW THROUGH ON PLANS. CONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE FOCUSES ON CREATING AND MAINTAINING STRONG AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND SUPPORTIVE ADULTS THROUGH A HEALTHY MIND, BODY, AND SOUL PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHINGS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOUTH WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND TOOLS THAT WILL ENABLE FOSTER YOUTH TO TRANSITION INTO SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT LIVING WHEN THEY AGE OUT OF CARE. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES, STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING YOUTH ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP FUNDAMENTAL LIFE SKILLS AND BE CONNECTED TO A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO THEIR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS. LATEST STATISTICS: 90% OF PARTICIPANTS, AGED 14-19 ARE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL. 78% OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE 21-24 AGE GROUPS HAVE MAINTAINED EMPLOYMENT SINCE EMANCIPATION AND 100% REMAINED IN STABLE HOUSING.

    Expenses $1,232,259

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Rogers

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $85,980
    From this org
    $85,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Darnell Cage

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Forsythe

    BOARD CO-CHA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Forsythe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janine Sanders Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Koppel

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443199349304664

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