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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MN350 ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$210,877
Total expenses
$104,063
Contributions and grants received
$210,611
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$266
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$434,650
Total liabilities, end of year
$146,953
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$287,697
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$56,301
Management and general expenses
$27,936
Fundraising expenses
$19,826
Program service expenses (Part III)
$56,301

Program services were 54.1% 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

    $16,611

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $194,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $266 · excluded $266

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $94,965 · program services $49,842 · management and general $25,297 · fundraising $19,826

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $349 · program services $349

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,264 · program services $3,278 · management and general $986

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,023 · program services $370 · management and general $1,653

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,462 · program services $2,462

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,611 · end of year $363,759

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $110,625 · end of year $70,891

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,353 · end of year $146,953

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $137,126 · end of year $99,137

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,757 · end of year $188,560

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • ALONGSIDE OUR SISTER 501(C)(3), MN350, MN350 ACTION WORKS IN COALITION TOWARDS A VISION OF A JUST TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. MN350 ACTION IS ASKING OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE MINNESOTA WITH US BY ENACTING A BOLD, EXPANSIVE CLIMATE JUSTICE AGENDA THAT: PROTECTS ALL MINNESOTANS AND SUPPORTS OUR TREATIES WITH NATIVE PEOPLES SUPPORTS THE MINNESOTA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE MINNEAPOLIS CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN SUPPORTS TRANSIT JUSTICE PROVIDES A JUST TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ECONOMY SUPPORTS 100% LOCALLY PRODUCED CLEAN ENERGY AND REFORMS OUR UTILITIES TO SERVE OUR STATE'S CLEAN ENERGY GOALS SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ELIMINATES MINNESOTA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR BY 2040 CREATES LOCAL, EQUITABLE, REGENERATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA. WORKING TO BRING CLEAN HEAT TO MINNESOTA WORKING TO PASS LEGISLATION TO BRING MINNESOTA CLOSER TO ZERO WASTEIN 2024, MN350 ACTION PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ENACTING SOME OF THE MOST ROBUST CLIMATE JUSTICE POLICIES IN MINNESOTA'S HISTORY! WE WERE A PART OF A COALITION THAT SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE 100% CLEAN ENERGY BILL, SECURED FUNDING FOR TRANSIT AND ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES, AND ACHIEVED FINANCING TO ADVANCE THE STATE TOWARDS ZERO WASTE. WE INCREASED PENALTIES FOR POLLUTERS AND SUPPORTED THE MINNEAPOLIS CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE, COMMITTING $10 MILLION TO GREEN JOBS AND LOCAL CLIMATE INITIATIVES. THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT, WE PRIORITIZED INDIGENOUS TREATY RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND A JUST TRANSITION FOR EVERYONE.SOME OF OUR RECENT 2024 CLIMATE JUSTICE WINS INCLUDE:- 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- WON THE FRONTLINE COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT / CUMULATIVE IMPACTS BILL, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE ADDITIONAL POLLUTION IN OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRONGER PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS- WON THE 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 A 0.75-CENT METRO-WIDE SALES TAX THAT WILL FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM- WON AN INCREASE IN WATER PERMIT VIOLATION PENALTIES THAT WILL HELP HOLD BIG FARMING OPERATIONS ACCOUNTABLE, PARTICULARLY REPEAT OFFENDERS- WON UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE, WHICH COMMITS $10M TO FUND CLIMATE INITIATIVES AND CREATE GOOD GREEN JOBS IN MINNEAPOLIS- WON LEGISLATION TO HELP THE ADOPTION OF GEOTHERMAL GAS PUMPS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA

    Expenses $56,301

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sheila Lamb

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sarah Driever

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Tara Houska

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Maliah-Mae Pennington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dara Topping

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Theresa McClenty

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,124
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $115,080
    Other
    $21,044
    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
2024
Filed
1 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202531969349303208

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