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← WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,066,790
Total expenses
$683,307
Contributions and grants received
$1,063,344
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,200
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,246
Total assets, end of year
$1,112,972
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,075,865
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$546,248
Management and general expenses
$123,753
Fundraising expenses
$13,306
Program service expenses (Part III)
$546,248

Program services were 79.9% 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)

    $381,322

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $682,022

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $662

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,200 · related or exempt $1,200

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,246 · excluded $2,246

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,246

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,164 · program services $92,632 · management and general $22,936 · fundraising $596

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $158,078 · program services $126,055 · management and general $31,213 · fundraising $810

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,743 · program services $14,946 · management and general $3,701 · fundraising $96

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,097 · program services $19,216 · management and general $4,757 · fundraising $124

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $8,250 · fundraising $8,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $251,025 · program services $197,120 · management and general $53,637 · fundraising $268

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $659 · program services $659

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,512 · program services $46,731 · management and general $1,722 · fundraising $59

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,539 · program services $8,992 · management and general $2,464 · fundraising $83

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,989 · program services $1,905 · management and general $84

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,738 · program services $12,317 · management and general $412 · fundraising $9

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,115 · program services $3,908 · management and general $1,162 · fundraising $45

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $10,506 · program services $6,570 · management and general $970 · fundraising $2,966

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $7,878 · program services $7,878

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,195 · program services $3,516 · management and general $679

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSE

    total $3,819 · program services $3,803 · management and general $16

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $470,431 · end of year $578,507

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,003 · end of year $1,004

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $250,089 · end of year $522,705

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $580 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,808 · end of year $2,756

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

    $11,724

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

    $3,724

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $8,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,529 · end of year $37,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $214,436 · end of year $241,328

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $477,946 · end of year $834,537

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SUSTAINS THE PEOPLE OF THE WEST SIDE TO BUILD COMMUNITY POWER AND TO ADVANCE MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. WSCO ALSO SERVES AS THE PLANNING COUNCIL FOR ST. PAUL'S DISTRICT 3 (ZIP CODE 55107). WSCO ENVISIONS A JUST, UNITED, SELF-RELIANT WEST SIDE WHERE ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED, SAFE, HEALTHY, AND SUCCESSFUL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SUSTAINS THE PEOPLE OF THE WEST SIDE TO BUILD COMMUNITY POWER AND TO ADVANCE MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. WSCO ALSO SERVES AS THE PLANNING COUNCIL FOR ST. PAUL'S DISTRICT 3 (ZIP CODE 55107). WSCO ENVISIONS A JUST, UNITED, SELF-RELIANT WEST SIDE WHERE ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED, SAFE, HEALTHY, AND SUCCESSFUL.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $546,248 · Revenue $1,200

  • PROGRAM - WEST SIDE FLATS TO THE FUTUREIN 2025, WSCO CELEBRATED WITH THE FIRST FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THE INHERITANCE FUND A FORM OF REPAIR FROM THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE WS FLATS. BUILDING ON WSCO'S WORK STARTED IN 2023, WHEN WSCO COMMISSIONED RESEARCH IN ACTION TO QUANTIFY THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE DISPLACEMENT OF OVER 2,100 FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED OFF THE FLATS. WE GATHERED THE STORIES OF THE DESCENDANTS, PUBLISHING AN EXTENSIVE REPORT THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS LOSS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED WITH COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHART A COURSE FOR MEANINGFUL REPAIR AND PREVENT FURTHER ERASURE OF THE WEST SIDE'S CULTURAL ASSETS AND LEGACIES. OUR EFFORTS HERE ARE ONGOING. WSCO CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE WITH FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE WS FLATS. PROGRAM - WEST SIDE 10 YEAR PLANIN 2025 WSCO ENGAGED RESIDENTS ON THE CREATION OF THE NEXT 10 YEAR PLAN FOR THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS INCLUDED MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER LISTENING SESSIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, AND A RANGE OF LISTENING SESSIONS OF ELDERS, AND YOUTH. THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SPANNED OVER THE SUMMER OF 2025. WITH ROBUST DATA FROM RESIDENTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS, AND FAITH COMMUNITIES WSCO IS NOW PREPARED TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS. PROGRAM - WEST SIDE BUSINESS COALITIONIN 2025 WSCO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE WS SMALL BUSINESS COALITION, BY ENGAGING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP, HOSTING SPACE, SECURING TRANSLATION, PRODUCING OUTREACH MATERIALS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ALIGNING STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Monica Bravo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,164
    From this org
    $102,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,695
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jessica Klimisch

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amanda Otis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sebastian Gonzalez Navarro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nate Giles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raniya Abawari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sebastian Ellefson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Santino Franco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence A Lucio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yasmin Muridi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Sorensen Navarre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Negrette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeannine Pohl

    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
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611289349301021

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