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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MICROGRANTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,910,177
Total expenses
$2,259,663
Contributions and grants received
$1,908,277
Grants paid
$1,320,103
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,365
Other revenue
-$1,465
Total assets, end of year
$851,468
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,680
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$813,788
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,874,442
Management and general expenses
$46,981
Fundraising expenses
$338,240
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,874,442

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $7,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,900,777

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,365 · excluded $3,365

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $7,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,465

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,465 · excluded -$1,465

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,320,103 · program services $1,320,103

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,126 · program services $74,657 · management and general $6,986 · fundraising $53,483

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $350,657 · program services $211,955 · management and general $17,303 · fundraising $121,399

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,562 · program services $17,442 · management and general $1,478 · fundraising $10,642

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,644 · program services $26,930 · management and general $2,282 · fundraising $16,432

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,047 · program services $73,047

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $146,094 · program services $56,246 · management and general $10,957 · fundraising $78,891

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $79,058 · program services $46,644 · management and general $3,953 · fundraising $28,461

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,532 · program services $9,754 · management and general $827 · fundraising $5,951

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,758 · program services $28,177 · management and general $2,388 · fundraising $17,193

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $900 · program services $531 · management and general $45 · fundraising $324

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,534 · program services $2,085 · management and general $177 · fundraising $1,272

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $11,645 · program services $6,871 · management and general $582 · fundraising $4,192

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3 · management and general $3

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $855,618 · end of year $482,526

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $294,796 · end of year $96,709

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $55,151

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $255,171

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,818 · end of year $4,349

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

    $2,699

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

    $1,162

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,437 · end of year $1,537

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,176

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $46,546 · end of year $26,183

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,497

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $972,932 · end of year $420,101

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $190,342 · end of year $393,687

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SPUR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY GIVING STRATEGIC GRANTS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL THROUGH PARTNER AGENCIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPUR ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY GIVING GRANTS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL

  • LIGHTS ON!: LIGHTS ON! IS AN AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM WITH THE MISSION TO HEAL POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. THE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 2017 AFTER THE UNNECESSARY DEATH OF PHILANDO CASTILE WHO WAS SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE POLICE RATIONALE FOR THE STOP WAS A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT AND THAT SPARK INSPIRED THE SIMPLE, YET POWERFUL CONCEPT FOR THE LIGHTS ON! PROGRAM - REPLACE EQUIPMENT VIOLATION TICKETS WITH VOUCHERS FOR FREE REPAIRS. TRAFFIC STOPS ARE OFTEN A SOURCE OF STRESS, BOTH FOR OFFICERS AND DRIVERS. LIGHTS ON! TURNS THE DREADED TRAFFIC STOP INTO A POSITIVE, RESTORATIVE INTERACTION AND AVOIDS PENALIZING LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR VEHICLE CONDITIONS.

    Expenses $554,339

  • MICROGRANTS DISTRIBUTES TIMELY MICROGRANTS, BETWEEN $1,000 - $3,000, TO TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTIFIED BY MICROGRANTS' PARTNER AGENCIES, A NETWORK OF 50 TWIN CITIES NONPROFITS. BASED ON THEIR LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTICIPANTS, STAFF AT PARTNER AGENCIES RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM A MICROGRANT TO REACH THEIR GOALS IN THREE INTERRELATED AREAS: BUSINESS GRANTS, EDUCATION GRANTS, AND TRANSPORTATION GRANTS. IN 2023, MICROGRANTS PROVIDED 156 TRANSPORTATION GRANTS TOTALING OVER $346K, 143 BUSINESS GRANTS TOTALING $433K AND 131 EDUCATION GRANTS OF OVER $197K.

    Expenses $1,320,103 · Grants $1,320,103

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Welch

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Al Lenzmeier

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Joe Selvaggio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Don Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Abou Amara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Keiona Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Clarence Castille

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Stacia Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Adrian Coulter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Jeff Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Alicia Gibson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • John Harrington

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $49,626
    From this org
    $49,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Don Samuels

    CEO- PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $85,500
    From this org
    $85,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

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
19 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202431769349300223

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