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MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICES INC

EIN 41-0746072 SAINT PAUL, MN

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Revenue 2024
$13,310,403
Expenses 2024
$12,473,415

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
900 OCEAN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF MSS, INC. IS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS VITAL AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED IN LIVING THE LIFE THAT THEY CHOOSE, RATHER THAN ONE CHOSEN FOR THEM. WE PROVIDE PERSON-INDIVIDUALIZED DAY AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS VITAL AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

  • MSS PROVIDES DAY SUPPORT SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DISABILITIES. THESE SERVICES HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS TO ENSURE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN LEAD FULLY ENGAGED AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY LIVES. A MAIN GOAL OF THIS SERVICE IS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN CONNECTING AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFYING RESOURCES AND BUILDING NATURAL, LASTING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

    Expenses $8,820,223 · Revenue $9,990,720

  • MSS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE IN REACHING THEIR POTENTIAL IN COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT SUPPORTS. THESE SERVICES PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES, FROM GAUGING INTEREST IN EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING ABOUT BASIC WORK CONCEPTS ALL THE WAY TO PROVIDING NEEDED SHORT OR LONG TERM SUPPORTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT EXPLORATION, EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, CO-COLLEGIATE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SUCCEED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, SKILL TRAINING, PLACEMENT, LONG AND SHORT TERM RETENTION SUPPORTS AND ETRAC.

    Expenses $1,870,809 · Revenue $2,030,321

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ken Rodgers

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Sicoli

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Lyman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marissa Upin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Freimuth

    EMERITUS MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Diederich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Shervheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alaina Gallagher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Hanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeff Hatton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Lindstrom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lynn Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Johnson

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $157,813
    From this org
    $127,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,043
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,718
    Filer's total
    $157,813
  • Michelle Dickerson

    VP-PROGRAM SERVICE

    Total calculated
    $124,596
    From this org
    $105,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,423
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,310,403
    Expenses
    $12,473,415
    Contributions
    $1,139,836
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,323,805
    Expenses
    $11,070,027
    Contributions
    $685,320
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,761,646
    Expenses
    $10,088,219
    Contributions
    $2,725,052
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,663,584
    Expenses
    $8,693,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,903,622
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,853,704
    Expenses
    $8,375,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,699,547
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,326,491
    Expenses
    $11,659,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,199,786
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,933,804
    Expenses
    $11,942,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,426,832
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,163,073
    Expenses
    $11,926,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,712,149
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,353,494
    Expenses
    $12,326,957
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,741,361
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,679,211
    Expenses
    $12,630,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,797,082
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,803,749
    Expenses
    $11,920,075
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,804,482
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,864,026
    Expenses
    $10,856,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,751,642
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,230,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,705,635

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.