- Revenue 2025
- $9,292,055
- Expenses 2025
- $9,835,595
Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1179 15TH AVE SE
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 · 2025
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO REVEAL THE POTENTIAL IN PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH SKILL-BUILDING, EMPLOYMENT, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO REVEAL THE POTENTIAL IN PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH SKILL BUILDING, EMPLOYMENT, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
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EMERGE SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2025:ENROLLMENTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: 1,814 PEOPLE RECEIVED SERVICES IN 2025, AND 4,786 ENGAGED WITH EMERGE THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, SUCH AS JOB FAIRS, BACK TO SCHOOL, STREET OUTREACH, AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION.SKILL GAINS: IN 2025, 628 PARTICIPANTS GAINED SKILLS, WHICH INCLUDES WORK READINESS, DIGITAL LITERACY, BRIDGE CLASSES, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND CAREER TRAINING.CAREER TRAINING: IN 2025, 197 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED CAREER TRAINING AND 192 EARNED A CREDENTIAL. THE TOP FIVE CREDENTIALS EARNED ARE FORKLIFT, BOOM/SCISSOR LIFT, OSHA 10, INTRO TO CONSTRUCTION, CDL CLASS A AND CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT.FINANCIAL WELLNESS: IN 2025, 180 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND/OR COACHING. OF THOSE, 6 PARTICIPANTS REDUCED DEBT BY OVER $1,000, 34 IMPROVED THEIR CREDIT SCORE, 10 WHO HAD NO CREDIT SCORE ARE NOW SCORED, 16 INCREASED THEIR NET WORTH, AND 21 INCREASED THEIR SHORT TERM SAVINGS WITH AN AVERAGE OF $1,400.JOB PLACEMENTS: IN 2025, 487 PARTICIPANTS WERE PLACED INTO JOBS, WITH AN AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE OF $20.15/HR, WHICH EXCEEDED OUR GOAL OF $19/HR. THE TOP SIX INDUSTRIES IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT ARE HEALTHCARE, WAREHOUSE/PACKAGING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, HOSPITALITY/FOOD SERVICES, AND MANUFACTURING.
Expenses $7,796,750 · Revenue $92,167
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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SHEILA DOWLING
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ELAINE EILAND
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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PAUL FITZPATRICK
VICE CHAIR - FINANCE AND OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JAY GAST
VICE CHAIR - SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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CONNIE MCCUSKEY
VICE CHAIR - FUNDRAISING AND BRANDING
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JOHN BANOVETZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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PATRICK BRAULT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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NYAJUOK DENG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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EKRAM ELMOGE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JUSTIN ERICKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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MICHAEL WYNNE
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $240,453
- From this org
- $204,232
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,221
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $186,302
- Bonus
- $17,930
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,999
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,222
- Filer's total
- $240,453
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JASON GILTNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ALEXANDER ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ESHA SYAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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EVAN SWANSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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DANIEL URSIN
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $96,415
- From this org
- $90,129
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,286
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
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YULANDA WILLIAMS
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $48,255
- From this org
- $42,483
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,772
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
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KEVIN ENGDAHL
EXECUTIVE VP OF ENTERPRISES
- Total calculated
- $161,237
- From this org
- $136,796
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,441
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $136,796
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,305
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,136
- Filer's total
- $161,237
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TERRA MAYFIELD
EXECUTIVE VP OF MISSION
- Total calculated
- $148,026
- From this org
- $135,564
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,462
- Hours/week
- 40
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JILL PEARSON-WOOD
VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT
- Total calculated
- $128,364
- From this org
- $120,531
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,833
- Hours/week
- 40
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SHAWN DOLAN
GENERAL MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $136,314
- From this org
- $119,121
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,193
- Hours/week
- 40
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JON LIESENFELD
STORE MANAGER, FURNISH
- Total calculated
- $142,659
- From this org
- $117,508
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,151
- 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
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2025
- Revenue
- $9,292,055
- Expenses
- $9,835,595
- Contributions
- $9,233,535
- Grants paid
- $0
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2024
- Revenue
- $7,909,261
- Expenses
- $8,118,420
- Contributions
- $7,904,124
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $6,719,564
- Expenses
- $7,005,172
- Contributions
- $6,699,642
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $6,109,319
- Expenses
- $6,230,249
- Contributions
- $6,075,170
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,471,240
- Expenses
- $7,026,186
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,426,975
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,982,216
- Expenses
- $6,729,947
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,688,888
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,837,369
- Expenses
- $6,132,485
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,745,775
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,131,246
- Expenses
- $5,397,225
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,833,842
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,584,548
- Expenses
- $7,757,083
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,216,399
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,019,588
- Expenses
- $6,452,653
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,515,894
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,835,933
- Expenses
- $5,948,395
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,410,195
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,008,042
- Expenses
- $4,960,889
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,480,068
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,965,007
- Expenses
- $4,222,955
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,997,344
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $3,903,413
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,414,369
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
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2024 SEE PART IV
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$150,000
2023 Project/programmatic support for career training
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GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY
$137,500
2022 PROGRAM COSTS
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$126,954
2022 DONOR-RECOMMENDED, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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$120,000
2022 Programmatic funding to support EMERGE Community Development's Career Training program.
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2023 SEE PART IV
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$100,000
2024 Project/programmatic support for career training
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$94,426
2024 DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
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$62,297
2023 HUMAN SERVICES, DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
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2022 SEE PART IV
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2025 return
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501(C)(3) · PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR HARD-TO-EMPLOY · MN · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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On its 2025 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2025 return
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT · MN
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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.