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BELLIS

EIN 41-1444119 SAINT PAUL, MN

Largest nonprofits in Minnesota

Revenue 2024
$987,446
Expenses 2024
$218,704

Program services were 44.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2038 FORD PKWY PMB 457

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

BELLIS' LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO DRIVE SOCIETAL CHANGE BY OFFERING EFFECTIVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND/OR TERMINATION OF LEGAL CUSTODY ORDERS, AND OTHER SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. THE PEOPLE BELLIS SUPPORTS, OFTEN STIGMATIZED FOR CIRCUMSTANCES LARGELY BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL, REGAIN A SENSE OF SELF-WORTH, AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES. BY INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS, WE REDUCE THE NEED FOR REPEATED COSTLY LEGAL AND SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS, AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO LIVE MORE PURPOSEFUL, FULFILLING LIVES DESPITE THEIR TRAUMA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BELLIS IS A GROUNDBREAKING, NATIONAL NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM COMPLEX GRIEF AND AMBIGUOUS LOSS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THOSE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS, AND TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR SYSTEMS SERVING THEM. BELLIS IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCES OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BELLIS HAS NO POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OR AGENDA AND IS INDEPENDENT OF CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES, CHILD WELFARE AND COURT SYSTEMS.

  • PEER-BASED NETWORKS: OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS PEER-BASED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS. PARTICIPANTS OF BELLIS PROGRAMS COME TO US WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES INCLUDING TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, TRANSFER OF CUSTODY, FOSTER CARE, OPEN CHILD PROTECTION CASES, CUSTODY DISPUTES, PARENTAL ALIENATION, ADOPTION, AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. LICENSED PROFESSIONALS ENSURE THAT SHARING LIFE STORIES HAPPENS IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFERS VALIDATION AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: SIX WEEKLY ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS, TWO ANNUAL RETREATS FOR WOMEN, A TELEPHONE WARMLINE, AND A MONTHLY IN-PERSON GROUP IN ST. PAUL, MN.

    Expenses $82,683

  • BELLIS EXPANDED THE REACH OF ITS STRONGER TOGETHER PEER SUPPORT MODEL THROUGH BOTH DIRECT-SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS AND A NEWLY AVAILABLE FACILITATOR TRAINING PROGRAM. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, BELLIS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITATOR TRAINING MANUAL AND TRAINING PROCESS. THIS LICENSED TRAINING ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN ARE PARENTED BY OTHERS TO EQUIP THEIR OWN PROFESSIONALS TO IMPLEMENT THE STRONGER TOGETHER PEER SUPPORT MODEL WITHIN THEIR PROGRAMS, WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM BELLIS.

    Expenses $14,591

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.

  • Tracy Murphy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kristine Moser

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mary McKeown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Monique Lindquist

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kate Bottiger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Elif McCain

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Natalie Netzel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Tronstad

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,654
    From this org
    $63,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $987,446
    Expenses
    $218,704
    Contributions
    $966,081
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $356,516
    Expenses
    $249,856
    Contributions
    $342,441
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $196,706
    Expenses
    $240,590
    Contributions
    $184,969
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $138,155
    Expenses
    $160,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $179,110

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $140,472
    Expenses
    $115,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $199,516

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $110,829
    Expenses
    $109,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $176,292

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $156,438
    Expenses
    $92,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $174,711

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $107,162
    Expenses
    $78,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,973

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $75,276
    Expenses
    $78,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,172

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.

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.