MINNEAPOLIS - ST PAUL REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S30

Classification

1000

Street

400 ROBERT ST N STE 1600

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

• GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP WAS CREATED A DECADE AGO TO BE A SHARED SPACE WHERE LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL TYPES COULD COME TOGETHER AND BUILD THE ECONOMY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS REGION. WE ARE REALIZING THIS VISION AS A CROSS-SECTOR, WORKING PARTNERSHIP THAT TOUCHES EVERY CORNER OF THE 15-COUNTY MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL METRO. GREATER MSP IS A GROWING WORKING PARTNERSHIP THAT TOGETHER SHAPES AND EXECUTES A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO EXECUTE ON OUR VISION FOR THE GREATER MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL REGION TO LEAD THE WORLD IN INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH BY WELCOMING ALL, EMPOWERING TALENT, AND IGNITING INNOVATION.THE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP HAS DEMONSTRATED THE CAPABILITY OF GENERATING SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE REGION. FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 2012, GREATER MSP HAS HELPED ITS PARTNERS GENERATE OVER $7.7 BILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND 35,000 NEW AND RETAINED DIRECT JOBS. GREATER MSP HAS BEEN BUILDING ON ITS ORIGINAL SCOPE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS GOOD JOBS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THIS EMPHASIS ON INCLUSIVE GROWTH HAS POWERED AN EXPANSION IN GREATER MSP'S SCOPE, CAPACITY, AND BREADTH OF PARTICIPANTS.GREATER MSP IS A LARGE AND GROWING WORKING PARTNERSHIP OF COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOUCHES EVERY CORNER OF THE 15-COUNTY MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL METRO. MORE THAN 4,500 PEOPLE FROM OVER 350 LEADING COMPANIES, CITIES, COUNTIES, UNIVERSITIES, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORK TOGETHER IN DOZENS OF DIFFERENT TEAMS EACH YEAR TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT ACCELERATE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH ACROSS THE MSP REGION AND STATE OF MINNESOTA. OUR VISION FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL REGION IS TO LEAD THE WORLD IN INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH BY WELCOMING ALL, EMPOWERING TALENT AND IGNITING INNOVATION. TO REALIZE THIS VISION, WE SHAPE AND EXECUTE A SHARED REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOCUSED ON: JOB GROWTH, RACIAL INCLUSION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, TALENT, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, REGIONAL BRAND, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY AND THE NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY. THIS STRATEGY PROVIDES FOCUS AND DIRECTION FOR ALL THE WORK OF THE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP. GREATER MSP HAS BECOME A LARGE AND DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS BUILDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, SETTING AUDACIOUS LONG-TERM AMBITIONS, AND BREAKING THROUGH LONGSTANDING BOUNDARIES BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION.THE VISION, MISSION AND VALUES FOR THE GREATER MSP REGION AND PARTNERSHIP INCLUDE:REGIONAL VISIONTHE GREATER MSP REGION LEADS THE WORLD IN INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH BY WELCOMING ALL, EMPOWERING TALENT AND IGNITING INNOVATION.PARTNERSHIP MISSIONTHE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP WILL ACCELERATE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH JOB CREATION, CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE EXECUTION OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.PARTNERSHIP VALUESACCOUNTABILITY | ALIGNMENT | INCLUSION | INNOVATION | TRANSPARENCYLEADING WORK OF THE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES:BUSINESS INVESTMENT: GREATER MSP IS THE REGION'S HUB FOR BUSINESSES LOOKING TO EXPAND OR RELOCATE IN THE GREATER MSP REGION. OUR TEAM HELPS COMPANIES FIND COMMUNITY DATA, CREATE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, NAVIGATE PROGRAMS AND GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES, DISCOVER SITES, AND MORE WITH COORDINATION ACROSS A VARIETY OF AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES, COUNTIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES.RESEARCH & INTELLIGENCE: GREATER MSP IS THE REGIONAL SOURCE OF TRUSTED, UNBIASED DATA ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. DATA, ANALYTICS, AND INTELLIGENCE ARE INTEGRATED AND LEVERAGED TO DELIVER HIGH-VALUE INSIGHTS THAT DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL STRATEGY, ENABLING THE PARTNERSHIP TO LEAD GLOBALLY IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE. OUR RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM CREATES ECONOMIC DATA AND INSIGHTS, LIKE THE MSP REGIONAL INDICATORS DASHBOARD, THAT WE USE TO FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE. MBOLD IS A PLATFORM OF MINNESOTA'S LEADING FOOD & AGRICULTURE COMPANIES LIKE GENERAL MILLS, CARGILL, SCHWAN'S, COMPEER FINANCIAL AND MANY OTHERS WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND KEY FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH INDUSTRY-LEADING SOLUTIONS FROM MINNESOTA, SUCH AS THE CREATION OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR FLEXIBLE FILMS, INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE SOIL HEALTH & PROTEIN INNOVATION, AND MUCH MORE.THE MINNESOTA SAF HUB IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EFFORT TO CREATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT CAN PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL (SAF) ON A LARGE SCALE AND DELIVER IT TO THE MINNEAPOLISSAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TO MEET THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR LOW-CARBON AVIATION, THE HUB LINKS SUPPLIERS IN PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE, RENEWABLE ENERGY, REFINING AND MORE. THE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP BUILT AND IS LEADING THIS HUB WITH LEADERSHIP FROM DELTA, ECOLAB, XCEL ENERGY, BANK OF AMERICA, CARGILL, DELOITTE, AND MANY OTHERS, WHICH INCLUDE COMPANIES, UNIVERSITIES, NONPROFITS, AND GOVERNMENT.MINNESOTA MEDTECH 3.0 IS A HUB TO CREATE THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FROM MINNESOTA THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY CO-CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED BY LEADERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MEDTRONIC, MAYO CLINIC, HEALTHPARTNERS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. MEDTECH 3.0 EARNED A FEDERAL DESIGNATION AS THE U.S. TECH HUB FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY WITH INITIATIVES ADVANCING FOCUSED ON HEALTHCARE DATA, GLOBAL EXPANSION, STARTUP INCUBATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND MORE.ITASCA PROJECT IS A CROSS-SECTOR ALLIANCE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE MINNEAPOLISSAINT PAUL REGION'S CIVIC ECOSYSTEM AND IDENTIFYING LONG-TERM ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE FUTURE PROSPERITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE REGION. CREATED 20 YEARS AGO, THE ITASCA PROJECT BECAME PART OF THE GREATER MSP PARTNERSHIP IN 2022. SINCE ITS FORMATION, ITASCA'S WORK WITH PARTNERS IN THE BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, PHILANTHROPIC, HIGHER EDUCATION AND NONPROFIT SECTORS HAS ADVANCED MORE AND BETTER EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, INCREASED THE AMOUNT THAT BUSINESSES SPEND WITH LOCAL AND DIVERSE SUPPLIERS, IMPROVED CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS, SPARKED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES AND FUNDING AND CATALYZED MANY OTHER CIVIC ENDEAVORS. FORGE NORTH IS THE REGION'S PLATFORM TO ACCELERATE STARTUP GROWTH. FORGE NORTH ASSEMBLES ALL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN A REGIONAL STARTUP ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING DOZENS OF VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS, LOCAL STARTUP ACCELERATORS, UNIVERSITIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO SUPPORT AND FUEL THE GROWTH OF LOCAL STARTUP FOUNDERS. FORGE NORTH ALIGNS THESE ACTORS AROUND KEY INITIATIVES THAT EXPAND THE OVERALL PIE OF NEW INVESTORS THROUGH CAMPAIGNS AND FUNDS, WHILE ALSO MAKING THE REGION'S ECOSYSTEM MORE VISIBLE TO ENTREPRENEURS THOUGH TRANSPARENT TOOLS LIKE THE MSP STARTUP GUIDE, THE REGION'S SEARCH ENGINE AND NAVIGATOR FOR STARTUP RESOURCES. FORGE NORTH SERVES AS THE REGIONAL HUB IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S "LAUNCH MINNESOTA" NETWORK AND AS THIS HUB SERVES AS THE POINT OF INCUBATING BOLD NEW INITIATIVES, VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT GO ON TO GROW THE REGION'S DIRECT SUPPORT OF ENTREPRENEURS.MAKE IT. MSP. BRINGS MANY OF THE REGION'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS TOGETHER TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN PROFESSIONALS TO THE REGION. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A WEALTH OF TALENT RESOURCES, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RETAINING PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR IN OUR REGION. CONNEXTMSP IS WORKING TO ENSURE THOUSANDS MORE YOUNG ADULTS OF COLOR FROM OUR REGION ARE HIRED INTO GREAT JOBS BY EMPLOYERS IN OUR REGION. CONNEXTMSP BECAME PART OF GREATER MSP IN 2020 AND PUBLICLY LAUNCHED IN 2021 WITH THE HELP OF MORE THAN 50 COALITION PARTNERS. THE MSP REGIONAL AIR SERVICES PARTNERSHIP (RASP) WAS LAUNCHED IN 2017 BY THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION (MAC) AND GREATER MSP. RASP DRAWS ON THE LEADERSHIP OF CORPORATE PARTNERS AND THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL LOCATIONS FROM MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SEVERAL GROWING INITIATIVES ACROSS GREATER MSP ARE WORTH BILLIONS IN DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT, INCLUDING BUSINESS BRIDGE, A NETWORK OF THE REGION'S LEADING COMPANIES WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROCUREMENT WITH MINNESOTA-OWNED BUSINESSES WITH GOALS AROUND BIPOC-, VETERAN-, AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. THE MINNESOTA CHIPS COALITION BRINGS TOGETHER DOZENS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS, WORKFORCE PARTNERS, AND OTHERS TO MAKE MINNESOTA A TOP STATE FOR EXPANSION OF AMERICA'S SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY.

  Expenses $6,684,454 · Grants $64,500

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $10,270,115

  Expenses

  $8,633,502

  Contributions

  $10,181,130

  Grants paid

  $64,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,008,937

  Expenses

  $7,635,137

  Contributions

  $7,955,362

  Grants paid

  $27,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,796,435

  Expenses

  $6,890,625

  Contributions

  $6,786,205

  Grants paid

  $130,183

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

  $6,502,146

  Expenses

  $6,359,834

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,371,081

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,217,248

  Expenses

  $5,482,783

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,339,896

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,283,804

  Expenses

  $5,535,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,315,393

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,926,494

  Expenses

  $5,925,079

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,917,892

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,018,355

  Expenses

  $6,037,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,065,066

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,002,338

  Expenses

  $6,024,095

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,033,713

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,363,309

  Expenses

  $5,449,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,254,947

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,095,787

  Expenses

  $5,327,390

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,819,180

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,095,787

  Expenses

  $5,327,390

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,819,180

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,779,393

  Expenses

  $5,056,229

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,555,007

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period

1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010

Principal officer

Kathleen Schmidlkofer

Mailing address

400 Robert Street North Suite 1520Saint Paul MN 55101

Website

www.greatermsp.org

Doing business as

GREATER MSP

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES

  $70,120

  2022 · SUBRECIPIENT- ARPA BUILD BACK BETTER REGIONAL CHALLENGE PHASE 1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LABORATORIES INC

  $31,633

  2022 · SUBRECIPIENT- ARPA BUILD BACK BETTER REGIONAL CHALLENGE PHASE 1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• GREAT NORTHERN WINTER FESTIVAL

  $25,000

  2023 · SPONSORSHIP OF THE GREAT NORTHERN 2023 FESTIVAL

• GREAT NORTHERN WINTER FESTIVAL

  $25,000

  2024 · SPONSORSHIP OF THE GREAT NORTHERN 2024 FESTIVAL

• FILMNORTH

  $25,000

  2024 · SUNDANCE BID PROPOSAL SUPPORT

• GREAT NORTHERN WINTER FESTIVAL

  $16,500

  2022 · SPONSORSHIP OF THE GREAT NORTHERN 2022 FESTIVAL

• CEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY

  $10,000

  2024 · SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2024 NATIONAL TALENT COLLABORATIVE

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $600,784

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $280,000

  2023 · PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT, DONOR-ADVISED, PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $234,000

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $115,500

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $59,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• AMERICA ACHIEVES INC

  $50,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT REGIONAL TECH HUBS

• CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE

  $40,000

  2024 · MINNESOTA RACIAL EQUITE COALITION

• ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM

  $31,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $30,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $30,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

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

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