BOLDER OPTIONS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B80

Classification

1000

Street

2100 STEVENS AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• ACCESS PHILANTHROPY CHARITIES

  EIN 38-3777419

• TWIN CITIES CARES AFFILIATE OF NATIONAL CARES MENTORING MOVEMENT

  EIN 85-4297284

Mission and programs · 2025

• Bolder Options is a Minnesota-based youth mentoring organization serving youth ages 10-14 in the Twin Cities and Rochester communities through one-to-one, community-based mentoring relationships. The organization's core mentoring program pairs each youth participant with a trained adult volunteer mentor for a one-year commitment focused on relationship building, physical wellness, social-emotional development, and positive youth development.Mentor-mentee pairs meet weekly for 2-4 hours and participate in structured activities and monthly group events designed to promote healthy lifestyles, goal setting, leadership development, and community engagement. Physical activity and wellness remain foundational components of the mentoring model, with youth and mentors participating together in active recreational opportunities, outdoor experiences, and personal wellness goal setting.Following completion of the first-year mentoring program, youth may continue participating in Bolder Options' alumni programming, which provides ongoing support through high school and early adulthood. Alumni programming includes leadership development, career and college exploration, workforce readiness, financial literacy, outdoor leadership experiences, internships, scholarships, and wellness-focused programming.During 2025, Bolder Options supported 86 mentor-mentee pairs across its Twin Cities and Rochester programs and maintained an 87% graduation success rate. The organization also provided extensive alumni and family engagement opportunities through mentoring, wellness, leadership, and community-based programming, with more than 1,850 participant engagements recorded during the year.During 2025, the organization continued strengthening its wellness-centered strategic framework through integration of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness model across mentoring and alumni programming. Bolder Options maintained a focus on physical, emotional, and social wellness while expanding mental health and wellness support for youth, caregivers, mentors, and staff.Program enhancements during 2025 included continued development of the I Believe and I Achieve initiatives focused on career exploration, workforce readiness, and post-secondary planning; expanded outdoor adventure and leadership opportunities; strengthened evaluation and data practices; and ongoing mentor recruitment efforts to address community demand for mentoring services.Bolder Options also continued investing in organizational and program capacity during 2025 through staff development, volunteer engagement, community partnerships, and facility improvements designed to support safe, welcoming, and relationship-centered programming environments.The organization remains committed to early intervention, long-term relationship-based mentoring, and wellness-centered youth development as core components of its mission to prepare youth to succeed in all of life's races.

  Expenses $1,356,529 · Grants $7,500 · Revenue $28,475

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.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,168,823

  Expenses

  $1,852,054

  Contributions

  $2,963,946

  Grants paid

  $7,500

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,950,239

  Expenses

  $1,670,781

  Contributions

  $1,754,521

  Grants paid

  $1,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,779,023

  Expenses

  $1,693,622

  Contributions

  $1,555,667

  Grants paid

  $12,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,375,579

  Expenses

  $1,543,394

  Contributions

  $1,384,931

  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

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,542,098

  Expenses

  $1,375,701

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,866,932

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,108,504

  Expenses

  $1,026,625

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,671,157

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,130,396

  Expenses

  $1,158,199

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,447,155

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,088,019

  Expenses

  $1,149,711

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,475,708

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,035,292

  Expenses

  $1,005,288

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,547,305

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $898,104

  Expenses

  $934,003

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,479,330

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $819,468

  Expenses

  $987,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,540,273

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

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $211,300

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

• YOUTH COLLABORATORY INC

  $56,375

  2024 · Mentoring Program

• MINNESOTA ALLIANCE FOR VOLUNTEER ADVANCEMENT

  $50,597

  2024 · STUDENT SUCCESS

• THIELEN FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2022 · TRANSFORMATIONAL MENTORING ORGANIZATION FOR AT-PROMISE YOUTH

• BT FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2024 · General support

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $49,750

  2024 · EDUCATION

• YOUTH COLLABORATORY INC

  $49,000

  2022 · Mentoring Program

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $41,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $40,074

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $38,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

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

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