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EMMA NORTON SERVICES

EIN 41-0859485 SAINT PAUL, MN

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Revenue 2025
$5,409,760
Expenses 2025
$5,332,471

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L20Z
Classification
1000
Street
670 ROBERT ST N

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

EMMA NORTON SERVICES' MISSION IS TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIONAL HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES ON THEIR JOURNEY OF RECOVERY. TO ACHIEVE THIS MISSION, ENS OFFERS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN BOTH SITE BASED AND SCATTERED SITE MODELS THAT SERVE BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS INTENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE CONNECT PEOPLE TO TRANSFORMATIONAL HOUSING, GROWTH, AND POSSIBILITY REALIZED THROUGH THEIR OWN DESIGN IN SUPPORT OF THEIR JOURNEY OF RECOVERY.

  • IN 2025, EMMA NORTON PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO 355 INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE THREE MAIN HOUSING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR NEW RESTORING WATERS DEVELOPMENT, EMMA'S PLACE, AND OUR SCATTERED-SITE HOUSING PROGRAM, PLUS ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR NEW DROP-IN MENTAL HEALTH SPACE, THE LIVING ROOM. RESTORING WATERS OFFERS A 24-HOUR STAFFED APARTMENT-STYLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT WITH ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND ONSITE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR 60+ INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL FAMILIES AT ANY ONE TIME. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM SERVED 63 PEOPLE. IN TOTAL, 93 PERCENT OF INDIVIDUALS MAINTAINED THEIR HOUSING FOR TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE OR EXITED TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF THEIR CHOICE, AND 98% OF TENANTS PARTICIPATED IN ONSITE PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. THE FAMILY PROGRAM STARTS WITH FAMILIES WHO QUALIFY TO LIVE AT EMMA'S PLACE, A TOWNHOME COMMUNITY IN MAPLEWOOD, MN THAT CAN HOUSE UP TO 13 FAMILIES AT ANY ONE TIME. TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, FAMILIES MUST MEET THE DEFINITION OF HUD HOMELESSNESS, HAVE THREE OR MORE CHILDREN, AND AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY MUST HAVE A DISABLING CONDITION. WHEN A FAMILY HAS LIVED AT EMMA'S PLACE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, THEY RECEIVE A SECTION 8 CERTIFICATE THAT CAN BE PORTED INTO ANOTHER RENTAL OPPORTUNITY ANYWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY. FAMILIES THAT ACHIEVE THIS CAN CHOOSE TO ENROLL IN THE FAMILIES SCATTERED SITE PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT IN THEIR OWN HOMES AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH ACTIVITIES. BETWEEN THE SITE-BASED AND SCATTERED SITE PROGRAM, 159 PEOPLE WERE SERVED WITH THE VAST MAJORITY BEING CHILDREN. DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF CHILDREN, THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY HAS CASE MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAMMING FOR ADULTS, BUT IT ALSO HAS TARGETED PROGRAMMING AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THE YOUTH THAT FOCUSES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILL BUILDING. IN 2025, 39 YOUTH BETWEEN AGES 5 12 ENGAGED IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING INCLUDING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES, ART, SCHOOL SUPPORT, AND OTHER AREAS RELEVANT TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE OLDER YOUTH, 25 TEENS ENGAGED WITH ONE TO ONE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES DURING TEEN NIGHTS WHERE THEY COULD EXPLORE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE. AT EMMA'S PLACE, 95 PERCENT OF ADULTS CREATED A STABILITY PLAN AND ACTIVELY WORKED TOWARD COMPLETING AT LEAST ONE GOAL BEFORE EXITING THE PROGRAMTHE SCATTERED-SITE PROGRAM MAINLY SERVES INDIVIDUAL HEADED HOUSEHOLDS BUT DOES HAVE SOME SMALL FAMILIES AS WELL. THESE PARTICIPANTS QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM DUE TO HAVING A LONG-TERM HOMELESS STATUS AND A LONG-TERM DISABLING CONDITION. ALL REFERRALS ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE LOCAL COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AND PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN ONE OF THE SITE-BASED PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF OFFER HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES TO FIND A PRIVATE MARKET RATE RENTAL, AND THEN OFFER HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES TO TENANTS AFTER TRANSITIONING FROM BEING UNHOUSED TO HOUSED. IN 2025, 70 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED BY THE PROGRAM, WITH 92 PERCENT OF TENANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR INITIAL LEASE PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY, 100 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT EXPERIENCED A CRISIS THAT COULD IMPACT THEIR HOUSING STABILITY RECEIVED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO RESOLVE IT.IN AUGUST 2024, EMMA NORTON SERVICES LAUNCHED THE LIVING ROOM, AN INNOVATIVE, PEER-LED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A WELCOMING ALTERNATIVE TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, OR CRISIS. WHAT BEGAN AS A FREE DROP-IN SERVICE EXPANDED TO SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK IN OCTOBER 2024 AND ADDED TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN MAY 2025, INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE REGION.SINCE OPENING, THE LIVING ROOM HAS EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH AND DEMONSTRATED MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. IN 2025, THE PROGRAM PROVIDED 514 VISITS AND CONNECTED VISITORS TO 301 REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSING RESOURCES, FOOD SUPPORT, AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORTS. VISITORS REPORTED AN AVERAGE DECREASE OF 29 POINTS ON A 0100 SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS (SUD) SCALE DURING THEIR VISITS, INDICATING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. OF THE 514 VISITS IN 2025, ONLY TWO RESULTED IN A HOSPITAL TRANSFER, HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS IN PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT AND STABILIZATION. FROM ITS OPENING THROUGH MARCH 2026, THE LIVING ROOM HAS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 775 VISITS, REFLECTING BOTH A GROWING COMMUNITY NEED AND THE VALUE OF PEER-LED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

    Expenses $3,517,490 · Revenue $59,165

  • EMMA'S PLACE, LLC OWNS THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS EMMA'S PLACE LOCATED IN MAPLEWOOD. THE EXPENSES INCLUDE OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. EMMA'S PLACE, LLC CONTRACTS WITH EMMA NORTON SERVICES TO PROVIDE THE ONSITE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $502,672

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.

  • Kim Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Girres

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Bessinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexi Rouhani

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Arnold

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Lyons

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shakilah Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marion Hansen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erik Hokenson

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Kantonen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clarie Reeder- Fletcher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Riem

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noureen Wallani

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Siegfried

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myrna Kuehl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carey Morrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Roessler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grace Yonushonis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya Brownlow

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,671
    From this org
    $112,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,292
    Hours/week
    44

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,409,760
    Expenses
    $5,332,471
    Contributions
    $5,290,569
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,418,894
    Expenses
    $3,942,880
    Contributions
    $4,224,493
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,766,614
    Expenses
    $3,541,596
    Contributions
    $3,575,122
    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
    $4,168,847
    Expenses
    $3,441,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,951,519
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,808,919
    Expenses
    $2,998,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,295,452
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,491,250
    Expenses
    $2,480,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,407,213
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,924,039
    Expenses
    $1,901,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,276,822
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,216,976
    Expenses
    $1,286,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,353,996
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,112,990
    Expenses
    $1,186,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,307,363
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,167,563
    Expenses
    $1,121,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,419,751
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,158,522
    Expenses
    $1,185,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,352,965
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,142,328
    Expenses
    $1,172,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,312,272
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,184,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,337,116

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.

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

  • EMMA'S PLACE LLC

    LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES · MN · income $395,121 · assets $3,741,206

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.