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MINDS MATTER

EIN 86-1166255 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$530,058
Expenses 2024
$433,570

Program services were 76.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 12089

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC (EIN 13-3688434). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MINDS MATTER CONNECTS DRIVEN AND DETERMINED STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WITH THE PEOPLE, PREPARATION, AND POSSIBILITIES TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE, CREATE THEIR FUTURE, AND CHANGE THE WORLD.

  • THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR PROGRAMS IS TO ASSIST HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS IN GAINING ADMISSION TO COMPETITIVE SUMMER COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC CURRICULUM, THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS STUDENTS WITH A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, TEACHES TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS, HELPS DEVELOP NEW FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND PROVIDES A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLD.STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE SOPHOMORE PROGRAM BASED ON A RIGOROUS AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS, FINANCIAL CRITERIA, PERSONAL ESSAYS, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND AN INTERVIEW.THE JUNIOR PROGRAM ENROLLS PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL SOPHOMORE PROGRAM STUDENTS AND OCCASIONALLY ACCEPTS NEW STUDENTS BASED ON A RIGOROUS AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS, FINANCIAL CRITERIA, PERSONAL ESSAYS, GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND AN INTERVIEW.STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED A PAIR OF MENTORS WITH WHOM THEY MEET WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. MENTORS WORK WITH THEIR STUDENTS DURING SESSIONS TO SELECT SUMMER PROGRAMS, PREPARE APPLICATIONS, CREATE PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND ESSAYS, REQUEST LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND COMPLETE FINANCIAL AID PAPERWORK. STUDENTS ALSO IMPROVE THEIR BASIC ACADEMIC SKILLS AND TEST TAKING STRATEGIES FOR THE S.A.T. THROUGH THE TEST PREP PROGRAM AND IMPROVE THEIR WRITING, LOGIC AND REASONING, PRESENTATION SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT EVENTS THROUGH THE WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL WORKSHOPS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND FIELD TRIPS, OFTEN TEAMING UP WITH THE SENIOR PROGRAM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. AFTER A STUDENT IS ADMITTED TO A SUMMER PROGRAM AND AWARDED A FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE, MINDS MATTER PROVIDES AS MUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS IS NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE SCHOOL'S AWARD.STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE JUNIOR PROGRAM ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM MEETS WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AGGRESSIVELY LEADS STUDENTS THROUGH THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS. MOST STUDENTS RETAIN THEIR MENTORS FROM THE JUNIOR PROGRAM, ENHANCING THE FOUNDATION FOR STRONG FRIENDSHIPS THAT OFTEN CONTINUE AFTER THE STUDENT GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL.THE SENIOR PROGRAM GUIDES STUDENTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN COLLEGE SELECTION, ESSAY WRITING, INTERVIEWING AND FINANCIAL AID. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1996 IN NEW YORK, THE SENIOR PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED ITS GOALS TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY GAINING ADMISSION TO COLLEGE BUT ALSO SUCCEEDING ONCE THERE. PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY PREPARES TALENTED YOUTH TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR UNDRGRADUATE EXPERIENCE BY BUILDING THIER ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS. WITH THE ADDITION OF PROGRAMMING THAT EDUCATES SENIORS ON SELECTING A MAJOR, ADAPTING TO COLLEGE LIFE, CHOOSING A CAREER PATH AND INTERVIEWING FOR INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS, THE SENIOR PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGEAND BEYOND. THE MAJORITY OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAM STUDENTS RECEIVE GENEROUS FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES FROM SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND FINANCIAL NEED. IN CASE IN WHICH A STUDENT DOES NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM HIS/HER COLLEGE OF CHOICE, MINDS MATTER HELPS THE STUDENT AND HIS/HER FAMILY NEGOTIATE A MORE GENEROUS AWARD AND DETERMINE FINANICAL AID OPTIONS. MINDS MATTER ALSO PROVIDES A STIPEND TO EACH STUDENT WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE SENIOR PROGRAM. 100% OF MINDS MATTER GRADUATES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AT A 4 YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.

    Expenses $330,852 · Grants $102,033

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.

  • GRAHAM COVINGTON

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CAROLYN BECIC

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • LISA PATTERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • SCOTT GEORGE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • SEAN WALLACE

    TREASURER (THROUGH 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • TIMOTHY WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANJENE BRYANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JESSICA YU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KRISMIN BELL

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 7/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DR MICHAEL DEVAUGHN

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • REED HARRISON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,339
    From this org
    $72,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,000
    Hours/week
    30

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
    $530,058
    Expenses
    $433,570
    Contributions
    $510,084
    Grants paid
    $102,033
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $446,972
    Expenses
    $328,744
    Contributions
    $426,502
    Grants paid
    $93,552
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $370,478
    Expenses
    $267,680
    Contributions
    $360,747
    Grants paid
    $67,605

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
    $252,956
    Expenses
    $139,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $595,242

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $310,168
    Expenses
    $80,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $484,521

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $167,654
    Expenses
    $53,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $267,846

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $234,628
    Expenses
    $162,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,752

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $166,383
    Expenses
    $162,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,369

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $197,217
    Expenses
    $211,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,238

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $152,866
    Expenses
    $191,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,367

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $92,395
    Expenses
    $177,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,969

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $185,581
    Expenses
    $161,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $190,646

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $157,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $168,429

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.

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.