BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

J22

Classification

1000

Street

4701 BANNING AVE STE C

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE C). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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.

• MANITOU ISLAND ASSOCIATION

  EIN 41-0694572

• WHITE BEAR LAKE MAIN STREET INC

  EIN 41-1739870

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM IS A MULTI-TRADE, APPRENTICESHIP PREPARATORY PROGRAM THAT PREPARES INDIVIDUALS FOR A CAREER IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE UNION ENDORSED TRAINING, EXPOSURE AND A "FOOT IN THE DOOR" TO A CAREER IN THE TRADES. PROGRAM GRADUATES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW WITH PARTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION TRADE UNIONS AND CONTRACTORS. STATISTICS FOR 2024: 126 ENROLLEES, AND 105 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $1,023,459 · Revenue $60,747

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.

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

  $1,276,864

  Expenses

  $1,106,164

  Contributions

  $1,289,486

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $588,821

  Expenses

  $583,686

  Contributions

  $549,426

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $543,671

  Expenses

  $244,409

  Contributions

  $520,161

  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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Principal officer

Rick Martagon

Mailing address

353 W 7th St Suite 105Saint Paul MN 55102

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

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

• FAIR CONTRACTING FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $150,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• FAIR CONTRACTING FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $150,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• FAIR CONTRACTING FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $150,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• AP CONSTRUCTION CHARITABLE EVENTS FOUNDATION

  $33,333

  2025 · FUNDING IS USED FOR THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS

  $9,751

  2023 · DONATION

• UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN & APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPE

  $6,791

  2025 · DONATION

• INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

  $6,000

  2024 · SPONSORSHIP FOR VETERANS

• LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA

  $5,105

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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