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VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA

EIN 36-3532232 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$961,880
Expenses 2024
$829,897

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P840
Classification
1000
Street
277 UNIVERSITY AVE W

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

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1987, VSS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING MINNESOTA'S REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. VSS PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES TO SUPPORT REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS AS THEY TRANSITION TO LIFE IN THE U.S., ADDRESSING THEIR UNIQUE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND HEALTH NEEDS. SERVING DIVERSE GROUPS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS FROM VIETNAM, SOMALIA, AND MYANMAR (KAREN), VSS FOSTERS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROMOTES CULTURAL IDENTITY WHILE HELPING FAMILIES ACHIEVE STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING THE IDENTITY OF THE MINNESOTA'S VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY WHILE ADDRESSING THE BASIC ECONOMIC, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS STATEWIDE.

  • HEALTH PROGRAM THE HEALTH PROGRAM ADDRESSES SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, FOCUSING ON HEALTHCARE ACCESS, ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. VSS HELPS CLIENTS OVERCOME LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, WHILE OFFERING CRITICAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND SERVICES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, VSS ALSO SUPPORTED COVID-19 TESTING, VACCINATION, AND PPE DISTRIBUTION. KEY FEATURES: -HEALTHCARE ACCESS & EDUCATION -COVID-19 RESPONSE -EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT & VOCATIONAL TRAINING -SOCIAL & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT -HEALTH LITERACY AND HOUSING SUPPORT

    Expenses $358,671

  • ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) PROGRAM THE ABE PROGRAM HELPS REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IMPROVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS AND ENGAGE IN CIVIC LIFE. IT INCLUDES ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL) CLASSES AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING, PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND JOB READINESS. IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, VSS TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL CLASSES TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING STUDENTS. KEY FEATURES: -ESL CLASSES FOR WORK AND DAILY LIFE -VIRTUAL LEARNING SUPPORT -VOTER REGISTRATION & LEADERSHIP TRAINING -JOB-READINESS SKILLS

    Expenses $259,841

  • ELDERS PROGRAM THE ELDERS PROGRAM IMPROVES THE WELL-BEING OF REFUGEE SENIORS BY OFFERING SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAM HELPS REDUCE ISOLATION AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND FINANCIAL AID THROUGH BILINGUAL STAFF. KEY FEATURES: -SOCIAL & RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES -LANGUAGE & CULTURAL SUPPORT -HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESOURCES -EXPANDED FOOD SERVICES, INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE

    Expenses $64,158

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.

  • HUE PHAM

    EXECUTIVE OF

    Total calculated
    $132,040
    From this org
    $132,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROLAND J THEILER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CUONG PHAM

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISALAN THAI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIET TRAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR TAM PHAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR YANG DAO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAM PHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HUNG NGO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAUNG GYI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL L TRAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $961,880
    Expenses
    $829,897
    Contributions
    $926,200
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,186,045
    Expenses
    $941,276
    Contributions
    $1,124,217
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,332,629
    Expenses
    $1,128,663
    Contributions
    $1,286,944
    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
    $1,627,956
    Expenses
    $1,308,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,062,656

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,525,376
    Expenses
    $1,197,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,964,783

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $817,620
    Expenses
    $773,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,231,225

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $695,764
    Expenses
    $672,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,231,470

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,025,564
    Expenses
    $1,032,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,270,901

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $998,755
    Expenses
    $1,069,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,339,480

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,177,129
    Expenses
    $1,097,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,444,962

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,212,491
    Expenses
    $1,215,732
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,403,040

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,377,797
    Expenses
    $1,327,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,467,192

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,480,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,430,968

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.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.