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EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE INC

EIN 41-0873798 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Revenue 2024
$8,574,282
Expenses 2024
$8,849,715

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P280
Classification
1000
Street
1700 2ND ST NE

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

EVERY PERSON THRIVES, EVERY VOICE MATTERS. THAT IS THE VISION OF EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD PATHWAYS TOWARD EQUITY BY DISRUPTING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS. WE ARE CALLED TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO ENVISION A FUTURE OF HOPE AND PROSPERITY BY PROVIDING FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING BLOCKS, CONNECTING TO BROADER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NETWORKS, PREPARING FOR TODAY'S JOB MARKET THROUGH PLACEMENT AND SUPPORTS, AND ENSURING PEOPLE ARE HEALTHY, STABLE, AND ENGAGED. EAST SIDE'S GOALS REFLECT ITS CORE PRIORITIES: THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE STABILITY THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE; CHILDREN AND YOUTH FOSTER CURIOSITY AND AUTONOMY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS; OLDER ADULTS ARE VALUED, SOCIALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY ENGAGED, AND ABLE TO LIVE IN COMMUNITY; FAMILIES BUILD FOUNDATIONS FOR HEALING AND GROWTH; AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS A PLACE TO BE, HEAL, AND LEARN TOGETHER. WE PURSUE THESE GOALS THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SPAN GENERATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS TO FOSTER THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE STRENGTHING OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

  • EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, INC., OFFERS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY IMPACT. WE OFFER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ACROSS ALL GENERATIONS TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S MOST CRITICAL NEEDS. EACH PROGRAM HAS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT ALIGN WITH EAST SIDE'S THREE PRIORITY IMPACT AREAS.SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP) - PROMOTES THE DIGNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF OLDER, UNEMPLOYED, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS BY PLACING THEM IN TEMPORARY PART-TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE JOBS IN WHICH THEY EARN MINIMUM WAGE. SCSEP SERVED 116 OLDER LOW-INCOME ADULTS THROUGH WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE REMOTE AND BLENDED WORKPLACE. TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS. THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR SHOPPING, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, AND OTHER NEEDS, TO PEOPLE 60 AND OVER AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. IN 2024, ESNS PROVIDED 1,776 RIDES TO 298 OLDER AND/OR DISABLED ADULTS.VITAL LIVING - HELPS OLDER ADULTS ENGAGE WITH OTHERS, BETTER MANAGE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS, AND MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE AND ALSO PROVIDES CAREGIVING SUPPORT THROUGH RESPITE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES. VITAL LIVING SERVED 214 INDIVIDUALS IN 2024.

    Expenses $2,320,431 · Revenue $44,280

  • CAMP BOVEY - LOCATED IN GORDON, WISCONSIN, CAMP BOVEY OFFERS NATURE EDUCATION AND OUTDOOR SKILLS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL CAMP SESSIONS FOR YOUTH, AGES 9-13, AND FAMILY GROUPS EACH SUMMER. CAMP BOVEY HOSTED OVER 30 YOUNG CAMPERS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024. OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME (OST) PROGRAMS PROVIDES SAFE AND FUN SPACES FOR ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IN GRADES K-12. FROM JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST OF 2024, WE SERVED 72 STUDENTS THROUGH OUR TWO SITES: 33 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT OST LUXTON AND 39 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT OST MULBERRY. MENLO PARK ACADEMY - MENLO PARK ACADEMY IS AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ENROLLS AN AVERAGE OF SIXTY 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS AT A TIME, SERVING 80-90 STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF A SCHOOL YEAR. MOST ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND IN CREDITS AND COME TO MENLO TO PROGRESS TOWARD GRADUATION. MENLO PARK EMBRACES STUDENTS WHO FEEL DISENFRANCHISED FROM TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTINGS AND STRUGGLE TO ENGAGE. THE SCHOOL UTILIZES SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING STRATEGIES TO CREATE A SAFE, WELCOMING, AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT TO REVIVE STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM TO LEARN, GROW, AND ACHIEVE. MENLO GRADUATED 14 STUDENTS IN 2024.ASPIRE IN 2024, ASPIRE HAD TWO PROGRAMS: BE@SCHOOL AND HHM WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THE BE@SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVED MORE THAN 200 YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE HHM PROGRAM SERVED OVER 120 STUDENTS AND 65 FAMILIES. 100% OF FAMILIES WERE ACTIVELY CONNECTED WITH ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS NEEDED. 80% OF PARENTS REPORTED FEELING ASPIRE HELPED MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE SCHOOL STABILITY. 100% OF THOSE WHO OPENED WITH SERVICES EXPRESSED COMFORT CONTACTING THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. OF ALL THE FAMILIES WHOSE STUDENTS STRUGGLED WITH ATTENDANCE, 100% OF FAMILIES INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF ATTENDANCE POLICIES AND/OR COMFORT IN CONNECTING WITH SCHOOL STAFF AROUND ATTENDANCE CONCERNS. IN AUGUST, ESNS ASPIRE TEAM HOSTED A SUCCESSFUL BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE ATTENDING. EACH STUDENT IN THE PROGRAM RECEIVED A BACKPACK AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

    Expenses $1,194,834 · Revenue $729,426

  • CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY - PROVIDES TRAUMA-INFORMED PREVENTATIVE AND NEEDS-BASED PROGRAMMING TO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENRICH SELF-ESTEEM AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY COPING METHODS, AND TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY RISK-TAKING AND DECISION-MAKING. CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY SERVED 28 YOUTH THROUGH INDIVIDUAL THERAPY; OF THESE, 80% WERE BIPOC. 150 ADDITIONAL YOUTH WERE SERVED THROUGH TARGETED AND PREVENTATIVE THERAPEUTIC CAT GROUPS.FAMILY HEALING - THIS PROGRAM TAKES A TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE AND SEEKS TO HEAL AND TRANSFORM ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS SO THAT CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN THRIVE. FAMILY HEALING SERVED 239 CLIENTS DURING 2024, WITH 36% SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE PROGRAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND ANOTHER 49% CONTINUING THEIR HEALING JOURNEY INTO 2025.NORTHEAST CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (NECDC) - LICENSED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR UP TO 88 CHILDREN FROM SIX WEEKS THROUGH PRESCHOOL. THE PROGRAM HELPS CHILDREN TO DEVELOP PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND COGNITIVELY ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL LEARNING STYLES. IN 2024, 86 CHILDREN WERE ENROLLED AT NECDC.

    Expenses $1,016,805 · Revenue $1,230,124

  • FOOD PROGRAMS - PROVIDE FOOD SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING TRADITIONAL FOOD SHELVES OR GROCERY STORES. ESNS FOOD PROGRAMS CONSIST OF TWO BRICK AND MORTAR FOOD SHELVES AND A MOBILE FOOD SHELF PROGRAM SERVING 53 LOW-INCOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS. ESNS FOOD PROGRAMS DISTRIBUTED OVER 1,000,000 POUNDS OF FOOD IN 2024 THROUGH OUR FOOD SHELVES AND 12 SEASONAL FRESH PRODUCE DROP EVENTS. COMBINED, ESNS FOOD PROGRAMS PROVIDED OVER 42,500 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES. OVER 55% OF THOSE WHO RECEIVED FOOD SUPPORT THROUGH ESNS WERE AGE 65 AND OLDER.ADDITIONALLY, ESNS FOOD PROGRAMS WORKS WITH THREE GROCERY STORES IN MINNEAPOLIS TO REDUCE FOOD WASTETARGET DINKYTOWN, TARGET QUARRY, AND LUNDS & BYERLYS IN NE MINNEAPOLIS. IN 2024, OUR TEAM DIVERTED OVER 275,000 POUNDS OF GOOD, NUTRITIOUS AND EDIBLE FOOD FROM THE WASTE STREAM THROUGH OUR FOOD RESCUE PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $2,029,907

  • YOUTH EMPLOYMENT - OFFERS YOUTH AGES 14-21 OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND ACHIEVE GOALS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, PROVIDES JOB SKILLS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND HELPS FORGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRAINING, INTERNSHIPS, AND VOLUNTEER WORK TO HELP YOUTH GAIN ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE. THE PROGRAM PLACED AND SUPPORTED 32 LOW-INCOME YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN PAID INTERNSHIPS DESIGNED TO BUILD WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS.

    Expenses $448,351

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.

  • Dawn Svenkeson

    CHAIR THROUGH MAY, EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jai Kissoon

    MEMBER, CHAIR BEGINNING JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harper Rooney

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Anstett Ostapenko

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,625
    From this org
    $126,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,106
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Pepper

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $73,308
    From this org
    $70,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,650
    Hours/week
    40
  • Fabrice Gannon

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $73,957
    From this org
    $64,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,053
    Hours/week
    40
  • Laura Bereiter

    TREASURER THROUGH MAY, MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Oman

    MEMBER, TREASURER BEGINNING JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Etienne Laubignat

    SECRETERY THROUGH MAY, MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alec Sherod

    MEMBER, SECRETARY BEGINNING JUNE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bryan Altman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fred Bryan

    MEMBER THROUGH MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Dominick

    MEMBER THROUGH MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marquitta Frost

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Drew Haas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristine Kosek

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ruth Peterson

    MEMBER THROUGH MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Recker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Reich

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Scofield

    MEMBER BEGINNING MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Stein

    MEMBER THROUGH MAY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Vinueza

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $8,574,282
    Expenses
    $8,849,715
    Contributions
    $5,753,606
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,828,654
    Expenses
    $8,655,115
    Contributions
    $5,732,525
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,025,948
    Expenses
    $9,925,924
    Contributions
    $5,919,113
    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
    $8,888,574
    Expenses
    $9,820,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,670,866
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,647,726
    Expenses
    $9,708,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,539,061
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,655,688
    Expenses
    $8,826,229
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,537,717
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,655,688
    Expenses
    $8,826,229
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,537,717
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,617,664
    Expenses
    $8,039,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,411,257
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,126,823
    Expenses
    $7,478,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,662,601
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,018,699
    Expenses
    $6,951,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,022,188
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,608,058
    Expenses
    $6,486,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,993,180
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,106,418
    Expenses
    $6,180,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,888,373
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,021,501
    Expenses
    $5,947,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,700,934

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.