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OSTARA INITIATIVE

EIN 82-4855661 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Revenue 2024
$1,158,602
Expenses 2024
$1,649,476

Program services were 77.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I43
Classification
1000
Street
5353 GAMBLE DR

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE EXIST TO COLLECTIVELY TRANSFORM SYSTEMS BY REIMAGINING JUSTICE, ADVANCING HEALTH, AND RECLAIMING DIGNITY IN OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE.

  • MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECTIN 2024, THE MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECT (MNPDP) SERVED OVER 600 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS AND LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY CHAPTER TO EXTEND CARE BEYOND INCARCERATION. TRAINED DOULAS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE PROVIDED PRENATAL, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT, WHILE THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED ITS 12-WEEK PARENTING GROUPS, TRAUMA-INFORMED PEER SUPPORT, AND VIRTUAL FAMILY REUNIFICATION SERVICES. MNPDP ADDRESSED HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT INCREASE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS' RISKS FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS, MATERNAL STRESS, AND POOR REINTEGRATION OUTCOMES, WHILE RECOGNIZING PARENTAL INCARCERATION AS A CRITICAL ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE (ACE) THAT DISRUPTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. TO COUNTER THESE IMPACTS, MNPDP DELIVERED A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARECONNECTING FAMILIES TO HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL AID, TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND PARENTING RESOURCESENSURING HEALTHIER BIRTHS, STRONGER FAMILIES, AND SAFER REENTRY. ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECTIN 2024, THE ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECT (APBP) PROVIDED TRAUMA-INFORMED PERINATAL AND PARENTING SUPPORT TO 29 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. SERVICES INCLUDED 1:1 DOULA CARE (62 VISITS), BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT FOR 7 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, AND 9 STRUCTURED PARENT-CHILD VISITATION SESSIONS TO FOSTER MATERNAL BONDING. GROUP PROGRAMMING WAS OFFERED 46 TIMES FOR 866 CLIENT EDUCATION HOURS, WHILE 1:1 PEER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SESSIONS OCCURRED 69 TIMES. THREE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN LACTATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND EXPRESSED 3,131 OUNCES OF BREAST MILK. APBP ADDRESSED NUTRITION INSECURITY BY PROVIDING 433 HEALTHY MEALS TO PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PARTICIPANTS. FIFTEEN VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND SKILLS TO MEAL PREPARATION AND BLANKET AND HAT CRAFTING. A TEAM OF 4 STAFF AND CONTRACTORS MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORT

    Expenses $1,284,866 · Revenue $4,824

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.

  • Colleen Bell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gwen Bradford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Franklin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Christofferson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Rice

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Genevieve Bojado

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Gerrity

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $97,896
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,896
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $1,158,602
    Expenses
    $1,649,476
    Contributions
    $1,149,993
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,638,335
    Expenses
    $914,190
    Contributions
    $1,606,847
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $679,587
    Expenses
    $827,807
    Contributions
    $671,293
    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
    $653,223
    Expenses
    $477,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $569,036

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $349,267
    Expenses
    $390,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $194,220

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $484,866
    Expenses
    $305,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $236,538

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $484,866
    Expenses
    $305,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $236,538

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.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.