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MINNESOTA BLACK COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION

EIN 88-3613546 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Revenue 2025
$2,317,894
Expenses 2025
$2,377,746

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
2429 NICOLLET AVE

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

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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 · 2025

Mission

Our mission is to build Black philanthropic power to strengthen the ecosystem of Black-led social, political, and economic change in Minnesota and beyond.

  • MN Legal Education, Advocacy, and Defense (MN LEAD): We facilitate, support, and inspire the philanthropic, non-profit, and social impact field to be in power-shifting solidarity to realize the promise of racial justice. We partner with renowned organizations to advance systems change through data, relationships, and networks. In 2025, The Collective expanded the MN LEAD initiative, a multiracial effort to build a strong, interconnected ecosystem that proactively addresses legal challenges to race-conscious grantmaking, programs, and activities. MN LEAD helps shape narratives, provide education, and support strategic efforts for racial justice for nonprofit organizations throughout MN.

    Expenses $747,107 · Grants $254,375

  • New Suns Fellowship: Since inception, the Collective has been committed to supporting the genius of Black leaders. Through the New Suns Fellowship, we create one-of-a-kind experiences designed to sustain the well-being of leaders as they build resilient organizations, contribute to a connected ecosystem, and build a movement for Black-led Change. Fellowships include flexible funding for well-being, sustainability, and readiness to lead. Retreats and convenings offer immersive spaces for reflection, strategic planning, and community-building. Fellows also serve as a brain trust of advisors to the Collective, guiding responsive organizing and philanthropic investments aligned with our mission.

    Expenses $603,573 · Grants $449,500

  • Events & Convenings: We continue to strengthen the ecosystem of those that serve the Black community through community convenings, retreats, and more. For example, in 2025 we hosted The Collective Sum, a three-day immersive summit that blends deep learning, community building, and collective strategizing. Together, we explored bold ideas at the intersection of culture, economic power, and civic engagement. Attendees engaged in conversations and strategies that respond to today's challenges while staying true to our values. Another example is our Rooting engagement. For 4 years, Rooting has been a premier social gathering series curated for people working, leading, and serving the Black community in the social sector. At Rooting, we network, strengthen relationships, break bread, and reflect with one another on what it takes to be well and work for a more just MN.

    Expenses $341,182 · Grants $13,125

  • Other Program: We work to harness the power, leadership, and brilliance of Minnesota's Black communities to create transformational solutions across the justice system, safety, economics, health, and well-being. Other program investments are used across community-based grantmaking, organizational infrastructure, programming, endowment, research, and convening to resource and advance the ecosystem of Black-led change and to expand who can impactfully participate in philanthropy.

    Expenses $199,054 · Grants $16,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Shawntera Hardy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Hardeman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aretha Green-Rupert

    Chair/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jai Winston

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lulete Mola

    President & Co-Founder

    Total calculated
    $205,115
    From this org
    $175,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,919
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,196
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,666
    Filer's total
    $205,115

  • Stacy Papier-Meister

    Sr Director of Ops & Admin Lead

    Total calculated
    $144,667
    From this org
    $110,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,188
    Hours/week
    40

  • CeMar Peterson

    Sr Director of Impact

    Total calculated
    $120,581
    From this org
    $109,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,256
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,317,894
    Expenses
    $2,377,746
    Contributions
    $2,216,392
    Grants paid
    $733,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,832,734
    Expenses
    $2,146,639
    Contributions
    $2,704,114
    Grants paid
    $1,049,892
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,851,290
    Expenses
    $1,535,223
    Contributions
    $5,830,885
    Grants paid
    $1,120,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    not reported

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.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.