AVENUES FOR YOUTH

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O51Z

Classification

1000

Street

1404 8TH AVE N

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

• DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, AVENUES FOR YOUTH MET THE INCREASED NEED WE ARE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WHILE CONTINUING TO OFFER STRONG PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. AVENUES BROKE GROUND ON A NEW HOUSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS WHICH IS SLATED TO OPEN IN LATE FY26. THIS NEW BUILDING WILL PROVIDE MORE A SPACE FOR THE CURRENT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT IS MORE DIGNIFIED, TRAUMA-INFORMED AND SUSTAINABLE. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW ADD EIGHT AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS TO THE HOUSING MIX THAT AVENUES OFFERS AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS.DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, AVENUES OPERATED FOUR PROGRAMS IN THE TWIN CITIES THAT SUPPORTED 338 YOUTH, INCLUDING YOUNG FAMILIES. WHILE PARTICIPATING IN AN AVENUES PROGRAM, YOUTH NO LONGER NEED TO PUT THEIR ENERGY INTO SURVIVAL. WITH SHELTER AND ALL BASIC NEEDS MET, THEY CAN WORK WITH AVENUES STAFF TO ADDRESS OTHER IMMEDIATE ISSUES, FOCUS ON IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, AND PURSUE THEIR PERSONAL GOALS FOR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RELATIONSHIPS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, LEARNING LIFE SKILLS AND STABLE HOUSING.

  Expenses $2,141,043 · Revenue $6,173

• SEE SCHEDULE OIN AVENUES FOR YOUTH'S CONNEQT HOST HOME PROGRAM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OPEN THEIR HOMES TO YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE PROGRAM IS A COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER-BASED INITIATIVE THAT MATCHES YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AGES 16 - 24 WITH VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY RECRUITED, SCREENED AND TRAINED BY AVENUES. YOUTH MAY STAY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR A FEW NIGHTS OR UP TO A YEAR.CONNEQT SUPPORTS YOUTH WHO IDENTIFY AS GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER. THEIR HOSTS ARE LGBTQ THEMSELVES OR ALLIES. THE PROCESS OF MATCHING YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS YOUTH-DRIVEN. WHILE LIVING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOUTH RECEIVE ALL BASIC NEEDS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER AND OTHER SPECIALISTS ON OUR TEAM TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THEIR LONGER-TERM PERSONAL GOALS. THE HOSTING ARRANGEMENT IS OFTEN LIFE-CHANGING, BOTH FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND YOUTH. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH THE STABILITY, SUPPORT AND COACHING THEY NEED SO, WHEN THEY LEAVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS' HOMES, THEY HAVE A VISION FOR THEIR FUTURE AND ARE BUILDING THE SKILLS AND RELATIONSHIPS NEEDED TO PURSUE THAT VISION. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE ARE FOSTERING CONNECTIONS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY. DURING FY25, CONNEQT SUPPORTED TEN YOUNG PEOPLE IN HOST HOMES. ONE YOUTH MOVED OUT DURING THE YEAR, INTO THEIR OWN STABLE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. ANOTHER 31 LGBTQ-IDENTIFIED YOUTH RECEIVED INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT BUT DID NOT LIVE IN HOST HOMES DURING FY25. ADDITIONALLY, 54 YOUTH RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH DROP-IN AND OUTREACH.

  Expenses $300,994 · Grants $2,218

• SEE SCHEDULE OAVENUES FOR YOUNG FAMILIES RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMAVENUES FOR YOUNG FAMILIES SUPPORTS HOMELESS-YOUTH LED FAMILIES. THIS "RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM" SUPPORTS YOUTH-LED FAMILIES BY HELPING THEM LOCATE AN APARTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING TEMPORARY RENT SUBSIDIES AND WRAPPING COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AROUND THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO GIVE THEM A STRONG START TOWARD INDEPENDENT LIVING. RENT SUBSIDIES ARE PROVIDED BY A GRANTS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S HOMELESS YOUTH ACT (HYA). THE ADDITION OF HYA FUNDING IN FY24 ALLOWED AVENUES TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM. AVENUES NOW WORKS WITH 24 YOUNG FAMILIES AT A TIME, UP FROM 12 YOUNG FAMILIES. DURING FY25, AVENUES SUPPORTED 32 YOUNG FAMILIES, INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 33 ADULTS AND 48 CHILDREN. OF THE ELEVEN HOUSEHOLDS WHO EXITED THE PROGRAM, 100% ACHIEVED STABLE HOUSING. THIS WAS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT 100% OF YOUTH-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ACHIEVED STABLE HOUSING UPON LEAVING THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $718,697 · Grants $284,321

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

  $6,896,706

  Expenses

  $4,488,850

  Contributions

  $6,525,596

  Grants paid

  $286,539

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,792,935

  Expenses

  $3,837,096

  Contributions

  $5,682,306

  Grants paid

  $212,992

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,454,454

  Expenses

  $3,272,133

  Contributions

  $3,418,200

  Grants paid

  $114,397

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

  $3,029,889

  Expenses

  $2,772,703

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,613,474

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,278,574

  Expenses

  $2,829,184

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,653,899

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,326,797

  Expenses

  $2,877,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,525,934

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,450,884

  Expenses

  $2,680,397

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,762,097

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,157,680

  Expenses

  $2,332,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,058,771

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,576,067

  Expenses

  $2,069,488

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,230,789

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,978,395

  Expenses

  $1,686,092

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,808,456

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,297,140

  Expenses

  $1,365,632

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,118,600

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,193,154

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,078,997

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $933,645

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,156,838

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

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $145,750

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, HUMAN SERVICES

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $115,250

  2025 · PROGRAM COSTS

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $108,500

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $105,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC

  $100,000

  2023 · COLLABORATION GRANT

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $94,000

  2023 · PROGRAM COSTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $93,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $82,500

  2022 · PROGRAM COSTS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $73,162

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $62,392

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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