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Minneapolis, MN501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 20-5001106Revenue $252K in FY2025

On file with the IRSrccmn.co2730 E 31st St, 55406-1923 · Minneapolis, MNTax-exempt since Aug 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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We link local volunteer teams with nonprofit and local government partners to plant and water trees, grow & share produce, recycle more, invest in multifamily and home energy improvements, adopt storm drains, do litter clean ups, improve water quality and restore habitat. Through hands-on projects we strengthen neighbor to neighborhood connections, help more community members benefit and build resilient communities. We host peer-learning events for local volunteers to learn from each other and find city and county resources to enable more local teams to implement these good ideas. More than 2,000 Twin Cities neighborhood, nonprofit, city and county leaders are active with our collective impact network, getting high impact projects done to achieve our local energy and resilience goals together.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,000 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$170K
to officers and key staff · 74% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 71% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 74% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $61K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$252K
+88% vs prior year
Spent
$230K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$36K
By yearFY2023–FY2025
Revenue
$252K
FY2025▲ +88%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$68K
FY2024$134K
FY2025$252K
Net assets
$36K
FY2025▲ +154%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$10K
FY2024$14K
FY2025$36K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $184K Management & general 12% · $27K Fundraising 8% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $170K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$88,500Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$82,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sean Gosiewski’s $88K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Mobilizes volunteers for local environmental projects, fostering community and resilience.

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3 programs · $184K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Urban Forestry and Community Greening

we partnered with 3 neighborhoods, the Minneapolis Health Department, MPRB and Birch Tree to organize tree education workshops and tree planting events with parents and kids working side by side with trained foresters to plant trees at child care centers, schools, parks and nonprofit affordable housing locations.

$95Kprogram expense
02

Healthy and Energy Efficient Homes

Through home energy workshops and door to door outreach we supported more than 200 households to make home energy and health improvements in partnership with neighborhoods. the Center for Energy Environment, Frontier Energy, SRC, cities and utilities.

$47Kprogram expense
03

Multifamily Building Energy Efficiency and Recycling

With support from the City of Minneapolis RCC and Phillips West Community outreach staff and volunteers engaged both renters and their building owners to learn how they can benefit from boosting recycling and energy efficiency in their buildings.

$42Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$252K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$183K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$68K
Investment incomeLn 3$15
Money outPt IX
$230K
Ln 25
Programscol B$184K
Managementcol C$27K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$36K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$36K
Total assetsLn 16$38K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$68K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$183K
Investment incomeLn 3$15
Total revenueLn 12$252K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$36K
Total assetsLn 16$38K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$36K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 62,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14K$36K
Total assetsLn 16$16K$38K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$14K$36K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$170K$136K$17K$17K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$126$113$7$6
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$11K$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$0$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$19K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$5K$639$639
TravelLn 17$88$88
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$395$371$12$12
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$10K$886
All other expensesLn 24e$436$346$90
Total functional expensesLn 25$230K$184K$27K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $252K$230K$22K$36K 990 PDF
FY2024 $134K$14K 990 PDF
FY2023 $68K$10K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $251,698 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $70,468$68,498
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $63,016$183,185
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46$15
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $133,530$251,698
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $89,156$184,159
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $39,596$45,798
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $128,752$229,957
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,778$21,741
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $251,698 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$68,498
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$68,498
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $183,185 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$183,185
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $15 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$15
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $183,200 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$251,698
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $229,957 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $136,400 · Management $17,050 · Fundraising $17,050$170,500
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $113 · Management $7 · Fundraising $6$126
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,826 · Management $1,353 · Fundraising $1,354$13,533
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,131$2,131
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $19,045 · Management $5,000$24,045
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,110 · Management $639 · Fundraising $639$6,388
IX-17 TravelPrograms $88$88
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,236$1,236
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $371 · Management $12 · Fundraising $12$395
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,193 · Management $886$11,079
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $346 · Management $90$436
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $183,728 · Management $27,168 · Fundraising $19,061$229,957
Part X · Balance sheet $37,739 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13,800$25,802
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$10,086
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,004$1,851
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,804$37,739
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,658$1,851
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,658$1,851
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,146$35,888
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,146$35,888
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,804$37,739
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $35,888 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$251,698
XI-2 Total expenses$229,957
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$21,741
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,146
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$35,888

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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