To strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$126K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.7M a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$126K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $61K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.0M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.2M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$8.4M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$6.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$10.2M
FY2021▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.4M
FY2021$10.2M
FY2022$11.4M
FY2023$10.6M
FY2024$13.3M
Expenses
$8.4M
FY2021▲ +15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.3M
FY2021$8.4M
FY2022$9.5M
FY2023$9.9M
FY2024$11.1M
Net assets
$6.4M
FY2021▲ +44%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$6.4M
FY2022$8.3M
FY2023$9.1M
FY2024$11.6M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1955.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $6.4M Management & general 10% · $880K Fundraising 14% · $1.2M

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

17 people listed on the 990; $126K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$126,221Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Adero Riser Cobb$182,492$148,033$150,160——
Mary McKeown—$113,688$165,633$126,221$106,427

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

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3 programs · $6.4M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Keystone Basic Needs programs help families address crisis and build foundational stability. Keystone's two food shelves (Rice Street and Midway) and Keystone's Foodmobile comprise Ramsey County's largest food shelf network.

$3.9Mprogram expense
02

Keystone Senior Services help seniors "age in place", maintain health and participate in community life. Keystone provides a wide array of exercise, wellness, and social/recreational programs (including a History Tours program) to help active seniors stay healthy, independent and socially connected.

$1.7Mprogram expense
03

Keystone Youth programs help children and youth develop social, academic and employment skills so they are prepared to be successful in school and in the community. Keystone offers year-round afterschool programming for low-income youth at multiple sites.

$773Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$61K
Grants paid · 25 grants · $526K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$26,414
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,168
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,482
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,542
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,017
Unitemized GrantFY2023$58,310
Unitemized GrantFY2023$7,713
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,117
Unitemized GrantFY2023$788
Unitemized GrantFY2023$95
Unitemized GrantFY2022$124,960
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,784
Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,648
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,491
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,032
Unitemized GrantFY2021$85,200
Unitemized GrantFY2021$13,173
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,133
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$161K
Money outPt IX
$8.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.4M
Managementcol C$880K
Fundraisingcol D$1.2M
Owns and owesPt X
$6.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$8.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$574K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$53K
Other incomeLn 4–11$161K
Gains on assetsLn 7$6K
Total revenueLn 12$10.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.2M
SavingsLn 2$776K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$8.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$6.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5129
VolunteersI 62,077
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M$8.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$6.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$127K$127K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$287K$205K$57K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$1.8M$490K$223K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$234K$161K$55K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$241K$166K$54K$20K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$804K$72K$37K$695K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$4K$1K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$231K$92K$38K$101K
Information technologyLn 14$43K$35K$7K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$283K$227K$53K$3K
TravelLn 17$52K$48K$4K$364
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$6K$11K$2K
InterestLn 20$67K$54K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$206K$197K$8K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.3M$3.2M$31K$61K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.4M$6.4M$880K$1.2M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $13.3M$11.1M$2.3M$11.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.6M$9.9M$647K$9.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.4M$9.5M$1.8M$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $10.2M$8.4M$1.8M$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $9.4M$7.3M$2.1M$4.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $10,237,066 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,691,420$8,029,712
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,609,642$1,993,094
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $42,292$53,344
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $92,813$160,916
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,436,167$10,237,066
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $115,210$127,056
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,062,610$3,310,504
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,152,606$5,007,780
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,330,426$8,445,340
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,105,741$1,791,726
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,237,066 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$236,000
VIII-1e Government grants$574,071
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,219,641
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,827,331
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,029,712
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,993,094$1,993,094
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $47,094$47,094
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $160,916$160,916
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $6,250$6,250
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,993,094 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $214,260$10,237,066
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,445,340 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $127,056$127,056
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $205,084 · Management $57,133 · Fundraising $24,784$287,001
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,834,981 · Management $490,415 · Fundraising $223,134$2,548,530
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $160,882 · Management $54,732 · Fundraising $18,784$234,398
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $166,167 · Management $54,466 · Fundraising $19,942$240,575
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,831$20,831
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $72,337 · Management $37,227 · Fundraising $694,645$804,209
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,494 · Management $1,087 · Fundraising $4,219$9,800
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $91,854 · Management $37,836 · Fundraising $101,121$230,811
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $34,901 · Management $7,375 · Fundraising $1,094$43,370
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $227,059 · Management $53,240 · Fundraising $3,139$283,438
IX-17 TravelPrograms $48,254 · Management $3,625 · Fundraising $364$52,243
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,941 · Management $11,220 · Fundraising $1,598$18,759
IX-20 InterestPrograms $54,180 · Management $12,448$66,628
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $197,097 · Management $7,677 · Fundraising $1,623$206,397
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,179,247 · Management $30,948 · Fundraising $61,099$3,271,294
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,409,534 · Management $880,260 · Fundraising $1,155,546$8,445,340
Part X · Balance sheet $8,365,266 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,430,611$2,178,417
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $55,077$776,154
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $129,738$511,386
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $612,829$578,321
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$84,536
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $60,912$35,161
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,509,647$2,325,754
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,670,508$1,875,537
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,469,322$8,365,266
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $301,730$296,645
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $9,549$1,660
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,036,072$1,989,727
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,067,769$5,965,933
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $365,481$409,606
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,433,250$6,375,539
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,469,322$8,365,266
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,375,539 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,237,066
XI-2 Total expenses$8,445,340
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,791,726
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,433,250
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$150,563
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,375,539

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