To inspire, equip, and mobilize a movement of people to make a positive difference through community engagement and service.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50,000 volunteers and 14 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
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $108K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$247K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $481K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$582K
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$909K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$909K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$552K
FY2021$705K
FY2022$806K
FY2023$789K
FY2024$792K
FY2025$909K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1950.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $1.4M Management & general 20% · $353K Fundraising 2% · $36K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $247K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$145,962Pt VII · Sec A
Operations & Signature Events
$101,121Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member, Vice Chair Beginning August
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt 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

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tracy Nielsen$145,962$138,456$140,807$134,114$127,689$120,936
Sheila Her Director of$101,121—————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Mobilizes people to provide hands-on impact solving community challenges.

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2 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Volunteer Mobilization

For more than 107 years, handson twin cities (hotc) has advanced its mission of insipiring, equipping, and mobilizing people to take action that strengthens communities through volunteerism, civic engagement, and SERVICE.HOTC serves as a centralized community resource that connects individuals, corporations, and community groups with…

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Capacity Building

Handson twin cities advances community impact by strengthening the capacity of nonprofit organizations, community partners, and small businesses through skills-based volunteerism, pro bono consulting, and strategic capacity-building SUPPORT.THROUGH its pro bono programming, hotc connects skilled volunteers and corporate professionals…

$345Kprogram 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 · 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
$1.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$222K
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$353K
Fundraisingcol D$36K
Owns and owesPt X
$909K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$582K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$222K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$186K
SavingsLn 2$954K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Other assetsLn 15$289K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$582K
Net assetsLn 32$909K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 650,000
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$1.1M$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$555K$582K
Net assetsLn 32$792K$909K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$160K$126K$30K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$783K$614K$146K$23K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$17K$14K$3K$510
Other employee benefitsLn 9$47K$37K$9K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$96K$73K$20K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$36K$66$36K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$3K$10K$38
Information technologyLn 14$33K$26K$6K$983
OccupancyLn 16$85K$74K$10K$2K
TravelLn 17$1K$209$843$8
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$15K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$7K$2K$262
InsuranceLn 23$11K$9K$2K$333
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$416K$411K$5K$249
All other expensesLn 24e$673$31$642
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.4M$353K$36K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.8M$117K$909K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.8M$70K$792K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$1.6M−$17K$789K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.5M$101K$806K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$1.3M$153K$705K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.2M$223K$552K 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,913,050 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $206,390$221,706
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,583,544$1,650,878
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $44,915$40,466
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,834,849$1,913,050
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,083,323$1,103,629
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $681,302$692,910
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,764,625$1,796,539
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $70,224$116,511
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $1,913,050 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$221,706
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$221,706
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,650,878$1,650,878
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $40,466$40,466
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,650,878 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $40,466$1,913,050
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,796,539 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $125,687 · Management $29,959 · Fundraising $4,712$160,358
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $613,589 · Management $146,253 · Fundraising $23,003$782,845
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,601 · Management $3,242 · Fundraising $510$17,353
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $37,147 · Management $8,854 · Fundraising $1,393$47,394
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $73,000 · Management $19,943 · Fundraising $2,736$95,679
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,462$1,462
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $62,398$62,398
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $66 · Management $36,117$36,183
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $5,277$5,277
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,740 · Management $9,817 · Fundraising $38$12,595
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $26,216 · Management $6,249 · Fundraising $983$33,448
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $73,790 · Management $9,711 · Fundraising $1,527$85,028
IX-17 TravelPrograms $209 · Management $843 · Fundraising $8$1,060
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,317 · Management $3,599$18,916
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,979 · Management $1,663 · Fundraising $262$8,904
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,876 · Management $2,116 · Fundraising $333$11,325
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $410,678 · Management $4,714 · Fundraising $249$415,641
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31 · Management $642$673
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,407,926 · Management $352,859 · Fundraising $35,754$1,796,539
Part X · Balance sheet $1,491,167 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $332,646$185,750
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $771,955$953,660
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,300$3,500
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $47,263$52,608
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,514$7,004
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $148,952$288,645
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,347,630$1,491,167
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $65,188$80,035
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $331,158$209,121
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $158,895$293,111
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $555,241$582,267
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $742,389$908,900
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,000$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $792,389$908,900
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,347,630$1,491,167
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $908,900 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,913,050
XI-2 Total expenses$1,796,539
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$116,511
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$792,389
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$908,900

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