Project Minnesota-Leon FY2023 filing

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Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)Since 1988InternationalEIN 41-1733923Revenue $27K in FY2023

On file with the IRSminnesotaleon.org1575 Merrill St, 55108-2243 · Saint Paul, MNTax-exempt since Dec 1993Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Project Minnesota Leon delivers humanitarian aid and donations to Leon, Nicaragua and sponsors immersion trips from Minnesota to Leon to build relationships with and learn about the people of Leon and their country.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2023 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
36 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 36.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% 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
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Revenue
$27K
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$27K
To programs
68%
Net assets
$83K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$27K
FY2023▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$59K
FY2021$52K
FY2022$35K
FY2023$27K
FY2024$35K
FY2025$12K
Expenses
$27K
FY2023▼ -45%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$50K
FY2021$45K
FY2022$50K
FY2023$27K
FY2024$33K
FY2025$26K
Net assets
$83K
FY2023▼ -1.0%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$92K
FY2021$99K
FY2022$84K
FY2023$83K
FY2024$85K
FY2025$72K

From the FY2023 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 Dec 1993.

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Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $19K Management & general 27% · $7K Fundraising 5% · $1K

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

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Volunteer Bookkeeper and Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Delivers aid to Nicaragua and sponsors trips to build relationships and learn about its people.

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2 programs · $19K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Community assistance

$19Kprogram expense
02

Group Immersion Travel

because of Covid and civil unrest, no immersion trips occurred in 2022

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$27K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$27K
Investment incomeLn 3$39
Money outPt IX
$27K
Ln 25
Programscol B$19K
Managementcol C$7K
Fundraisingcol D$1K
Owns and owesPt X
$83K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$83K
Total assetsLn 16$83K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$27K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$39
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$27K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$58K
SavingsLn 2$26K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$83K
Total assetsLn 16$83K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$83K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$84K$83K
Total assetsLn 16$84K$83K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$84K$83K
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$17K$17K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$5K$1K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$155$0$155$0
Office expensesLn 13$566$0$566$0
Information technologyLn 14$235$0$235$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$663$0$663$0
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$27K$19K$7K$1K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $12K$26K−$14K$72K 990 PDF
FY2024 $35K$33K$2K$85K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $27K$27K−$819$83K 990 PDF
FY2022 $35K$50K−$15K$84K 990 PDF
FY2021 $52K$45K$7K$99K 990 PDF
FY2020 $59K$50K$9K$92K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $26,650 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $34,768$26,611
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7$39
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $34,775$26,650
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $24,132$17,156
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $25,664$10,313
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $49,796$27,469
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$15,021−$819
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $26,650 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$13,274
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$13,337
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$26,611
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $39$39
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $39$26,650
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,469 across 29 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 $17,156$17,156
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $1,494 · Management $3,900$5,394
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $155 · Fundraising $0$155
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $566 · Fundraising $0$566
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $235 · Fundraising $0$235
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $663 · Fundraising $0$663
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,883 · Fundraising $1,417$3,300
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $18,650 · Management $7,402 · Fundraising $1,417$27,469
Part X · Balance sheet $83,379 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,628$57,770
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $25,570$25,609
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $84,198$83,379
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $84,198$83,379
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $84,198$83,379
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $84,198$83,379
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $83,379 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$26,650
XI-2 Total expenses$27,469
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$819
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$84,198
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$83,379

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