Exodus lending works with financially excluded minnesotans to advance economic justice through consumer lending, community organizing, and advocacy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$69K 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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FY2020 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $670K a year · 51% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$69K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$170K
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$536K
Spent
$376K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$404K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$536K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$536K
FY2021$464K
FY2022$584K
FY2023$423K
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$871K
Expenses
$376K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$376K
FY2021$319K
FY2022$464K
FY2023$667K
FY2024$765K
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$404K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$404K
FY2021$550K
FY2022$670K
FY2023$427K
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$4.3M

From the FY2020 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 Feb 2017.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $305K Management & general 8% · $32K Fundraising 10% · $39K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$69,458Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anne Leland Clark’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Anne Leland Clark$120,425$105,326$95,809$85,881——
Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer———$11,442$73,541$69,458

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

Refinances payday loan debt with no interest or fees for those trapped.

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1 program · $305K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 2020, exodus lending had 84 enrollments and refinanced $71,926 of predatory debt. In doing so, we estimate our program saved participants $220,612, assuming these participants would have otherwise remained in the debt trap for a year. Additionally, in 2020, 103 participants paid off their exodus lending loans.

$305Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$536K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$536K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$376K
Ln 25
Programscol B$305K
Managementcol C$32K
Fundraisingcol D$39K
Owns and owesPt X
$404K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$516K
Total assetsLn 16$574K
LiabilitiesLn 26$170K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$536K
Government grantsLn 1e$34K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Total revenueLn 12$536K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$114K
SavingsLn 2$401K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$516K
Total assetsLn 16$574K
LiabilitiesLn 26$170K
Net assetsLn 32$404K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 615
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$264K$516K
Total assetsLn 16$344K$574K
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K$170K
Net assetsLn 32$244K$404K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$84K$52K$16K$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$110K$87K$10K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9K$7K$934$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$10K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K$256$314
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$413$2K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$11K$586$1K
OccupancyLn 16$8K$6K$926$1K
TravelLn 17$135$100$16$19
InterestLn 20$205$152$24$29
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K$161$197
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$126K$124K$152$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$45$45
Total functional expensesLn 25$376K$305K$32K$39K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $871K$1.3M−$385K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.0M$765K$4.2M$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $423K$667K−$244K$427K 990 PDF
FY2022 $584K$464K$120K$670K 990 PDF
FY2021 $464K$319K$146K$550K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $536K$376K$160K$404K 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
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Part I · Summary $536,309 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $269,011$536,187
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $501$1,851
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$449−$1,729
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $269,063$536,309
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 $175,174$217,382
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $60,522$158,672
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $235,696$376,054
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $33,367$160,255
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $536,309 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$31,748
VIII-1e Government grants$33,961
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$470,478
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$536,187
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,851$1,851
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,729−$1,729
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $122$536,309
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $376,054 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $51,897 · Management $15,720 · Fundraising $16,035$83,652
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $87,025 · Management $9,619 · Fundraising $13,711$110,355
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,693 · Management $934 · Fundraising $1,200$8,827
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,422 · Management $1,897 · Fundraising $2,229$14,548
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,250$1,250
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,630 · Management $256 · Fundraising $314$2,200
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,846$2,846
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,473 · Management $413 · Fundraising $1,559$4,445
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $10,848 · Management $586 · Fundraising $1,138$12,572
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,891 · Management $926 · Fundraising $1,133$7,950
IX-17 TravelPrograms $100 · Management $16 · Fundraising $19$135
IX-20 InterestPrograms $152 · Management $24 · Fundraising $29$205
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,023 · Management $161 · Fundraising $197$1,381
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $124,375 · Management $152 · Fundraising $1,116$125,643
IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $45$45
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $305,375 · Management $31,954 · Fundraising $38,725$376,054
Part X · Balance sheet $574,419 assets, 9 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $58,891; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $118,722$114,400
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $145,578$401,128
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $344,164$574,419
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $100,000$170,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $100,000$170,000
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $243,684$404,319
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $480$100
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $244,164$404,419
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $344,164$574,419
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $404,419 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$536,309
XI-2 Total expenses$376,054
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$160,255
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$244,164
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$404,419

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