Minnesota Parent Union

Tax-deductible

Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)EducationEIN 84-4704645

MNPU is dedicated to creating an environment where the vision for education in Minnesota is created with children and families, not for them. We aim to eliminate the status quo so that school leaders and parents are partners in creating great schools and ensuring quality education. MNPU connects, informs, and empowers parent leaders to give families in Minnesota a voice and choice in the vision for reconstructing education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 10 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $17K a year · 3% of revenue · last 3 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$180K
to officers and key staff
Top officer’s pay higher than 98% of similar orgs
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $130K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$135K
-56% vs prior year
Net assets
$227K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$135K
FY2024▼ -56%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$709K
FY2022$476K
FY2023$310K
FY2024$135K
Expenses
—
FY2024
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$433K
FY2022$517K
FY2023$495K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$227K
FY2024▼ -32%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$560K
FY2022$518K
FY2023$333K
FY2024$227K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2020.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ; $180K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$179,526Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rashad Turner’s $180K as Executive Dir. is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Rashad Turner$179,526$180,125$165,000$150,000
Gabrielle Grier———$5,000

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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Programs and updates

Empowers parents and families to shape education in Minnesota through connection and advocacy.

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1 program service account for $403K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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During the warmer months of the year, our team spent nearly 2,000 hours combined, executing our community engagement strategy. Via our block by block canvassing efforts and tabling at 22 community events, we distributed just over 22,000 total fliers across the Twin Cities.

$403Kprogram expense

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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
Wem FoundationFY2023$50K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$130K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$135K
Other income$135K
Owns and owes
$227K
net assets
People
4
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$135K
Total revenue$135K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$227K
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers10
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $135K$227K 990 PDF
FY2023 $310K$495K−$185K$333K 990 PDF
FY2022 $476K$517K−$42K$518K 990 PDF
FY2021 $709K$433K$277K$560K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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