East Side Neighborhood Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 410873798
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone: 6127816011
Rating: 85
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Neighborhood Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $8,574,282
Expenses: $8,849,715
Assets: $6,242,049
Liabilities: $2,674,024

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

MARY ANSTETT OSTAPENKO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

MARY ANSTETT OSTAPENKO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $132,625 total reported compensation
FABRICE GANNON (CFO): $73,957 total reported compensation
JOHN PEPPER (CFO): $73,308 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Every person thrives, every voice matters. That is the vision of east side neighborhood services. Our mission is to build pathways toward equity by disrupting social and economic barriers. We are called to assist people to envision a future of hope and prosperity by providing fundamental learning blocks, connecting to broader social and economic networks, preparing for today's job market through placement and supports, and ensuring people are healthy, stable, and engaged. East side's goals reflect its core priorities: that people have the stability that they need to thrive; children and youth foster curiosity and autonomy through educational pathways; older adults are valued, socially and intellectually engaged, and able to live in community; families build foundations for healing and growth; and our community has a place to be, heal, and learn together. We pursue these goals through programs and services that span generations and neighborhoods.

What it reported doing in 2024

Camp bovey - located in gordon, Wisconsin, camp bovey offers nature education and outdoor skills through residential camp sessions for youth, ages 9-13, and family groups each summer. Camp bovey hosted over 30 young campers in the summer of 2024. Out-of-school time (ost) programs provides safe and fun spaces for academic enrichment, social-emotional support, and leadership opportunities for youth in grades k-12. From january through august of 2024, we served 72 students through our two sites: 33 students enrolled at ost luxton and 39 students enrolled at ost mulberry. Menlo park academy - menlo park academy is an alternative high school within the minneapolis public school district that enrolls an average of sixty 11th and 12th grade students at a time, serving 80-90 students over the course of a school year. Most are significantly behind in credits and come to menlo to progress toward graduation. Menlo park embraces students who feel disenfranchised from traditional school settings and struggle to engage. The school utilizes social-emotional learning strategies to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment to revive students' enthusiasm to learn, grow, and achieve. Menlo graduated 14 students in 2024.aspire in 2024, aspire had two programs: be@school and hhm wraparound services. The be@school program served more than 200 youth and their families. The hhm program served over 120 students and 65 families. 100% of families were actively connected with additional community resources as needed. 80% of parents reported feeling aspire helped maintain or improve school stability. 100% of those who opened with services expressed comfort contacting their children's school. Of all the families whose students struggled with attendance, 100% of families increased knowledge of attendance policies and/or comfort in connecting with school staff around attendance concerns. In august, esns aspire team hosted a successful back to school event with over 100 people attending. Each student in the program received a backpack and school supplies.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 83
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 30
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
Fundraising efficiency: $37.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 22 people listed
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

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High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.