Longfellow Rising
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852536504
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6127288080
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,741
- Expenses
- $106,005
- Assets
- $107,758
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMIE SCHWESNEDL (CO-PRESIDENT)
- MEENA NATARAJAN (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAMIE SCHWESNEDL (CO-PRESIDENT)
- MEENA NATARAJAN (CO-PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL KENNEDY thru 225 (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Formed in the wake of the police murder of george floyd and the subsequent uprising that burned our neighborhood, longfellow rising's purpose is to rebuild downtown longfellow with a focus on bipoc ownership, strengthened social fabric infrastructure, and re-designed buildings that facilitate community gathering and belonging for all.
What it reported doing in 2025
IN 2025, LONGFELLOW RISING FOCUSED MAINLY ON SUPPORTING CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, HELPING TO SPONSOR AND PUT ON MULTIPLE EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN LONGFELLOW AREA. WE SPENT $35,000 TO HELP NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS STAGE CONCERTS, STREET FESTIVALS, FUNDRAISERS, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, AND DISCUSSIONS, WHICH BENEFITED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEAR. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE FUNDED AND HELPED PUT ON CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTPS://WWW.LONGFELLOWRISING.ORG/PROJECTS We also made one pre-development grant for $25,000 to a nonprofit organization that will be building its new headquarters in the neighborhood to support preliminary design costs as they acquire and build out the site.We acted as convener for the area around the topics of community safety and small area planning, calling on and supporting the city council member to hold regular monthly meetings on community safety and managing a parking study on behalf of area businesses and real estate development projects. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO PUBLICIZE THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO REBUILD. LONGFELLOW RISING BOARD MEMBERS WERE QUOTED IN MULTIPLE NEWS STORIES IN LOCAL PAPERS, RADIO AND TV.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -86.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -45.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.