Memorialize the Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863217004
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
7736109224
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,909
Expenses
$176,571
Assets
$12,610
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jaleesa Kelly (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jaleesa Kelly (Executive Director)
  • Alessia Guzman-Huaman (Secretary)
  • Manuel Holley (Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Memorialize the Movement (MTM) is a living archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and activating the plywood protest murals that were created during the Minneapolis Uprising of 2020 and beyond. By providing space for youth, artists, and our BIPOC community to heal, reflect, and learn, MTM seeks to address the issues of police brutality, community safety, and representation for Black and Brown creatives and conservationists.

What it reported doing in 2023

In October 2023, Memorialize the Movement successfully moved the 1000+ murals in our collections to our new headquarters at 3140 Snelling Avenue S Minneapolis. In February 2024 we began professionally photographing each mural in our stewardship as part of a year-long archiving project which resulted in the publication of our first printed catalog of murals. Then in May 2024 we hosted our 4th annual Justice for George event at our HQ, featuring murals from the minneapolis uprising, a panel discussion, documentary film screening, 6 live musicians, food and art vendors, and 4 BIPOC women muralists who painted a 40ft mural on the facade of our headquarters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: -2.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -41.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $177K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.