Pillsbury United Communities

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o.social enterprises - pillsbury united communities operated 8 social enterprises as workforce development strategies that also meet an important community need. They include: north market community grocery store employing 20+ individuals and serving 2500 customers weekly in an area of north minneapolis designated as a food desert; sisterhood boutique resale shop employing 25 youth interns and providing hundreds of community members with access to culturally appropriate, low cost clothing; krsm radio low power fm community radio station training 51 hosts who provided programming in 6 languages to thousands of listeners; north news community newspaper employing summer 13 youth interns and highlighting underheard stories of minneapolis' northside to a circulation of 10,000; breaking ice theatre based inclusion and belonging training employing 40 theatre artists to deliver performances to more than 7500 people; full cycle bike shop employing 12 unhoused young people to learn bike mechanics, supplying bikes to 200+ unhoused young people, and providing connections to resources through street outreach to more than 850 youth; pillsbury house theatre employing over 200 artists and playing to 2500+ audience members through an economically accessible pick-your-price ticket model; and pillsbury early education center below market rate arts infused early education for 12 toddlers and 20 preschoolers with a 100% ready for kindergarten track record.social service programs - pillsbury united communities has been implementing bedrock social service programs for 147 years to support individuals and families in gaining access to critical resources, to provide opportunities for individuaols and families to develop skills and talents, and to foster connections and weave networks that build community power. Program areas include: food systems serving 1400 hot meals per week through 3 cafe locations, moving 1.6 million pounds of food through 2 food shelves, rescuing hundreds of pounds of food and delivering it to youth serving homeless shelters, and growing fresh produce through a year-round hydroponic farm and multiple outdoor gardens; community health serving 600+ elders in the cedar-riverside and near north neighborhoods in living well with chronic conditions, providing navigation services in multiple languages to 1500+ community members, immigrant women's advocacy assisting 150 participants experiencing domestic abuse with safety planning and emergency resources, access to legal aid 3 days per week in 2 locations, lead intensive case management for 60 people at risk of being incarcerated due to underlying conditions associated with long term poverty, along with health fairs, health screenings, flu shot clinics and opioid and substance abuse education and prevention; youth development career and future readiness programs supporting 540 total young people in futhering their education and workforce readiness, 62 young people in the fans program graduted from high school and earned scholarships for college, 112 youth completed internships in 7 content areas, and 171 youth participated in enrichment activities through 9 partner schools; community engagement bringing hundreds of people together to make connections, and develop and move community developed agendas through events like the cedar riverside multicultural dinner, the inside out chicago avenue block party, the oak park juneteenth celebration and the waite house harvest dinner. Systems initiatives - justice built communities a community economic development initiative of pillsbury united communities maintained 7 properties in north minneapolis acquired between 2020 and 2023 while fundraising to support community driven redevelopment. The pillsbury united communities office of public charter schools authorized 16 schools serving over 9000 k-12 students with innovative educational models such as stem and experiential learning. Policy initiatives included voter education and engage

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 78.8%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $22.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -18.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings