Push for Prosperity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934855698
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
Phone
9527373707
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$392,995
Expenses
$391,696
Assets
$26,350
Liabilities
$21,079

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • OSE SESAY (EXECUTIVE DI): $110,661 total reported compensation
  • TENNEH OGBEMUDIA (TREASURER): $13,578 total reported compensation
  • AUDIA YOUNG (SECRETARY): $4,495 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Push for prosperity is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the economic, social, and cultural well-being of underserved communities locally, nationally, and globally. Through intentional, community-centered efforts, we work to remove barriers to opportunity, empower individuals, and support pathways to long-term self-sufficiency.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pipe program empowering bipoc & immigrant professionals and entrepreneurs the pipe program, led by push for prosperity, is a transformative initiative designed to bridge opportunity gaps for professionals of color and immigrant professionals as well as aspiring entrepreneurs. Our program provides targeted support, helping participants succeed in the american workforce and entrepreneurial landscape. Key features: workforce integration: a six-week virtual core program offering assessments, legal guidance, work readiness training, coaching, and job search support. Job placement: collaboration with partners like the Minnesota department of transportation and medtronic to secure long-term employment for skilled immigrant professionals. Entrepreneurship support: workshops and mentorship programs to help start-ups and existing businesses grow, with a goal of working with 75 new businesses and creating over 40 new jobs in 18 months. Impact: -promotes local economic development. -fosters a diverse and inclusive business ecosystem. -advances social equity through strategic partnerships and community engagement. Through the pipe program, push for prosperity is driving positive change and creating lasting opportunities for underserved communities. The african youth empowerment project is a hands-on learning initiative that helps young people build the skills and confidence they need to succeed in life, work, and leadership. In this program, students participate in interactive sessions designed to be practical, culturally relevant, and youth-centered. Core topics include: -college & career readiness -financial literacy -entrepreneurship -leadership development the program goes beyond teaching, it supports each participant through mentorship, tailored guidance, and access to real opportunities that fuel long-term success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 35
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 25%; rating input score 25; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 91.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 159% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.2% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $370K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.