CITIZENS FOR A LORING PARK COMMUNITY
EIN 41-1676234 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S21Z)
What they do
As 2024 Began, We Continued to See Our Organization and The Neighborhood Businesses Slowly Come Back From COVID, Civil Unrest, Violence, and Property Damage. We Continued to See Businesses Vacate and Commercial Spaces Remain Vacant. The City Launched An Artists In Vacant Storefront Program That We Promoted & Supported. We Had Four Annual Outdoor Neighborhood Events In 2024: (1) Information Tables At The Loring Park Art Festival (2) Information Tables At Twin Cities PRIDE. (3) We Organized The 3rd Peace In The World Concert. Minneapolis Has A Large Ukrainian Population, and Loring Park Has A Large Russian Population. This Afternoon Concert Featured Local Ukrainian and Russian Bands, JD Steele, and Mill City Singers. There Are Many Videos and Photos On Our Neighborhood Facebook Page. (4) The 2024 National Nite Out Event Was Hosted By The Womans Club of Minneapolis With Food Donated & Served In Individual Packaging By INVOLVE MN and Water and Soda Provided By The 19 Bar. Live Music Was Fe
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Of every $100 spent, about $82.80 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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They name their leaders9 people are listed in the latest report.
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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $27,475 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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JANA METGEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEX HELLERBOARD MEMBER
BUBBA THURNBOARD MEMBER
DIANE CONNORVICE PRESIDENT
JOHN VAN HEELBOARD MEMBER
LEE FRELICHPRESIDENT
NORMAN KULBABOARD MEMBER
RYO HAMASAKIBOARD MEMBER
TERRI ASHMORETREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1993
- Location
- 1645 Hennepin Ave South No 204, Minneapolis, MN 55403
- County
- Hennepin
- In care of
- Lee Frelich
- Primary officer
- Lee Frelich, President
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BWK ROGERS PC
- NTEE classification
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building (S21Z)
- IRS tax category
- Civic and Social Organizations