2024-05-03T10:25:07-05:00 2023-06-30 411397419 Abdo LLP 5201 Eden Ave Ste 250 Edina MN 55436 990 2022-07-01 463794535 East Side Freedom Library EAST 6512074926 1105 Greenbrier Street Saint Paul MN 55106 Saengmany Ratsabout Executive Director 6512074926 2024-05-02 1 Saengmany Ratsabout XXX-XX-XXXX 1 Steven D Anseth CPA P00552219 9528359090 2024-04-17 0 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Saengmany Ratsabout 1105 Greenbrier Street Saint Paul MN 55106 526523 0 X eastsidefreedomlibrary.org X 2013 MN East Side Freedom Library's (ESFL) mission is to inspire solidarity, advocate for justice and work towards equity for all. Founded in 2013 as an independent nonprofit organization, ESFL is a dynamic incubator for thoughts, ideas, and movements within and beyond the culturally diverse and historically rich community of the Payne-Phalen neighborhood in the East Side of Saint Paul. The organization's mission comes alive through endorsing core values that honor unique life journeys, amplify diverse voices, reinvent the library as a relevant space, ignite a living history through books and special collections, and generate new ideas and activism leading to systemic change. A crucial aspect of ESFL's mission is to address the historical narrative surrounding immigration, social movements, labor, and African American histories. 19 19 5 30 0 0 810092 491352 3260 32872 1693 2299 1100 0 816145 526523 3628 2287 0 0 128854 397071 29150 0 87675 471286 414680 632918 814038 183227 -287515 1051086 791847 223722 251998 827364 539849 X East Side Freedom Library's (ESFL) mission is to inspire solidarity, advocate for justice and work towards equity for all. 0 0 385405 2287 34471 Arts and Culture: East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) has also deepened and expanded our Cultural Work, which intersects with our Teaching and Learning and Labor and Equity work. From our very start, we have seen cultural work as a vehicle to promote our mission: "To inspire solidarity, advocate for justice, and work towards equity for all." Poetry, visual art, theater, story-telling, dance, and music, are all means for members of our communities to tell their stories and for us to listen to them. There remain challenges to in-person gatherings, we have used Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube to provide platforms for artists and writers to tell their stories and for diverse audiences to listen, watch, engage, and learn. ESFL is committed to bringing stories from the margins to the center of our awareness. Often, this work relies on partnering with diverse organizations and creating platforms for members of those organizations to share their stories. ESFL organized an artist in residence program to create arts community-driven arts events and gatherings. 62306 700 Labor & Equity: Our partnership with New Brookwood Labor College is a part of ESFL's endeavors in Labor and Equity. Its courses, Working Class History, People's Leadership, Theories of the Labor Movement, The Global Labor Movement, and Organizing Strategies, are designed and taught to enable the current generation of labor activists to develop understanding of the labor movement as one of the vehicles available to working class people in their efforts to create a more just society. In a similar vein, ESFL has organized and hosted a series of panel discussions. Our Labor Advisory group helped organized several educational programs, including the Annual Labor Solidarity Picnic, where workers across the Twin Cities come together to celebrate Labor Day as an expression of unity and solidarity. We launched our Solidarity Supper Series at ESFL as another way to create community together. We believe sharing a meal in community is a way to build relationships, create new connections, and learn from one another. 156065 0 Housing Justice: The Housing Justice program work towards our goal of bringing neighbors, community organizations like churches, various nonprofits, and district councils into conversation with one another about the challenges we all face here relating to housing inequity and injustice. The Housing Justice program was created directly out of the community, voicing the need for an alternative solution that isn't solely focused on service providers, but also the narrative-shifting conversations that are necessary for us to see real systems change happen. With a racial justice lens, focusing on issues that impact the unhoused, renters, and homeowners, the Housing Justice Program was created to confront systemic inequity in housing. 603776 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 MN X X The Organization 6512074926 1105 Greenbrier Street Saint Paul MN 55106 Rick Macpherson President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Mary Miller Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Caitlin Reid Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Isuru Herath Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Wilt Hodges Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Degner Riveros Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennings Merganthal Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Abdul Dire Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Selena Moon Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Nejaha Musse Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Meixi Ng Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tim O'Brien Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jesse Phenow Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kate Driscoll Derickson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Andrea Satter Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Becca Seidel Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sangay Taythi Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Xiong Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michelle Filkins Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Saengmany Ratsabout Executive Director 50.00 X 42401 0 0 42401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59200 432152 491352 Space Usage Fees 900099 15375 15375 Service Fees 900099 8705 8705 Other Revenue 900099 2894 2894 Merchandise Sales 900099 1351 1351 4547 4547 32872 2299 2299 526523 35171 0 0 X 2287 2287 101401 74770 18598 8033 209438 154433 38414 16591 54608 40266 10016 4326 31624 23319 5800 2505 550 550 14842 14842 283490 225307 13224 44959 17738 13890 2650 1198 32948 25923 4906 2119 9606 4860 585 4161 3523 3523 32842 24217 6023 2602 15532 11468 2883 1181 Miscellaneous expenses 3036 3036 Bank charges and fees 573 573 814038 603776 122587 87675 386352 313181 344169 223040 82750 37500 13153 335352 130379 237815 204973 1051086 791847 19222 49698 204500 202300 223722 251998 X 666664 504245 160700 35604 827364 539849 1051086 791847 -287515 0 X X 1 X 0 1 0 X 296558 405365 554392 717709 492358 2466382 12000 12000 12000 0 0 36000 308558 417365 566392 717709 492358 2502382 814 814 0 814 814 2501568 190 420 477 1693 2299 5079 190 420 477 1693 2299 5079 308748 417785 566869 719402 494657 2507461 0.99760 0.99180 0.00200 0.00130 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 60800 48485 12315 274552 81894 192658 204973 526523 0 526523 0 526523 814038 0 814038 0 814038 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is reviewed by management and then the finance committee. The Form 990 is distributed to the board prior to filing, and is approved by the board at a meeting before or after the filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c At the start of each board meeting, any conflicts of interest related to items on the agenda are disclosed. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization's financial statements and other documents are made available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Communication Fees: Program service expenses 22,871. Management and general expenses 5,689. Fundraising expenses 2,457. Total expenses 31,017. Outside Contracted Services: Program service expenses 38,929. Management and general expenses 5,620. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 44,549. Library Staff: Program service expenses 45,185. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 45,185. Artist Fees: Program service expenses 26,215. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,215. Payroll Process Fee: Program service expenses 1,306. Management and general expenses 325. Fundraising expenses 140. Total expenses 1,771. Advisory Community Stipends: Program service expenses 2,733. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,733. Consulting Fees: Program service expenses 6,394. Management and general expenses 1,590. Fundraising expenses 687. Total expenses 8,671. Partnership Fees: Program service expenses 79,052. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 79,052. Book Purchases: Program service expenses 2,622. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,622. Other Professional Fees: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 41,675. Total expenses 41,675. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g: Contracted library staff, contracted communication services, succession consulting services, and program consultants and artists related to restricted funding. Form 990, Part III, Line 2c: The process has not changed from the prior year.