Program areas at West Bank Business Association
District marketing & events- hosted open streets block party event august 2024 featuring local businesses, 4 stages of music and theater, a camel, a wiener dog race, as well as games and activities.- installed mural on the heavily graffitied darul quba building on the blue line light rail station.- hosted 20 weeks of free arts and music in a blighted lot off cedar avenue and began work designing a "shade sculpture".- videotaped footage of events and conversations with Business owners for a West Bank marketing video.- hosted fall West Bank bike ride for visitors and residents.- ran district clean ups.
Technical assistance and outreach- piloted cultural mall extreme makeover program to assist mall tenants with organizing and merchandising.- provided over 500 hours of direct technical assistance to businesses, about 74% of businesses receiving assistance were immigrant businesses and 59% were women businesses.- distributed over $50,000 in faade grant funds. 100% went to immigrant owned businesses.- assisted in securing over $500,000 in direct grant funds for local businesses.- we awarded $5,000 in West Bank cares grants to individuals and organizations showing care for the community.
Safety & youth engagement- hired youth affected by homeless and addiction to install gardens in blighted lot and assist with 20 weeks of free arts and music and weekly homelessness resource fair.- coordinated a weekly homelessness resource fair.- gave youth stipends to work with muralists and other artsists on public art projects.- installed and painted a shed for programming materials.- hosted 4 free workshops offering cardboard based creative games to the public.
Dania hall engagement- educated the community about community ownership options and about options for the development of the dania hall site.- hosted an end of year meeting and collected surveys to listen to community regarding the site.collaborationswe helped sponsor several community events including the multicultural dinner, women's night out, and youth council programs.
Who funds West Bank Business Association
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at West Bank Business Association
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Kj Starr | Executive Director | $31,416 | 2023-07-17 |
| Susannah Dodge | Treasurer | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Josh Schuder | Chair | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Merrie Benasutti | Secretary | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Joshua Schuder-Tsai | Board Chair | | 2021-05-14 |
| ...and 4 more key personnel |
Financials for West Bank Business Association
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $283,302 | $168,142 | 68.5% |
| Program services | $2,793 | $15 | 18520% |
| Investment income and dividends | $2,251 | $5 | 44920% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $633 | $0 | 999% |
| Total revenues | $288,979 | $168,162 | 71.8% |
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Data update history
August 26, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990EZ for fiscal year 2022
August 24, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
July 15, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 5, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsBusiness and community development organizationsCharities
Issues
Community improvement
Characteristics
MembershipsPartially liquidatedReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 1501 S 4th St
- Minneapolis, MN 55454
- Metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- County
- Hennepin County, MN
- Website URL
- thewestbank.org/Â
- Phone
- (612) 470-7693
IRS details
- EIN
- 41-1694119
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1987
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- S20: Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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