Minnesota · Nonprofit
ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC
ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,945,205 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($381,312). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What St Louis Park Emergency Program Inc does
Mission
Step responds to our neighbors in need by providing access to vital services that foster stability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In july 2023, step resumed the full clothing program that had been suspended in march 2020 due to the pandemic. During the intervening years, step still distributed clothes (winter coats and baby clothes). But the no-cost shopping experience resumed at the beginning of this fiscal year.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Food shelf program provides food and personal products in community members in need of assistance. During this fiscal year, step distributed 476,107 pounds of food among 5,998 household food shelf visits. There were individual food shelf visits with the average size of 2.7 people per household. An average of 29 pounds of food was distributed to each individual during each visit to the food shelf. The kosher food program served 47 individuals.
$1,616,956 spentof which $945,819 as grants78% of program spendingEmergency financial assistance is provided for eligible housing and other essential life expenses. The program is also referred to as the homelessness prevention program due to its primary purpose. During this fiscal year, $67,955 was distributed to 56 households.
$138,433 spentof which $67,955 as grants7% of program spendingHoliday program supplied food and grocery certificates to eligible families to enable them to fully participate in holiday traditions. During november and december, 168 hams, 180 whole turkeys, and 20 turkey breasts were distributed. Step's holiday toy drive supplied gifts and/or gift certificates to families of 772 children.
$80,424 spentof which $49,676 as grants4% of program spendingSocial work services are provided in the context of each program. Clients can contact professional social workers and caseworkers for no-cost advice and support. For in-person food shelf visits, staff provide clients with access to crisis counseling, general support and guidance, advocacy, and referral to medical, mental health, childcare, job readiness, and other services. During this fiscal year, step had 13,104 household client contacts and made 825 referrals.transportation program hired drivers to assist clients in accessing healthcare, social service and other essential appointments. Step provided 166 rides to 31 individuals during the year. Step made 818 food deliveries to households who are homebound.bus and gas certificates totaling $2,750 were distributed to help 206 individuals and families with transportation needs identified under social service plans.back to school program distributed required school supplies and related items to eligible students to ensure all community students are fully equipped to start the school year. Step provided backpacks to 474 children and custom school supplies kits to 534 children.clothes closet is a no-cost program that provides clients…
$226,217 spentof which $137,202 as grants11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,062,030.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $3.9M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 4% · 2019 8% · 2020 29% · 2021 47% · 2022 10% · 2023 14% · 2024 12% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $66k → $479k.
19 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 31% · 2019 18% · 2020 11% · 2021 16% · 2022 12% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.0M that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC?
- ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,945,205 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($381,312). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $2,945,205 in grants to ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $381,312 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 59 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing