Minnesota · Nonprofit
WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION
WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,178,496 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($760,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What West Side Citizens Organization does
Mission
See schedule o.the west side community organization sustains the people of the west side to build community power and to advance more just and equitable community. Wsco also serves as the planning council for st. Paul's district 3 (zip code 55107). Wsco envisions a just, united, self-reliant west side where all of our people are connected, safe, healthy, and successful.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Yes. The hummingbird initiative is a multi-tiered program launched in fall of 2025 in response to the operation metro surge in the state of mn and our neighborhood. We have trained over 700 resident constitutional observers within 55107, equipping a layered rapid response network. This network primarily supports directly impacted residents, and small businesses. Through the hummingbird initative we have been able to build a broader 55107 area network of nonprofits, and for profits collaborating on mutual aide and direct support; including food, personal supplies, transportation, medical care, and legal support.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
See schedule o.program - west side vitalityour long-term vision is a culturally & economically vibrant west side where residents have pathways for democratic participation & tools for self-determination. We envision a neighborhood where residents can afford to live, earn family-sustaining wages, and experience amenities that reflect and celebrate their cultural assets.under this umbrella of west side vitality in 2025; wsco hosted west side voices forums where community came together to break bread, and share insights, build relationships and participate in our hyper local democratic process of organizing on quality of life issues on the west side. In 2025 the voices forums were held in strategic pockets of the neighborhood with 40+ participants at each forum.program - robert street accountability taskforcein 2025 wsco established a cross-sector task force to ensure community accountability, mitigate harm, and prevent displacement before, during, and after the reconstruction of robert street. This model centers residents and locally owned businesses in real-time problem-solving and shared decision-making tied to public investment. Through organizing and public testimony, the task…
$546,248 spent$1,200 earned by the program100% of program spendingProgram - west side flats to the futurein 2025, wsco celebrated with the first families to receive the inheritance fund a form of repair from the displacement of the ws flats. Building on wsco's work started in 2023, when wsco commissioned research in action to quantify the immediate and long-term impacts of the displacement of over 2,100 families were displaced off the flats. We gathered the stories of the descendants, publishing an extensive report that, for the first time, publicly acknowledged the magnitude of this loss. The report concluded with community-driven recommendations to chart a course for meaningful repair and prevent further erasure of the west side's cultural assets and legacies. Our efforts here are ongoing. Wsco continues to organize with families directly affected by the displacement of the ws flats. Program - west side 10 year planin 2025 wsco engaged residents on the creation of the next 10 year plan for the west side neighborhood. This included multiple stakeholder listening sessions, community engagement in multiple languages, and a range of listening sessions of elders, and youth. The engagement process spanned over the summer of 2025. With robust data…
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $546,248.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $288k to $1.2M (+301%).
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: 2019 41% · 2020 31% · 2021 6% · 2022 21% · 2023 10% · 2024 10% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Monica Bravo
Executive director
Board chair
Jessica Klimisch
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $11k → $688k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 100% · 2019 42% · 2020 16% · 2021 56% · 2022 49% · 2023 38% — 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
31% of WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
97% of WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $443k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION?
- WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,178,496 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($760,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $3,178,496 in grants to WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST SIDE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION 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.
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 22 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing