Our mission ...

to provide emergency shelter, short term housing and support services for homeless youth in a safe and nurturing environment.  Through such service, Avenues seeks to help youth achieve their personal goals and find a positive transition into young adulthood.

Financial Information

Avenues for Homeless Youth is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation. Its tax-exempt status as a charitable organization means that Avenues is exempt from income and property taxes, and that contributions from donors are tax-deductible.

The Avenues Board of Directors ensures that the organization has an independent audit completed annually of its financial reports. Click here for the audit for fiscal years ending June 30, 2008 and 2009.

The organization annual files a Form 990 tax return with the Internal Revenue Service, with a copy to the Minnesota Attorney General. Click her for Avenues' Form 990 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.

For more information about Avenues' financial performance, please call Deborah Loon at 612-522-1690.

Contributors

Avenues for Homeless Youth relies on a combination of financial support of its programs from government grants and contracts (45%) and private foundations, corporate foundations and individuals (55%).

Government Contracts and Grants:

• Hennepin County -- services contract, $104,860 per year -- July 2008-June 2012
• Hennepin Country Group Residential Housing (amount varies with client demographics)
• State of Minnesota - Emergency Shelter Grant Program, Runaway & Homeless Youth Act, and Transitional Housing Program, $79,250 for 2009-10 and $59,250 for 2010-11.
• US Department of Health and Human Services - Basic Center Grant, $100,000 per year for 2007-10

Recent Foundation Grants to Support Avenues General Operations:

• McKnight Foundation -- $120,000 for 2 years
• Target Foundation -- $60,000
• Otto Brember Foundation -- $40,000 (08-09)
• Pohlad Family Foundation -- $37,000
• Bush Foundaiton -- $30,000
• Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation -- $50,000 for 2 years
• Beverly Foundation & Ronald Family Fingerhut Foundation -- $13,500
• Charlson Foundation -- $10,000
• Open Your Heart to the Hungry & Homeless Foundation (furniture) -- $10,000
• Sauer Children's Renew Foundation -- $10,000
• Turner Family Foundation  -- $10,000
• Hugh J. Andersen Foundation -- $8,000
• Jag Corp of Bloomington Jefferson High School - $8,000
• Pediatric Home Services (mental health counseling) -- $6,000
• Edina Realty Foundation -- $5,000 (GO) and $500 (landscaping)
• Jay & Rose Phillips Foundation (technology) -- $5,520
• Minnesota Rollergirls, LLC -- $5,325
• First Unitarian Society -- $5,100
• Luther Replogle Family Foundation -- $5,000
• Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Foundation -- $5,000
• Cub Cares Foundation -- $2,000
• RBC Wealth Management -- $2,000

Recent Foundation Grants to Support the GLBT Host Home Program:

• AHS Foundation -- $15,000
• Metro HHM Fund, formerly Partners Fund -- $10,000
• John Larsen Foundation -- $8,000
• Alan Braun Foundation -- $5,000 pledged December 2009
• PFund -- $5,000 awarded December 2009

2009 Individual Contributions to Support Avenues' General Operations:

$1,000 and above --

Anonymous, Frank Babka, Conee Biggs and Carol Meeter, Peter and Martha Eckerline, Darrell Ellsworth, David and Sue Finstrom, Daniel Homolka and Becky Lokken, Janet Kampf, Judith Krow and David Macmillan, Timothy and Roberta O'Hara, Susan Wingert and Jan Mattson.

$500 to $999 --

Gordon Apple and Susan Thornton, David and Yvonne Blanchard, Laura and David Clements, Jean-Marie Ebrahimi, Shawn Gensch, Brian Gilligan and Steve Pospisil, Teresa and Mark Mazella, Connell and Eve Smith, Sharon Van Dyck and Richard Kelber, Anne Workman.

$250 to $499 --

Leslie Baken and Michael Schock, Robert Brandt and Rich Seaver, Eric Gilseth, Lois Hall, M.D. and Anja Curiskis, Kelly Jeaneta and Dan Willenbring, Joan Kennedy, Steven Landberg, Deborah Loon, Rolland and Ella Loon, Mike and Ella Pelican, Seema and Venu Pothini, Kathleen Searls and Daniel Rybeck, Patricia Svendsen and Doreen Sazenski, Jane and Steven Tighe.

$100 to $249 --

Karen and Donald Anderson, Kevin Arnold, Tim Baldoni, Michelle and Neville Basman, Steven and Nancy Birth, Jason and Rebekah Brandvold, Dave and Marie Campbell, Heather Carlson, Nancy Chapman, Jancis Curiskis and Sara Weiner, David and Margaret Devendorf, Britt DeVore, Laura Eiklenborg, John Eisberg and Susan Kline, John and Jeanine Farrell, Edward and Faye Feinstein, Larry and Toni Forsland, Beverly Gaspard-Mills, Tim Johnson, John and Deborah Kephart, William and Mary Jo Kinney, Andrew Koebrick and Christine Douglas, Nate and Laura Maring, Thomas Moran, Edward Murphy, Kate Nilan and Chris Vaughn-Uding, Daren Nyquist, Kevein Overson, Doris Pagelkopf, Steven and Kathleen Peterson, Susan Ritter, Shirley Roullard, Kari Ruth, Patrick Schreier, Barbara Schubring and Molly Morton, Steven Schumeister, Jason Schwengels, Michael and Tonia Shupien, Kerwin Stenzel, Danielle Whitney, Patricia Yoedicke.

Up to $99 --

Alam Mehraz, John and Rebecca Allison, James Anderson, Kathi Anderson, Linda Banks and Charles Miller, Bonnie Blake, Jerry Blankenship, Kristen Bluhm, Janet Brahier, Kathryn and George Brelje, Charolette Brooker and Gene Mammenga, Suzann Brown, David Bush, Erin Campbell, Corey Cantrell, Michael Cariolano, David Cole, Nancy Conley, Nan and Glenn Corliss, Julie Cornick, Nicole Crumpton, Juris and Elizabeth Curiskis, Bobbi Jo Davidson, Michelle and Jeffrey Davis, Jenelle Dehmlow, Anthony Deos, Senator Scott Dibble, Eric Edwardson, Judith and Steven Emmings, Bruce Franck, Nancy Galas, Kristin Garwick, Barbara Gilliand, Katherine and Robert Goodale, Lynn Guggemos and Kymberlie Chase, Tracy Hanson, Marie and Joseph Hauser, Senator Linda Higgins, Donna Hodgens, Elizabeth Hogan, Howard Bruhn, Kaitlin Johnson, Wayne and Sarah Johnson, Raleigh and Jeffrey Karatz, Ruth Keely, Michele Kelm-Helgen, Kate Kline, Carol Koepp, Jenna Krings, Shirley Kulevsky, Deanna Lackaff, Julie and Maury Landsman, Luisha Laureano, Lance LaVine, Marcia Leussler, Natalie Levin, Mike Lewis, Susan Mastry, Clark Mattson, Craig Mattson, Jane McBride and Jennifer Nagel, Teresa and Gary McClain, Christine and Timothy McGinty, Charlotte and Gordon Miller, Jomarie Morris, Maxine and Robert Mundt, Jon Munoz, David Nelson, Sue and John Nelson, Al Oertwig, Kim O'Keefe, Betty Olson, Natalie and Terry Ostrom, Joe Otto, Anothony Otto, Julia Petersen, Dorothy and Richard Pitheon, Andy Platto, Senator Lawrence Pogemiller, Phillip Reames, Ethel Reinharz, Greg Rising, Amanda and Brett Roe, Robert and Wendy Rubinyi, Cristi Rumpza, Janine Savina, Winnie White-Scherber, Linda and Leonard Schloff, Corey Schmitt, Mary Schneider, Paul and Sally Schumacher, Amy Score, David and Renee Segal, Emily Shannon, Mary Shellum, Thomas Sinas, Jacob Sirek, Catherine Skinner, Malea Stenzel, Deborah and Jeffrey Sugerman, Thomas Taintor, R.J. Teresi and C.L. Wiehle, Stephanie Thompsen, Steven Throndson, Paula Westmoreland, Stephanie Wigg, Jeffrey Winston, Marvin and Eylane Wolfenson, Maida Zimmerman.

2009 Individual Contributors to Support GLBT Host Home Program:

$1,000 and above --

Anonymous, Alan Braun, John Larsen, David Piper, Jacqueline White and Marcus Waterbury.

$500 to $999 --

Russell Cowles, Teresa and Mark Manzella, Phyllis Wiener and Shayna Berkowitz.

$250 to $499 --

Eve Borenstein, Eric Gilseth, Owen Marciano, Patricia Svendsen and Doreen Dazenski, Elizabeth Tisel.

$100 to $249 --

Tim Baldoni, Candace and Terry Birk, Janet Bystrom and Amy Mickek, Mark Clark, Commissoner Gail Dorfman, Robb Doser, Nancy and Michael Einan, William Fehrenbach and Lee Anderson, Collin Foulds, Jose Gonzalez, Aaron Gordon and Michael Shmagin, Autumn Huiras, Tyone and Gregory LaDouceur, Jeanne Moynihan, Curt Nelson and Eric Swanson, Jane and Michael Nilan, Kate Nilan and Chris Vaughn-Uding, Catharine Reid, Neil Ritchie and Jean Johnson, Jessica Rosenberg, Ashley Schuman, Jordan Sramek, Russell Stephens, John Sullivan.

Up to $99 --

Allison Albritton, Mike Barry and Matt Griffin, Jessica Barry, Myrl Beam and Katherine Eubank, Richard Burbach and Russ Stephens, Keith Cheetham, Susan Cogger, Nancy Cusack, Kelly Gamble, Marion Greene, Luz Hernandez Aguilar and Teresa Hanratty, Raymond and Jo-Anne Hogard, Amy Johnson, Luke and Sarah Lockhart, Laura Matanah, Laurie McKendry, Dawn Mikkelson, Nicole Mills, Randy Miranda, Al Oertwig, Curt Prins, David Reiling, Todd Reubold and Veronika Torarp, Jo-Anne Stately, Denise Windenburg and Jill Schwimmer.