2024-09-06T08:19:48-04:00 2023-12-31 823893341 NIETZ TAX & ACCOUNTING LLC 2020 2ND ST SW ROCHESTER MN 55902 990EZ 2023-01-01 411989208 ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER ROCH 5075294150 4001 WEST RIVER PKWY NW SUITE 100 ROCHESTER MN 55901 CRAIG NICKELS VICE PRESIDENT 5075294150 2024-09-05 true WILLIAM A NIETZ P00050930 5072850398 2024-09-06 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X WWW.RNEIGHBORS.ORG X X 74165 X 74165 74165 79894 1870 42 30785 112591 -38426 97469 -793 58250 X 100310 60900 100310 60900 2841 2650 97469 58250 X TO EMPOWER CITIZEN LEADERS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS THAT PROMOTE A VIBRANT, HEALTHY, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS (NAS): ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT IN 2001, RNEIGHBORS WORKS TO BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO KEEP THEIR ORGANIZATIONS STRONG AND HEALTHY. EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WORK TOWARDS GETTING NEIGHBORS OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO INTERACT AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS. IN 2023, THERE WERE CURRENTLY 29 REGISTERED NAS IN ROCHESTER. WELCOME TO THE LATEST GROUPS TO ORGANIZE IN 2023, INCLUDING THE BRAND NEW NORTHERN HEIGHTS PARK NA. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON HIATUS, THE HISTORIC SW AND WASHINGTON NAS WERE REORGANIZED AND HELD SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN 2023.THE REGISTERED ASSOCIATION (NA) BOUNDARIES REPRESENT AT LEAST 20,748 HOUSEHOLDS OF THE ESTIMATED 39,450 RESIDENTIAL PARCELS IN ROCHESTER.IN SHORT, RNEIGHBORS PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR OVER HALF(52%) OF THE RESIDENCES IN ROCHESTER. IN ADDITION, RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR NONREGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS SUCH AS THE MEADOW PARK INITIATIVE. RNEIGHBORS CONTINUES TO FACILITATE THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 29 DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS. THE MISSION OF THIS GROUP IS TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND GIVE NEIGHBORHOODS A COLLECTIVE VOICE. ONE ITEM WE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WANTED TIME TO JUST BE SOCIAL, LEARN FROM OTHERS IN THEIR POSITIONS AND GET TO KNOW THE RNEIGHBORS BOARD MEMBERS. 47357 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS: RNEIGHBORS HAS OFFERED NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS SINCE 2015. THERE WERE 13 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS (NPG) AWARDED IN 2023, COMPARED TO ONLY 4 IN 2022. PROJECTS RANGED FROM BOOKS AND CHURROS FOR A DAY OF THE DEAD PARTY AT OAK TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE LOWERTOWNFEST EVENT, WHICH INCLUDED A DRUM CIRCLE AND DUNK TANK. 17455 A LITTER BIT BETTER(LBB)(EST.2007): RNEIGHBORS SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT TO LBB AND PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF ROCHESTER AND MANY OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS PROGRAM. STARTED IN 2007, THIS CITY-WIDE LITTER CLEANUP PROGRAM IS COMPLETED DURING WEEK ONE IN APRIL. LBB ENJOYS PARTICIPATION ACROSS MANY SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING SCHOOLS, SERVICE AND FAITH GROUPS, SCOUT TROOPS, BUSINESSES AND OF COURSE, ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOODS. PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT BUILD COMMUNITY TIES AND REINFORCE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. 2023 WAS THE 16TH ANNUAL LITTER BIT BETTER EVENT AND 7 TONS OR 14,000 POUNDS OF LITTER WAS COLLECTED BY 183 VOLUNTEERS. THIS INCLUDED 800 POUNDS OF TIRES AND 600 POUNDS OF METAL FROM DITCHES AND WATERWAYS. 12487 RCOLORFUL CORNERS (EST. 2007): RCOLORFUL CORNERS EMPOWERS ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE COLORFUL STREET MURALS, TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACE INTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS THAT NEIGHBORS TAKE PRIDE IN. IN SPRING 2023 THE SLATTERLY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERED WITH RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY TO GIVE A FRESH COAT OF STREET PAINT TO THEIR MURAL. THE 120 VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP COMPLETED THE JOB IN THREE HOURS. PARTNERS IN THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE THE CITY OF ROCHESTER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND STRUVE'S PAINT. RNEIGHBORWOODS: RNEIGHBORWOODS EMPOWERS AND EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY TO GROW A SUSTAINABLE URBAN FOREST, BENEFITING THE HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOODS. THROUGH THE TEAMWORK OF RNEIGHBORWOODS SINCE 2004, WE HAVE UTILIZED 7,577 VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT 8,338 BOULEVARD TREES. IN THE SPRING OF 2023, 125 VOLUNTEERS HELPED GET 107 TREES IN SOIL AROUND MLK PARK IN THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN 2024, THIS GROUP WILL RETURN TO PRE- PANDEMIC NUMBERS AND HOST A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING IN THE SPRING AND FALL. CHALK THE BLOCK (EST. 2020): ON A 93 DEGREE SEPTEMBER 30TH DAY, 35 ARTISTS, INCLUDING 10 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN CHALKING MURALS IN PARKING LOT SPACES AT GRAHAM PARK. THE CHALK THE BLOCK FESTIVAL PROVIDED AN ATMOSPHERE TO UNITE CITIZENS, CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND 45 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED, INCLUDING 30 MAYO HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB STUDENTS. AT THE END OF THE STEAMY DAY, OVER 4,335 FEET OF ASPHALT WAS FILLED WITH POETRY AND CHALK ART. THE GOAL OF THIS EVENT WAS FOR CITIZENS TO CONNECT ACROSS ROCHESTER AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH CREATING POETRY AND SIDEWALK CHALK MURALS WITH THE THEME OF CREATING MEMORABLE CONNECTIONS. MINNESOTA YOUTH WATER SAFETY(EST. 2023): THE FISHES'N APPLES PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2019 IN OAK TERRACE/PARKSIDE, A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK WITH A POOL IN SE ROCHESTER.IT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED BY AN RNEIGHBORS NPG. IN THIS LOW-INCOME HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SNAP-ED REALIZED A WAY TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE WAS THROUGH SWIM LESSONS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. FROM 2019-2023 THIS PROGRAM EDUCATED 75 STUDENTS. IN LATE 2023, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF ROCHESTER PARKS AND RECREATION, ROCHESTER ORCA'S SWIM CLUB, THE SNAP-ED PROGRAM OF U OF M EXTENSION, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RECEIVED A 23,000 MINNESOTA YOUTH WATER SAFETY GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPLICATE THIS PROGRAM. THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW 165 LOW-INCOME AND AT-RISK CHILDREN AGES 5-18 TO LEARN FROM A TESTED AND PROVEN COMBINATION OF SWIMMING AND WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION WITH A DASH OF HEALTH EDUCATION. RNEIGHBORS IS THRILLED TO PARTNER IN THIS EMPOWERMENT EFFORT FOR ROCHESTER YOUTH. 7612 84911 TARYN EDENS PAST PRESIDE 2.00 0 JEFF ELLERBUSCH TREASURER 2.00 0 LAKEN JEFFERSON SCRIBE 2.00 0 MICHELLE NESTLER PRESIDENT 2.00 0 CRAIG NICKELS VICE PRESIDE 2.00 0 RENE HALASY EXECUTIVE DI 50.00 64273 KELLY CORBIN DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MARY GORFINE DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MICHAEL LAPLANTE DIRECTOR 1.00 0 AARON STELPFLUG DIRECTOR 1.00 0 MARY PATTERSON-LUNDGREN DIRECTOR 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false MN RENE HALASY 4001 WEST RIVER PKWY SUITE 100 ROCHESTER MN 55901 5072440451 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 120599 185192 103248 107141 74165 590345 120599 185192 103248 107141 74165 590345 590345 590345 1639 1.00000 1.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES OFFICE 1,058 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1,113 INSURANCE 2,926 BOARD EXPENSES 2,713 CONTINUING EDUCATION 1,511 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 966 DIRECT PROGRAM SERV EXP 20,426 PARKING 47 TAXES & LICENSES 25 TOTAL 30,785 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20 DECREASES IN TEMP RESTRICTED NET ASSETS -793 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 FIXED ASSETS 8,054 8,054 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 8,054 8,054 PREPAID EXPENSES 0 0 TOTAL 0 0 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 2,841 2,650 FORM 990-EZ, PART III TO EMPOWER CITIZEN LEADERS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS THAT PROMOTE A VIBRANT, HEALTHY, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS (NAS): ESTABLISHED AS A NONPROFIT IN 2001, RNEIGHBORS WORKS TO BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO KEEP THEIR ORGANIZATIONS STRONG AND HEALTHY. EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WORK TOWARDS GETTING NEIGHBORS OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO INTERACT AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS. IN 2023, THERE WERE CURRENTLY 29 REGISTERED NAS IN ROCHESTER. WELCOME TO THE LATEST GROUPS TO ORGANIZE IN 2023, INCLUDING THE BRAND NEW NORTHERN HEIGHTS PARK NA. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON HIATUS, THE HISTORIC SW AND WASHINGTON NAS WERE REORGANIZED AND HELD SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN 2023.THE REGISTERED ASSOCIATION (NA) BOUNDARIES REPRESENT AT LEAST 20,748 HOUSEHOLDS OF THE ESTIMATED 39,450 RESIDENTIAL PARCELS IN ROCHESTER.IN SHORT, RNEIGHBORS PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR OVER HALF(52%) OF THE RESIDENCES IN ROCHESTER. IN ADDITION, RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR NONREGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS SUCH AS THE MEADOW PARK INITIATIVE. RNEIGHBORS CONTINUES TO FACILITATE THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 29 DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS. THE MISSION OF THIS GROUP IS TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND GIVE NEIGHBORHOODS A COLLECTIVE VOICE. ONE ITEM WE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WANTED TIME TO JUST BE SOCIAL, LEARN FROM OTHERS IN THEIR POSITIONS AND GET TO KNOW THE RNEIGHBORS BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS: RNEIGHBORS HAS OFFERED NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS SINCE 2015. THERE WERE 13 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT GRANTS (NPG) AWARDED IN 2023, COMPARED TO ONLY 4 IN 2022. PROJECTS RANGED FROM BOOKS AND CHURROS FOR A DAY OF THE DEAD PARTY AT OAK TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE LOWERTOWNFEST EVENT, WHICH INCLUDED A DRUM CIRCLE AND DUNK TANK. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 A LITTER BIT BETTER(LBB)(EST.2007): RNEIGHBORS SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT TO LBB AND PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF ROCHESTER AND MANY OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS PROGRAM. STARTED IN 2007, THIS CITY-WIDE LITTER CLEANUP PROGRAM IS COMPLETED DURING WEEK ONE IN APRIL. LBB ENJOYS PARTICIPATION ACROSS MANY SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING SCHOOLS, SERVICE AND FAITH GROUPS, SCOUT TROOPS, BUSINESSES AND OF COURSE, ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOODS. PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT BUILD COMMUNITY TIES AND REINFORCE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. 2023 WAS THE 16TH ANNUAL LITTER BIT BETTER EVENT AND 7 TONS OR 14,000 POUNDS OF LITTER WAS COLLECTED BY 183 VOLUNTEERS. THIS INCLUDED 800 POUNDS OF TIRES AND 600 POUNDS OF METAL FROM DITCHES AND WATERWAYS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 RCOLORFUL CORNERS (EST. 2007): RCOLORFUL CORNERS EMPOWERS ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE COLORFUL STREET MURALS, TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACE INTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS THAT NEIGHBORS TAKE PRIDE IN. IN SPRING 2023 THE SLATTERLY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERED WITH RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY TO GIVE A FRESH COAT OF STREET PAINT TO THEIR MURAL. THE 120 VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP COMPLETED THE JOB IN THREE HOURS. PARTNERS IN THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE THE CITY OF ROCHESTER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND STRUVE'S PAINT. RNEIGHBORWOODS: RNEIGHBORWOODS EMPOWERS AND EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY TO GROW A SUSTAINABLE URBAN FOREST, BENEFITING THE HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ROCHESTER NEIGHBORHOODS. THROUGH THE TEAMWORK OF RNEIGHBORWOODS SINCE 2004, WE HAVE UTILIZED 7,577 VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT 8,338 BOULEVARD TREES. IN THE SPRING OF 2023, 125 VOLUNTEERS HELPED GET 107 TREES IN SOIL AROUND MLK PARK IN THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN 2024, THIS GROUP WILL RETURN TO PRE- PANDEMIC NUMBERS AND HOST A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING IN THE SPRING AND FALL. CHALK THE BLOCK (EST. 2020): ON A 93 DEGREE SEPTEMBER 30TH DAY, 35 ARTISTS, INCLUDING 10 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN CHALKING MURALS IN PARKING LOT SPACES AT GRAHAM PARK. THE CHALK THE BLOCK FESTIVAL PROVIDED AN ATMOSPHERE TO UNITE CITIZENS, CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND 45 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED, INCLUDING 30 MAYO HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB STUDENTS. AT THE END OF THE STEAMY DAY, OVER 4,335 FEET OF ASPHALT WAS FILLED WITH POETRY AND CHALK ART. THE GOAL OF THIS EVENT WAS FOR CITIZENS TO CONNECT ACROSS ROCHESTER AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH CREATING POETRY AND SIDEWALK CHALK MURALS WITH THE THEME OF CREATING MEMORABLE CONNECTIONS. MINNESOTA YOUTH WATER SAFETY(EST. 2023): THE FISHES'N APPLES PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2019 IN OAK TERRACE/PARKSIDE, A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK WITH A POOL IN SE ROCHESTER.IT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED BY AN RNEIGHBORS NPG. IN THIS LOW-INCOME HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SNAP-ED REALIZED A WAY TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE WAS THROUGH SWIM LESSONS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. FROM 2019-2023 THIS PROGRAM EDUCATED 75 STUDENTS. IN LATE 2023, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF ROCHESTER PARKS AND RECREATION, ROCHESTER ORCA'S SWIM CLUB, THE SNAP-ED PROGRAM OF U OF M EXTENSION, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RECEIVED A 23,000 MINNESOTA YOUTH WATER SAFETY GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPLICATE THIS PROGRAM. THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW 165 LOW-INCOME AND AT-RISK CHILDREN AGES 5-18 TO LEARN FROM A TESTED AND PROVEN COMBINATION OF SWIMMING AND WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION WITH A DASH OF HEALTH EDUCATION. RNEIGHBORS IS THRILLED TO PARTNER IN THIS EMPOWERMENT EFFORT FOR ROCHESTER YOUTH.