2024-11-15T07:47:35-06:00 2023-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 220 S 6TH STREET SUITE 300 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402 990 2023-01-01 852514138 MN ZEJ ZOG MNZE 6513991158 8940 29TH AVE N MINNEAPOLIS MN 55427 CHAKONG THAO BOARD CHAIR 6513991158 2024-11-13 1 0 ANN NEIL P01817922 6123764500 2024-11-13 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z CHAKONG THAO 8940 29TH AVE N MINNEAPOLIS MN 55427 996421 0 X HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MNZEJZOG X 2020 MN EMPOWERING THE HMONG COMMUNITY BY NURTURING THE HMONG LANGUAGE, HEALING THROUGH THE ARTS AND WELLNESS, AND BECOMING MORE POWERFUL THROUGH EDUCATION ACROSS THE GENERATIONS. 6 6 1 2 0 0 944879 962613 0 33706 0 102 0 0 944879 996421 0 0 0 0 9986 172296 0 0 35751 372341 914003 382327 1086299 562552 -89878 236917 588715 0 56571 236917 532144 X EMPOWERING THE HMONG COMMUNITY BY NURTURING THE HMONG LANGUAGE, HEALING THROUGH THE ARTS AND WELLNESS, AND BECOMING MORE POWERFUL THROUGH EDUCATION ACROSS THE GENERATIONS. 0 0 348797 0 0 EDUCATION: WITH THE HELP OF PELSB TEACHER MENTORSHIP GRANT FOR NATIONAL HMONG TEACHER LANGUAGE COALITION IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 47 HMONG LANGUAGE TEACHERS WITH THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, WE CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY/SPACE/TIME FOR THIS COLLECTIVE HEALING AND SHARING TO TAKE PLACE. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT A DOZEN HMONG LANGUAGE TEACHERS' WITH 3 GRADUATE COURSES TOWARDS LICENSING IN THE HMONG LANGUAGE AND FOR SOME TO OBTAIN THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE.EDUCATING MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS' HMONG PARENTS IS CRITICAL TO HELPING HMONG STUDENTS THRIVE IN SCHOOL AND BE A VOICE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THE FUNDS FROM WHITEWATER AMERICORPS CONTINUED TO HELP SUPPORT COMMUNITY-ENGAGED AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN COLLABORATION WITH PRACTITIONERS AND POLICYMAKERS TO APPLY, USE, AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING COLLABORATIVE DESIGN RESEARCH PROJECTS: NATIONAL HMOOB LANGUAGE EDUCATORS COALITION (100+ HMONG LANGUAGE TEACHERS ACROSS WI, MN, AND CA); MINNESOTA COALITION OF HMONG EDUCATORS (60+ HMONG EDUCATORS AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, PREK-HIGHER EDUCATION; MN ZEJ ZOG - EMPOWERING THE HMONG COMMUNITY BY NURTURING THE HMONG LANGUAGE, HEALING THROUGH ARTS AND WELLNESS, AND EDUCATION ACROSS GENERATIONS; HMONG EDUCATORS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (YEARLONG COHORTS, SUPPORTING MUTUAL DEVELOPMENT AMONGST HMONG EDUCATORS SPANNING EARLY CAREER TO MASTER TEACHERS); HMONG LANGUAGE RESOURCE HUB PROJECT (ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND APPLIED USE OF THE FREE AND OPEN ACCESS RESOURCE WEBSITE WHERE ALL MATERIALS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE MZZ/UWW PARTNERSHIP LUB ZEJ ZOG PROJECT ARE KEPT TO BE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO USE: HTTPS://WWW.HMONGLANGUAGERESOURCEHUB.ORG/; AND ISTRIVE YOUTH CAMP (ANNUAL TWO-WEEK HMONG LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND HEALING CAMP, BRINGING TOGETHER HMONG YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND GENERATION OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROJECT GOALS). 312161 0 0 CULTURE:TO KEEP THE LEGACY OF THE HMONG CULTURE THRIVING, MN ZEJ ZOG HAS PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE GRANTORS TO FOSTER GREAT INNOVATIVE PROJECTS USING ARTS TO HEAL HMONG YOUTHS SUCH AS IN THE LEGACY CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANT. FURTHERMORE, MZZ ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE ASIAN CLUB AT PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL TO TAKE THEIR HMONG PLAY INTO THE MAINSTREAM STAGE TO STORYTELL, AND SHARE THE BEAUTY AND STRUGGLE OF THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. 299922 0 33706 YOUTH: IN 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND BEGIN DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING IS AND WHAT FRAMEWORK WE WOULD USE. WE WORKED WITH EDUCATION EVOLVING TO KICK-OFF THE EVENT. WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT OVER 50 EDUCATORS TO PARTAKE ON THIS JOURNEY. IN 2023, WE CONTINUED TO BRING SCL INTO MN ZEJ ZOG THROUGH ISTRIVE HMONG CAMP, AND TAKING OUR 30 TEACHERS TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF CLIMB SCL TRAINING. ISTRIVE HMONG SUMMER CAMP STARTED IN 2022; HOWEVER MZZ RECEIVED FUNDING FOR TWO YEARS TO RUN THE HMONG LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CAMP FOR 2023 AND 2024. ISTRIVE HMONG CAMP SERVICED 380 STUDENTS FROM PRE-SCHOOL TO 12TH GRADE AT NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN A 19 DAY CAMP WITH STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE METRO AREA. THE CAMP ENDED WITH A HUGE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION WITH 700 PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS IDENTITY, USE OF LANGUAGE AND LOVE OF CULTURE WITHIN THE SHORT TIMEFRAME OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM. 54028 0 0 COMMUNITY:IN EFFORTS TO WORK WITH THE HMONG COMMUNITY IN BROOKLYN CENTER, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER TO SUPPORT THEIR THURSDAY FAMER'S MARKET INITIATIVE TO THRIVE AFTER COVID. WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE TRAFFIC TO THE MARKET WITH VARIOUS IDEAS AND EVENTS TO SUPPORT FARMERS. MZZ CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY, THE CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK AND BROOKLYN CENTER TO OFFER CREATIVE CULTURAL PROGRAMMING TO HELP THE HMONG COMMUNITY FIGHT DIABETES THROUGH EXERCISE, HMONG GAMES AND ARTS IN HMONG COMMUNITY EXPLORE YOUR PARKS DAY. IN DECEMBER, MZZ CONTINUED TO HOST IT'S 3RD ANNUAL BROOKLYN'S HMONG NEW YEAR EVENT WITH THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER AND CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK TO BRING 400 PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE WITH CULTURAL FOODS AND A SHOW PUT ON BY YOUTHS. 54028 0 0 1014908 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 114 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN X PANG YANG 7639105505 8940 29TH AVE N NEW HOPE MN 55427 DAO HER TREASURER 5.00 X X 4325 0 0 GAO LEE KHANG SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KAOCHI PHA DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SEE LEE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 YEE YANG DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KAJ TUG LEE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PANG YANG CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 X 81531 0 0 JENNA CUSHING-LEUBNER CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 X 37250 0 0 123106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 577033 385580 962613 EVENT REGISTRATION 900099 33706 33706 33706 102 102 996421 33706 0 102 X 123405 107102 8617 7686 41303 35778 2297 3228 7588 3606 1991 1991 13705 11650 959 1096 118418 82499 18028 17891 295 92 203 1619 1619 4557 4557 1081 231 425 425 COST REIMBURSEMENTS 589368 589368 PROGRAM EXPENSES 177092 176270 411 411 OTHER EXPENSES 7868 2228 2820 2820 1086299 1014908 35640 35751 235915 349831 1002 2015 236869 236917 588715 56571 0 56571 X 236917 107042 425102 236917 532144 236917 588715 -89878 385104 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2234 944879 962613 1909726 2234 944879 962613 1909726 58803 1850923 102 102 1909828 123706 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 X 996421 0 996421 0 996421 1086299 0 1086299 0 1086299 PART X, LINE 2: MN ZEJ ZOG (MZZ) IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND APPLICABLE MINNESOTA STATUTES, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT IT HAS TAXABLE INCOME FROM ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES MZZ DID NOT HAVE ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME IN 2023 AND 2022. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT MZZ HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND ACCORDINGLY, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE MN ZEJ ZOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVISED THE NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS, AND THE TERM OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL NOW CONSIST BETWEEN 5 AND 9 BOARD MEMBERS. THE BOARD ALSO REVISED THE TERM OF BOARD MEMBERS; IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES NOT VOTE YOU TO CONTINUE SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY AS A BOARD MEMBER THE FOLLOWING YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE COMPLETE 990 FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTOR STIPENDS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 82,499. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 18,028. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 17,891. TOTAL EXPENSES 118,418.