2026-05-27T12:52:04-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 814359535 CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS CONV 9522403501 7455 France Ave So 131 Edina MN 55435 Steve Kraemer Executive Director 9522402501 2026-05-27 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.conversationswithfriendsMN.org X X 194507 X 194507 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194507 0 0 0 0 0 1081 124510 125591 68916 86343 0 155259 X 64093 155259 0 0 22250 0 86343 155259 0 0 86343 155259 Visit and support people detained by ICE in Minnesota. We made deposits to the commissary accounts of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), primarily in Minnesota county jails, so they could call their families and/or purchase supplemental food or hygiene items.The total number of people served in 2025 was about 948. 0 77443 We provided Dignity backpacks for 285 of the 948 people served. They are filled with the clothing requested by people being deported by ICE, and also include hygiene and other items, thus helping them arrive in their birth countries with dignity. 0 40192 "Safe release and accompaniment" program expenses. We picked up 8 people who were released from ICE custody and provided a Dignity backpack, food and/or a bus ticket so they could arrive safely at their destinations in the U.S. 0 1671 Other program services: books, and occasionally puzzles and games, were sent to people detained by ICE in Minnesota. 0 4000 123306 Bob Tift Board Chair 0.25 0 0 0 Carolyn Smith Vice Chair 0.12 0 0 0 Marsha Benshoof Board Secretary 0.25 0 0 0 Steve Kraemer Executive Director 35 0 0 0 Ben Gleekel Board Member 0.12 0 0 0 Harry Mueller Board Member 0.12 0 0 0 Abdulkadir Abdi Board Member 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN Steven F Kraemer 7455 France Ave So 131 Edina MN 554354702 9522403501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 54664 45821 88186 161842 194507 545020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54664 45821 88186 161842 194507 545020 54100 490920 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 545020 0 0.90074 0.8397 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 The total other expenses on line 16 of the Form 990-EZ is $124,510. $123,306 of the total is described on Part III, lines 28, 29 and 30, and line 31 lists $4,000 which was for other program expenses which are books, and occasionally puzzles and games, which were sent to people detained by ICE in Minnesota. The balance of the $124,510 ($1,204) was for miscellaneous expenses. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 The total of $22,250 were funds donated to Conversations with Friends in 2024 via the online donation site called GiveMN but not physically transferred to us until 2025. We had completed all the required 990 forms on printed forms, thinking we would mail our returns in on 5/15/26, but we realized on 5/15/26 that the 990 forms must be filed online. At that point, there wasn't enough time to do so, so we mailed (and got postmarked) the Form 8868 on 5/15/26.