Nonprofit · EIN 36-3359386
HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE
Tax-exempt · MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $5,282,846 | $7,851,691 | -$2,568,845 | $16,898,668 | $2,831,712 | $14,066,956 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $4,481,203 | $6,868,883 | -$2,387,680 | $18,362,957 | $2,264,658 | $16,098,299 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $3,561,458 | $4,763,422 | -$1,201,964 | $19,516,733 | $974,322 | $18,542,411 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,905,838
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $365,788
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$1,628
- Other revenue
- $11,220
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $3,813,300
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $337,037
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,835,467
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,731,364
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $155,339
- Occupancy
- $124,283
- Depreciation
- $31,545
- Program services (functional)
- $5,589,194
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,251,629
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,010,868
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $18,362,957
- Total assets, end of year
- $16,898,668
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,831,712
- Net assets, end of year
- $14,066,956
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $159,599
- Publicly traded securities
- $12,118,209
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,905,109
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $9,161,847
- Gross receipts
- $7,748,964
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 45
- Year formed
- 1984
- State of legal domicile
- MN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILAL ALKATOUT | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 32 | $176,596 | $24,248 |
| MARY DELORIE | DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL GIV Highest-paid employee | 32 | $125,507 | $19,831 |
| EMILY SCOTT | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & F Officer | 32 | $118,976 | $15,596 |
| EWAN SCOTTO | DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Highest-paid employee | 32 | $117,650 | $14,249 |
| ANITRA COTTLEDGE | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS Highest-paid employee | 32 | $106,053 | $12,542 |
| FRAN HUTCHINS | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC HOWARD | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER ROBINSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HABON ABDULLE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIA DIVECHA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES MILLER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NIKKI PIERATOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TEHOUT SELAMEAB | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AIMEE VUE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILAL ALKATOUT | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 32 | $154,103 | $22,649 |
| MARY DELORIE | DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING Highest-paid employee | 32 | $108,321 | $18,287 |
| EMILY SCOTT | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & FINANCE Officer | 32 | $81,525 | $8,130 |
| CAMILLE CYPRIAN | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC HOWARD | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEAH OLM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HABON ABDULLE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FRAN HUTCHINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NIKKI PIERATOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER ROBINSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA DE LA CRUZ | FORMER PRESIDENT Officer | 32 | $245,441 | $40,938 |
| MELISSA RUDNICK | DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM & GRAN Highest-paid employee | 32 | $198,900 | $18,404 |
| JULIE REMMELTS | VP OF OPERATIONS & FINANCE Officer | 32 | $181,960 | $23,779 |
| ALLISON JOHNSON HEIST | VP OF CULTURE & PARTNERSHI Highest-paid employee | 32 | $157,938 | $19,759 |
| HABON ABDULLE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAMILLE CYPRIAN | CO-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC HOWARD | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEAH OLM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALYSSA HAWKINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2801 21ST AVE S STE 132B, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407-5778
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- BILAL ALKATOUT, 2801 21ST AVENUE SOUTH 132-B, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407
- Signed the 990
- EMILY SCOTT, DIRECTOR OPERATIONS & FINANCE
- Phone
- (612) 879-0602
- Website
- WWW.HEADWATERSFOUNDATION.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE (THE FOUNDATION) IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO AMPLIFY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
Program accomplishments
- JUSTICE AND LIBERATION: THE JUSTICE & LIBERATION FUND IS A NEW STRATEGY FOR BUILDING LONG-TERM POLITICAL POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MINNESOTA. THIS INITIATIVE COMES OUT OF OUR BLACK RADIANCE NETWORK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION FUND AWARDED $2,000,000 TO 40 ORGANIZATIONS.Expenses $2,389,501 · grants $2,000,000
- RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING: AT HEADWATERS, WE KNOW THAT THE NATURE OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING MEANS THAT OUR FUNDING CYCLES DO NOT ALWAYS ALIGN WITH THE REAL FINANCIAL NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY. HEADWATERS FOUNDATION AWARDS RAPID RESPONSE DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS DURING UNEXPECTED AND CRITICAL MOMENTS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING PROGRAM AWARDED $791,500 TO 30 ORGANIZATIONS.Expenses $982,077 · grants $791,500
- THE GIVING PROJECT: SINCE 2015, THIS PROGRAM INVESTS IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY AND FOR BLACK PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) THAT ALSO USE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZING APPROACH TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF INJUSTICE. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, A COMMUNITY COHORT RAISED MONEY FROM THEIR NETWORKS AND LED THE GRANTMAKING PROCESS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR GIVING PROJECT PROGRAM AWARDED $480,000 TO 12 ORGANIZATIONS.Expenses $978,630 · grants $480,000
- DONOR ADVISED FUNDS: THIS PROGRAM ENABLES INDIVIDUAL DONORS TO ADVANCE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC GOALS AND DIRECT RESOURCES TO SOCIAL CHANGE GROUPS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. DEVELOPMENT STAFF EDUCATE DONORS ABOUT SOCIAL INJUSTICE ISSUES, CONNECT THEM TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT MATCH THEIR INTERESTS, AND PROVIDE GRANTMAKING ASSISTANCE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, HEADWATERS DAF HOLDERS GAVE $541,800 TO 83 ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION, $53,126 WAS AWARDED TO HEADWATERS.Expenses $541,820 · grants $541,800
- THE FUND OF THE SACRED CIRCLE: ACCORDING TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY, FOUNDATIONS INVEST LESS THAN HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF GRANT DOLLARS IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES. HEADWATERS WORKS TO ADDRESS THIS IMBALANCE THROUGH THE FUND OF THE SACRED CIRCLE PROGRAM (FSC). GRANTS SUPPORTS MINNESOTA- AND WISCONSIN-BASED NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES. GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS SUPPORTS WORK THAT FOCUSES ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL REVITALIZATION; LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; SOVEREIGNTY AND TREATY RIGHTS; AND SELF-DETERMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS.Expenses $324,789
- OTHER PROGRAMS: HEADWATERS FOUNDATION CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITIES THAT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF "SUPPORT BEYOND THE DOLLARS." EXAMPLES OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDED: A SERIES OF FUNDRAISING TRAINING COURSES ACCESSIBLE TO OUR GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND TWO DONOR EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES. HEADWATERS ALSO HOSTED MULTIPLE EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CELEBRATE SPECIFIC FUNDS AND COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS.Expenses $372,377
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-3359386
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1985
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $16,898,668
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,748,964
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $5,282,846 | $7,851,691 | $16,898,668 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $4,481,203 | $6,868,883 | $18,362,957 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $3,561,458 | $4,763,422 | $19,516,733 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-3359386).
Questions about HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE
- What is the EIN of HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is 36-3359386.
- Is HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1985.
- Are donations to HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names BILAL ALKATOUT.
- Who are the officers and directors of HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $176,596 (BILAL ALKATOUT, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,282,846, expenses of $7,851,691 and total assets of $16,898,668 at year end.
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