Nonprofit · EIN 41-1227969
CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY
Tax-exempt · DULUTH, MN 55802
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $8,535,568 | $8,214,909 | $320,659 | $4,030,298 | $1,203,805 | $2,826,493 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $5,198,101 | $5,903,502 | -$705,401 | $3,340,549 | $834,715 | $2,505,834 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 (amended) | $4,755,365 | $5,347,360 | -$591,995 | $3,691,317 | $596,308 | $3,095,009 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,904,001
- of which government grants
- $4,315,280
- Program service revenue
- $366,741
- Investment income
- $145,398
- Net income from fundraising events
- $117,744
- Other revenue
- $119,428
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,677,544
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $195,240
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,983,266
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,798,428
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $5,004
- Occupancy
- $385,343
- Travel
- $26,324
- Depreciation
- $119,105
- Program services (functional)
- $7,593,131
- Management and general (functional)
- $483,318
- Fundraising (functional)
- $138,460
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,340,549
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,030,298
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,203,805
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,826,493
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $985,938
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,504,447
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,713,404
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $113,089
- Gross receipts
- $8,610,806
- Employees
- 146
- Volunteers
- 900
- Year formed
- 1973
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN COLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $112,195 | $6,355 |
| GREGORY KVAM | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $83,045 | $5,917 |
| JULIE JAGIM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PASTOR JOHN ANSELL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SR KATHLEEN HOFER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIZ BENSON JOHNSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PAM KRAMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FATHER DUSTIN LYON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH FREEDMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE HOPPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GINA LAFOND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM ZAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PASTOR LIZ DAVIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE NESS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHAREEKA SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETH TAMMINEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN COLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $103,054 | $10,886 |
| GREGORY KVAM | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $77,245 | $840 |
| JULIE JAGIM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURIE O'NEILL | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SR KATHLEEN HOFER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTY SOZANSKY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PASTOR JOHN ANSELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIZ BENSON JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH FREEDMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE HOPPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GINA LAFOND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SETH JUSTICE LOEFFLER-KEMP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIBETH MARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN POINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REV WAYNE PULFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM ZAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN COLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $93,877 | $14,934 |
| GREGORY KVAM | FINANCE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $70,916 | $5,313 |
| PATRICE CRITCHLEY-MENOR | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| REV LOREN ANDERSON-BAUER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY ROLING | VICE PRESIDENT (TERMED 7/28/22) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE JAGIM | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ROBERT HOFFMAN | TREASURER (TERMED (2/28/23) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURIE O'MELIA O'NEILL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHLEEN AXTELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIZ BENSON-JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH FREEDMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOAH HOBBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SR KATHLEEN HOFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE HOPPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE NESS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN PIONK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTY SOZANSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DR TIM ZAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 102 W 2ND ST, DULUTH, MN 55802-2017
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JOHN COLE
- Signed the 990
- JOHN COLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (218) 720-6521
- Website
- WWW.CHUMDULUTH.ORG
- Return prepared by
- COHNREZNICK ADVISORY LLC
Mission
CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY (CHUM) IS PEOPLE OF FAITH WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE BASIC NECESSITIES, FOSTER STABLE LIVES AND ORGANIZE FOR A JUST AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY.
Program accomplishments
- STABILIZATION SERVICES:SERVICES CATER TO SINGLE ADULTS AND FAMILIES SEEKING RELIEF FROM HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT IN SURVIVING THE TRAUMA OF HOMELESSNESS. PEOPLE CAN ACCESS BATHROOMS, SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, TELEPHONE, MAIL SERVICE, DEVICE CHARGING STATIONS, LOCKERS, STORAGE ROOM, HYGIENE ITEMS, FIRST AID, AND SURVIVAL SUPPLIES. THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE BASIC NECESSITIES FOR HUMAN DIGNITY, MEDICAL CARE, SOBRIETY COUNSELING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND HELP FINDING SUITABLE HOUSING. SERVICE POINTS INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS (SERVING APPROXIMATELY 1,000 PEOPLE A YEAR); HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH (SERVING 200 PEOPLE A YEAR); THE CHUM DROP-IN CENTER (2,000 PEOPLE A YEAR); AND THE CHUM CLINIC (300 PEOPLE A YEAR).Expenses $4,505,109 · revenue $368,425
- DISTRIBUTIVE SERVICESSTARTING IN 1981, CHUM'S DISTRIBUTIVE SERVICES INCLUDES TWO FOOD SHELVES, A MOBILE DELIVERY SERVICE CALLED CHUM-2-GO WHICH SERVES HOMEBOUND SENIORS, FAMILIES, AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, AND EIGHT DULUTH AREA FOOD DESERTS. IN FY25, CHUM DISTRIBUTED OVER 528,000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 2,672 UNDUPLICATED HOUSEHOLDS, BENEFITING OVER 4112 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS.Expenses $1,228,735 · grants $1,034,257
- HOUSING SERVICES:TWO LOCATIONS ARE DEVOTED TO LONGER-TERM HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TRANSITIONING FROM HOMELESSNESS. THE STEVE O'NEIL APARTMENTS PROVIDES 44 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED LONG-TERM OR RECURRENT HOMELESSNESS. OPENED IN LATE DECEMBER 2014, THIS PROGRAM OFFERS INTENSE PROFESSIONAL STAFF SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND 4-STAR PARENT AWARE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO SUPPORT FAMILIES REBUILDING THEIR LIVES. PROGRAMMING IS BASED ON CIRCLE OF SECURITY, PARTICIPATORY ENGAGEMENT, AND FOLLOW HOUSING FIRST, HARM REDUCTION AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PHILOSOPHIES AND PRACTICES. THE ST. FRANCIS APARTMENTS OPENED IN 2021 AND OFFERS 39 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR ELDERS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS TO LIVE AND OBTAIN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SUPPORT STAFF CONNECT RESIDENTS TO SERVICES FOR FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSEHOLD CHORES, PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES. CHUM'S GOAL IS TO HELP RESIDENTS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION FROM SHELTER TO HOUSING, AND THEN MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING, STABILIZE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING, AND NOT RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.Expenses $1,325,931 · grants $1,643,287
- CONGREGATIONAL OUTREACH:INCLUDES FAITH-BASED ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL; EXPANDING HORIZONS, AN IMMERSION EXPERIENCE TO EXPOSE PARTICIPANTS TO THE ISSUES OF POVERTY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK; AND VOLUNTEER OUTREACH AND COORDINATION FOR ALL OF CHUM'S PROGRAMS (ABOUT 900 PEOPLE VOLUNTEER EACH YEAR, 600 REGULARLY AND 300 FOR SPECIAL EVENTS).Expenses $533,356
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
- 41-1227969
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Church
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1974
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,030,298
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,610,806
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $8,535,568 | $8,214,909 | $4,030,298 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $5,198,101 | $5,903,502 | $3,340,549 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $4,707,846 | $5,429,717 | $3,282,834 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $4,546,028 | $5,422,079 | $3,887,515 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | 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 41-1227969).
Questions about CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY
- What is the EIN of CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY is 41-1227969.
- Is CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1974.
- Are donations to CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY 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 CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY 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 CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY 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 CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JOHN COLE.
- Who are the officers and directors of CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $112,195 (JOHN COLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,535,568, expenses of $8,214,909 and total assets of $4,030,298 at year end.
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