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Minnesota Comeback

66 grants received for $ 11,139,019
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TYPE: 501(c)(3)

EIN: 47-4086472 | 990s and mentions at ProPublica

710 South Second Street, Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55401

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Minnesota Comeback merged into its owned entity Great MN Schools in 2019.

Minnesota Comeback was previously the legal owner of Great Minnesota Schools.

According to a Minnesota Comeback press release, the organization was incubated by the Minneapolis Foundation as the Education Transformation Initiative.

80 institutional roles for $1,676,672

Here's how Minnesota Comeback describes itself on its IRS 990 (2016):

MINNESOTA COMEBACK ... WAS INITIALLY FUNDED AS AN INTERNAL PROJECT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION, AND HAS NOW GAINED ENOUGH OF A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT AMONG MINNESOTA EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TO OPERATE AS A SEPARATE LEGAL ORGANIZATION THE GUIDING VISION OF MINNESOTA COMEBACK IS THAT BY 2025, ALL MINNEAPOLIS CHILDREN WILL BE ENROLLED IN RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT SCHOOLS THAT PREPARE THEM TO THRIVE IN COLLEGE, THEIR CAREER, AND THE COMMUNITY...MINNESOTA COMEBACK ALSO SUPPORTS GRANTMAKING AIMED AT STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN MINNESOTA EDUCATION ... WE REVIEW GRANT APPLICATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION AS TO DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND THAT WILL BE USED TO MAKE GRANTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, AND ANY OTHER SUPPORTING GRANTS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE MINNESOTA EDUCATION SYSTEM

Minnesota Comeback merged with Great MN Schools on January 1, 2020, according to the organization's 2019 IRS 990

80 institutional roles for $1,676,672

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Year	Role	Hrs/week	Pay	Source	990 src
Albright, Rob (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Treasurer 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Treasurer 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Treasurer 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Treasurer 1 990 Part VII-A
Alleyne, Stan (1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Balch, Rosita (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Banovetz, Nicholas (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)				total pay: $ 416,486
2018 Director of External Relations 40 $ 157,230 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director of External Relations 40 $ 138,015 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director of Partnerships 40 $ 121,241 990 Part VII-A
Erdahl, Rebecca (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Fan, Al (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)				total pay: $ 750,588
2019 Executive Director 40 $ 105,838 990 Part VII-A 2018 Executive Director 40 $ 216,750 990 Part VII-A 2017 Executive Director 40 $ 190,250 990 Part VII-A 2016 Executive Director 40 $ 163,000 990 Part VII-A 2015 Executive Director 40 $ 74,750 990 Part VII-A
Graves, William G. (4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Gray, Ethan (2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Guidera, Aimee (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Johnson, Bernadeia (2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Kimbrell, Catherine (2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)				total pay: $ 288,468
2018 Director of Talent Development 40 $ 149,894 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director of Talent Development 40 $ 138,574 990 Part VII-A
Nelson, C David. (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Governance Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Governance Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Piper, Tad (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Chair 1 990 Part VII-A
Ramaley, Mithra (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Treasurer 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Smallwood, Carolyn (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Co-Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Co-Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Smith, Chris (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Co-Chair 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Co-char 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Co-Chair 1 990 Part VII-A
Soran, Margie (1 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Soran, Phil (4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Turner, Rashad (2 roles; show | hide | all | profile)				total pay: $ 221,130
2018 Director of Community Engagement 40 $ 114,770 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director of Community Engagement 40 $ 106,360 990 Part VII-A
Vargas, Sandra (5 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2019 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Warfa, Hamse (4 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2018 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Wolford, Kate (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A
Yang-Best, Kayla (3 roles; show | hide | all | profile)
2017 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2016 Director 1 990 Part VII-A 2015 Director 1 990 Part VII-A