The Camden Collective
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We strengthen community bonds and build self-reliance in North Minneapolis by bringing neighbors together to serve each other. We do this through a youth employment and mentoring program a food shelf and by hosting large community events.
- Income
- $36,962
- Spending
- $68,206
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
- Highest pay
- $29,056, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $25,962 spent. Food Program: We operated a smaller weekly food shelf until April 2025. Our services reached 1,686 households by from August to January 2025 serving 7,966 people and giving out 24,146 pounds of food. This program will be different moving forward because we lost our rental space at the end of May 2025.
- $6,169 spent. Events: This fiscal year we hosted two major community events: a Fall Festival and a Thankgiving meal giveaway. The Fall Festival included a coat giveaway as well as a Trunk or Treat and was attended by well over 500 community members. We also hosted a food distribution at this event that served 178 households. At our Thankgiving meal event we packed and passed out Thankgiving meals for 115 families. Each meal included a frozen turkey a pie potatoes butter and stuffing along with a few other items.
- $1,165 spent. Youth Employment Program: This year we reduced our youth employment program in size due to a restructuring of our food distribution program. We continued to mentor and work with two young Latina females assigning them greater roles in the organization as they took more responsibility for the food shelf. We paid a total of four youth as occasional contractors in addition to the two key employees referenced earlier. Some of the funding was tied to grants through the food program however and is not reported in this programs expenses.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on December 15, 2023 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending July 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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