Bilingual Education Collective
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To support Minneapolis dual language schools.
- Income
- $130,440
- Spending
- $108,566
- Reserves
- 10.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 78%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 75% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 17% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (4)
- $25,614 spent. Field trips : Wilderness Inquiry, (220 students) Washington DC, Adventure Camp-No Child Left Inside (230 students), Andersen United Field trip (100 students) and Starbase (80 students).
- $9,770 spent. Teaching Assistants : Throughout the course of the year 4 teaching assistants joined our schools and classrooms. These are recently graduated are soon to graduate education majors from Spanish speaking countries who work in the classroom supporting teachers and students by providing language exposure and support, academic supports, more individualized attention. These teaching assistants are able to support several classrooms and teachers and touch hundreds of students.
- $7,674 spent. Camp Colectiva: Approximately 25 students were a let to participate in a day-camp experience provided jointly with the Loppet Foundation at Theodore Worth Park, with supports from high school students and staff from the dual Lange program assuring that they had language access and equity.
- $40,235 spent. Other: Various programming to support classroom support and literacy. Every student in the dual language programs in Minneapolis Public Schools are touché in some way by Colectiva. Whether it be through social and community building events like Dia de Los Muertos and Copa Colectiva, or when over a thousand students participated i Me Encanta Leer / "I Love to Read" month which promotes literacy and books, or through the various teacher grants and school level supports which can be used to fund special learning units, classroom materials, field trips, academic enrichment etc.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
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 June 2025.
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 April 2022.
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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