TARTAN AREA YOUTH ENRICHMENT INC

Tartan Area Youth Enrichment, Inc. (TAYE) is a Twin Cities area youth-focused private foundation and donor-facing nonprofit that raises funds through volunteer-run concession and merchandise operations at major local venues. The organization’s operating model enables individuals and groups to volunteer at events and direct the majority of proceeds they help generate to youth-related nonprofit organizations in their community.

TAYE is organized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) private foundation and files Form 990-PF. In its most recent publicly filed fiscal reports (fiscal year ending March 2024) the organization reported operating revenue in the low six figures and the majority of its expenses recorded as charitable disbursements distributed to beneficiary organizations.

The organization maintains an active web presence with volunteer and grant-request processes, open membership to individuals throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, and an explicit distribution policy that directs the vast majority of event proceeds to the youth organizations designated by the volunteers who staff events.