Mahalo
Minneapolis, MN

SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC

EIN 36-3412619
Housing, Food & Basic Needs Shelter & Homelessness Services Children & youth People experiencing homelessness Low-income
Mission

Sharing and Caring Hands provides immediate, dignified assistance to people experiencing poverty and homelessness through meals, clothing, shelter, medical and dental care, and emergency financial help, grounded in a faith-inspired commitment to serve the community.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC

Sharing and Caring Hands is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) founded in 1985 to serve people facing poverty and homelessness. The organization operates a day services center and Mary’s Place transitional shelter, offering hot meals, a food and clothing shelf, dental and medical clinics, bathing facilities, and emergency assistance for families and individuals. The EIN 36-3412619 has been confirmed against public nonprofit filings and nonprofit databases; the organization maintains an active operational presence in Minneapolis and publishes up-to-date program and financial information on its website and public filings. In recent years Sharing and Caring Hands has continued to scale day services and shelter capacity while reporting multi-million dollar annual revenues and substantial net assets used to support its programs.

Notable achievements

Large-scale meal program

Provides over 150,000 meals per year (roughly 3,000 per week) through volunteer-led meal shifts at the day services center, ensuring daily access to hot food for people in need.

Shelter capacity and beds provided

Operates Mary’s Place transitional shelter and related programs that collectively provide thousands of bed-nights annually and report capacity to house hundreds of people per night, with substantial focus on families and children.

Free dental and health services

Runs a free dental clinic and health-related assistance programs that provide hundreds of dental exams and approximately $300,000 in free dental services annually to low- and no-income children and adults.

At a glance

Total assets
$71.6M
Annual revenue
$18.2M
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
36-3412619
Location
Minneapolis, MN
On Mahalo since
September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Rated highly by national nonprofit evaluators and listed in major nonprofit databases as an active 501(c)(3) serving emergency needs.
Founder Mary Jo Copeland recognized nationally for service to the poor (founder awards and public honors).
Registered and active with the Minnesota Attorney General’s charity registration system and included in public nonprofit data aggregators.

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