Saint Paul, MN

URBAN ROOTS MN

EIN 41-0975429

Education & Youth Development Job Training & Career Pathways Children & youth

Mission

Urban Roots MN is a Saint Paul organization whose mission is to cultivate and empower youth through nature, healthy food, and community.

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

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About URBAN ROOTS MN

Urban Roots MN is a Saint Paul-based 501(c)(3) that operates year-round paid internship programs for local youth in three program areas: Market Garden, Conservation, and Cook Fresh. The organization operates urban gardens, runs food-access and small-batch food-preparation projects, and leads habitat restoration and park stewardship on Saint Paul’s East Side. Urban Roots centers workforce development, leadership, and healthy-food access by employing and training youth (typically ages 14–21) in hands-on farming, conservation, culinary skills, and community-facing enterprise. In recent years the organization has deepened partnerships with local colleges and research programs and continued to make produce and conservation services available to East Side residents and community agencies.

Notable achievements

Scalable paid youth internship program

Sustained a multi-track paid internship model that employs roughly 80–90 youth annually (ages mid-teens to early 20s) across Market Garden, Conservation, and Cook Fresh, providing workplace skills, career pathways, and leadership development.

Large-scale local food production and distribution

Consistently grew and distributed thousands of pounds of local produce each season; recent organizational reports document annual outputs in the mid‑thousands (e.g., roughly 13,000–15,000+ pounds in recent years) used for CSA shares, farmers markets, hunger-relief donations, intern families, and community sales.

Conservation and habitat restoration impact

Led urban restoration projects across East Side parks and reserves, including native-plant installations (thousands of plants reported in recent seasons), invasive-species removal, and community stewardship that expanded local green-space health and citizen-science partnerships.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.3M
Annual revenue: $2.1M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 41-0975429
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: urbanrootsmn.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

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

Recognition

Maintains publicly available IRS Form 990 filings and annual reports documenting program outcomes and financials.

Established partnerships and funding relationships with regional funders and institutions (including state youth funding, local foundations, and university research collaborations).

Profiled on nonprofit information platforms and local philanthropic networks as a long-standing East Side youth development and food-access organization.

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