Minneapolis, MN

EMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

EIN 41-1277423

Education & Youth Development Job Training & Career Pathways Children & youth Low-income Justice-involved people

Mission

To reveal the potential in people and communities through skill-building, employment, and economic opportunity.

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

About EMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

EMERGE Community Development (EMERGE) is a workforce and community development nonprofit based in North Minneapolis and Cedar-Riverside that operates social enterprises and career-training programs to help people with barriers to employment secure stable work and economic opportunity. The organization runs a continuum of services — career training (including healthcare, CDL, and construction pathways), individualized employment coaching, youth internships, reentry supports, MFIP services, and financial-wellness programming — alongside social enterprise businesses that provide transitional paid work experience. EMERGE operates at scale in its local service area: in 2024 the organization reported connecting thousands of community members to services and recording measurable outcomes such as hundreds of participants placed into meaningful employment and dozens of youth internship placements.

Notable achievements

Participant employment placements (2024)

Placed 497 participants into meaningful employment during 2024, demonstrating measurable job-placement outcomes from its training and coaching services.

Large community reach (2024)

Engaged thousands of community members through events and programs in 2024, including 6,641 people who attended EMERGE community events and 78 youth placed in paid internships.

Social enterprise operations

Operates three social enterprise businesses (manufacturing/recycling and other transitional-employment enterprises) that provide paid training, work experience, and pathways to private-sector employment for people with high barriers to work.

At a glance

Total assets: $6.9M
Annual revenue: $7.9M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 41-1277423
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Website: emerge-mn.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

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

Recognition

501(c)(3) public charity in continuous operation (tax-exempt status and public charity designation).

Rated by Charity Navigator (multi-star/percent score on standard charity evaluation metrics).

Active registration and reporting with Minnesota state charity oversight and inclusion in national nonprofit data services and Form 990 public disclosure.

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