Minneapolis, MN

Bolder Options

EIN 41-1909408

Education & Youth Development Youth Mentoring & Leadership Children & youth Low-income

Mission

Teaching youth to succeed in all of life’s races — providing wellness-based, one-to-one mentoring and alumni supports that promote health, academic progress, leadership and college/career readiness for middle and high school youth.

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

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About Bolder Options

Bolder Options is a Minnesota-based nonprofit that operates a wellness-focused, one-to-one mentoring program for middle school and transitioning youth. The program pairs volunteer mentors with youth for weekly mentoring focused on physical activity, life skills, academic support, and college/career exploration, and continues engagement through an alumni pathway offering internships, leadership development, and scholarships. In recent years Bolder Options has expanded workforce and post-secondary supports and secured state and philanthropic funding to scale services. In SFY2025 (7/1/2024–6/30/2025) the organization reported serving over 130 participants through a state-funded workforce-development initiative and continues to report high match completion and participant satisfaction rates.

Notable achievements

State Direct Appropriation & Workforce Pilot

Secured a Minnesota legislative direct appropriation (SFY2025) and DEED grant funding to deliver a workforce-development pilot and expanded job-readiness pathway; the SFY25 grant funded a 12-week course plus work placements and served 132 participants during 7/1/2024–6/30/2025.

Demonstrated program outcomes in SFY2025

Reported strong outcomes and engagement: cumulative participants served of 132 for the SFY25 grant period, high session quality ratings and program completion, and nearly all participants remained in school or attained program goals reported in the SFY2025 progress report.

Longstanding mentoring excellence

Operates continuously since the 1990s and has expanded an alumni pathway (leadership, internships, scholarships, outdoor learning) while maintaining mentoring best-practice standards and outcome-focused programming.

At a glance

Total assets: $2.0M
Annual revenue: $2.0M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 41-1909408
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Website: www.bolderoptions.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

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

Recognition

Recognized as an Expert Partner in mentoring by Mentor Minnesota and the National Mentoring Partnership (ongoing recognition of mentoring best practices).

Rated and profiled by independent charity evaluators and nonprofit databases (presence on platforms such as Charity Navigator and ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer).

Recipient of multiple philanthropic grants and foundation support in recent years and selected for state-level appropriations supporting program expansion.

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