NonprofitsOstara Initiative

Crime & Legal-Related

Ostara Initiative

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Total revenue

$1.2M

Total expenses

$1.6M

Net assets

$647K

Grants received

$2.3M

43 grants

EIN

824855661

Tax year

2024

Mission

We exist to collectively transform systems by reimagining justice, advancing health, and reclaiming dignity in our policies and practices for all pregnant and parenting people.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$1.1M
Program service revenue$5K
Investment income$4K
Other revenue
Total revenue$1.2M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$1.1M
Fundraising$159K
Other expenses$498K
Total expenses$1.6M
Total assets$680K
Net assets$647K

People

7 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ERICA GERRITY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$90K

50 hrs/wk

GWEN BRADFORD

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

THOMAS FRANKLIN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

COLLEEN BELL

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RICHARD RICE

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GENEVIEVE BOJADO

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOSHUA CHRISTOFFERSON

MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 43 of 43

FromAmountPurposeYear
$60K
Project/programmatic support for the MN Prison Doula Project
2024
$44K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2024
$32K
DONOR ADVISED, HEALTH
2024
$20K
ADVANCING THE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL WELLNESS OF INCARCERATED PREGNANT WOMEN
2024
$7K
PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES
2024
$393K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$150K
Health and Health Equity
2023
$100K
Project/programmatic support for the MN Prison Doula Project
2023
$70K
OSTARA: GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR MN PROGRAMMING
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
A GRANT TO SUPPORT HEALTHY OUTCOMES THROUGH PREGNANCY AND BIRTH SUPPORT, RESEARCH, PRENATAL AND PARENTING EDUCATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROMOTING HEALTHY OUTCOMES FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
2023
$30K
MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES
2023
$25K
TO SUPPORT THE MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES DOULA CARE AND PARENTING EDUCATION TO MOTHERS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY JAIL.
2023
$20K
SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMMING FOR INCARCERATED PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE IN THE EAST METRO
2023
$15K
ADVANCING THE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL WELLNESS OF INCARCERATED PREGNANT WOMEN
2023
$8K
PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES
2023
$250
Matching Gifts
2023
$150K
provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of collectively transforming systems by reimagining justice, advancing health, and reclaiming dignity in policies and practices for all pregnant and parenting people
2022
$100K
Programmatic funding to support Ostara Initiative's Minnesota Prison Doula project
2022
$70K
OSTARA: MN PRISON DOULA PROJECT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$40K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2022
$32K
MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
2022
$30K
INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING FOR INCARCERATED PARENTS IN THE EAST METRO
2022
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$75K
Programmatic funding to support Ostara Initiative's Minnesota Prison Doula project
2021
$46K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2021
$10K
PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES
2021
$300K
ensure incarcerated birthing people have access to quality perinatal health services and lactation support by providing technical assistance to correctional facilities in effort to improve women health services and educate local and state policy makers about the needs of incarcerated women
2020
$75K
TO SUPPORT TRAINING AND EXPANSION OF WORK TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INCARCERATED PARENTS WHILE PREGNANT AND AFTER BIRTH.
2020
$65K
General operating support and COVID relief for general operating support
2020
$34K
WE RISE COMMUNITY HOMES CREATING SAFETY FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED WOMEN - 428191
2020
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$21K
COVID-19 general operating support; COVID-19 general operating support for We Rise MN, fiscally sponsored by the Ostara Initiative; general operating support: RTT Listening Session
2020
$20K
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSES
2020
$7K
PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSES
2020
$5K
EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2020
$50K
General operating support and COVID relief for general operating support
2019
$9K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2019
$8K
Community
2018

Funded by

$2.3M from 27 funders · 43 grants · 2018–2024

WK Kellogg Foundation

$600K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

The Constellation Fund

$450K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Seeding Justice

$393K · 1 grant · 2023

Otto Bremer Trust

$140K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Alexia And Caroline Foundation Inc

$84K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

Together Rising

$75K · 1 grant · 2020

The Minneapolis Foundation

$66K · 2 grants · 2020–2024

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

$62K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Details

EIN824855661
NTEE codeI43
Subsection03
Ruling date2017-07
Formed2016
Employees18
Volunteers35
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