Public Charity

CENTRAL MINNESOTA LEGAL SERVICES

CENTRAL MINNESOTA LEGAL SERVICES is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $4.6M, expenses of $4.3M, total assets of $3.2M. Imperigo tracks 27 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $19.5M.

EIN: 411299151 MINNEAPOLIS, MN Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.6M
Total Expenses$4.3M
Total Assets$3.2M
Grant Records27
Funding Total$19.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LEGAL SERVICES IS TO ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS TO THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES AND TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY BY EMPOWERING SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS THROUGH LEGAL EDUCATION.

Where $100 goes at Central Minnesota Legal Services

How Central Minnesota Legal Services divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $88 for programs

$88
Cmls is a poverty law firm and provides comprehensive legal services to low income people with a wide range of civil legal problems throughout its 21- county service…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Amie Ascheman
DIRECTOR BEG Anisha Whitley
DIRECTOR BEG Audrey Rose Santos
DIRECTOR Ben Wagner
DIRECTOR END Calondra Chandler
DIRECTOR Cathy Tessmer

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Rights & Social Justice
$19,274,116 14 grants
General Support
$65,000 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$60,000 2 grants
Education
$52,500 1 grant
Housing & Homelessness
$46,875 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.6M $4.3M $3.2M
2024 $4.6M $4.4M $2.7M
2023 $4.0M $3.7M $2.3M
2022 $3.1M $2.9M $2.0M
2021 $882K $2.5M $1.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $882K to $4.6M (+420%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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