Public Charity

HIGHER GROUND ACADEMY

HIGHER GROUND ACADEMY is a Public Charity headquartered in ST PAUL, MN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $20.6M revenue, $20.0M expenses, $18.5M total assets. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $108K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 411886212 ST PAUL, MN Secondary & High Schools NTEE: B25 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$20.6M
Total Expenses$20.0M
Total Assets$18.5M
Grant Records8
Funding Total$108K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL, ETHICAL, AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WHO ARE READY FOR ALL THE CHALLENGES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. TO THAT END, STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM THE ACADEMY WILL BE COLLEGE READY, STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ETHICAL CITIZENS WHO VALUE HARD WORK, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY.

Where $100 goes at Higher Ground Academy

How Higher Ground Academy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$19 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 $81 for programs

$81
The goal is to encourage student's maximum intellectual and leadership development to meet 21st century standards of education through concerted preparation to pursue post-secondary and post-baccalaureate studies
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,137 students
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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.

Sample Grants Received

2025
African Immigrant Youth Career Development
$25,423
2024
African Immigrant Youth Career Development
$9,577
2022
GRANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DC PARENT RALLY
$48,118
2017
SomaliGirlsRock
$25,000

Showing up to 5 of 8 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Basima Mohamud
SECRETARY Brian Swerine
CHAIR Daniel Mcgrath
VICE CHAIR/TREASURER Denise Toussaint
BOARD MEMBER Liban Ahmed
BOARD MEMBER Mary Tate

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$48,118 1 grant
Youth Development
$35,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $20.6M $20.0M $18.5M
2024 $19.8M $19.3M $18.1M
2023 $19.2M $17.1M $18.5M
2022 $19.6M $16.6M $16.7M
2021 $16.2M $14.9M $14.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $16.2M to $20.6M (+27%), with total assets most recently reported at $18.5M.

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