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Central Minnesota Council on Aging Inc

The central minnesota council on aging is committed to maintaining the highest level of independence with older people by developing and coordinating community care, reducing isolation and improving access to services.

$4.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$18MFood & Nutrition$9.5MHealth$1.2MCrime & Legal$1.2MPhilanthropy$54k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $4,777,304, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,882,428 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $105,124 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $242k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.3M
$67,744
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$2,510,436
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES$803,308
FAMILY PATHWAYS$204,678
HORIZON HEALTH$175,947
MID MN LEGAL ASSISTANCE$173,177
WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION$136,442
ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION$120,875
CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION$82,078
PAYNESVILLE LAHBNP$67,915
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES$67,744
CENTRAL MINNESOTA DEMENTIA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK$67,026
CENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATION (CAIRO)$64,650
KANABEC COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH$61,395
A HOME FOR THE DAY$46,330
WHITNEY SENIOR CENTER$45,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $26.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HORIZON HEALTH: $176k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $918k → 11%CENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATION (CAIRO): $59k → 12%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $176k → 5%HORIZON HEALTH: $101k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $803k → 11%CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION: $82k → 14%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $136k → 5%HORIZON HEALTH: $89k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $672k → 11%CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION: $61k → 14%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $102k → 5%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $157k → 5%HORIZON HEALTH: $84k → 10%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $68k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $667k → 11%CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION: $58k → 14%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $99k → 5%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $152k → 5%HORIZON HEALTH: $70k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $620k → 11%CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION: $57k → 14%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $98k → 5%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $143k → 5%HORIZON HEALTH: $57k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $602k → 11%CASS COUNTY FAITH IN ACTION: $57k → 14%WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY IN ACTION: $84k → 5%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $143k → 5%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $585k → 11%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $130k → 5%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $511k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3.5M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2.6M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2.5M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2.4M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2.3M → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1.3M → 11%ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION: $121k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1.3M → 11%ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION: $97k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1.2M → 11%RURAL STEARNS FAITH IN ACTION: $96k → 11%CENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATION (CAIRO): $65k → 11%ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION: $89k → 11%ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION: $86k → 11%ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY FAITH IN ACTION: $73k → 11%RURAL STEARNS FAITH IN ACTION: $69k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 24 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
8

Total granted

$30M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $17M · revenue +59%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +85%
  • ML
    MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL ASSISTANCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • SC
    SENIOR CARE CONSULTING LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • WC
    WADENA COUNTY
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • LA
    LAKES AREA INTERFAITH CAREGIVERSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $11k · revenue +74%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Interlakes Community Caregivers Inc

Services to neighbors in need including the elderly

Human Services
2
Southeast Seniors a living at homeblock nurse program

Neighborhood helping neighbor program that uses volunteer professional staff to help seniors remain safely in their homes with an enhanced quality of life

Health
3
Aitkin County Care Inc

To enhance and promote the independence, dignity, value and well- being of older and disabled adults and those who care for them.

Human Services
4
St Lukes Lutheran Care Center

St. luke's lutheran care center provides elderly and handicapped people with housing facilities and services and is specially designed to meet the physical, social, and psychological needs of the residents and to contribute to their…

Human Services
5
Interfaith Caregivers - Faith in Action in Faribault County

To provide non-medical, volunteer-based support for older adults living in Faribault County in order to help them maintain independence, dignity and quality of life.

Human Services
6
Christian Care Communities Inc Group Return

Christian care communities enhances the journey of life for those we serve. recognizing the unique needs of each individual christian care offers an array of housing and care options including independent living. 24-hour skilled nursing…

Human Services
7
Catholic Eldercare

Catholic eldercare provides a full continuum of care for seniors. our goal is to support each person throughout the remainder of their lives in a holistic way. we provide care in partnership with family, church and community in as least…

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8
Central Minnesota Council On Aging Inc

The central minnesota council on aging is committed to maintaining the highest level of independence with older people by developing and coordinating community care, reducing isolation and improving access to services.

Human Services
9
Hamline Midway Elders Living At Home/Block Nurse Program

Provide services to keep seniors independent in their homes.

Recreation & Sports
10
Sauer Health Care

To provide nursing care and related services to the aged and handicapped in winona, mn and the surrounding area.

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11
Access North Center for Independent Living of Northeastern Minnesota

To assist individuals with disabilities to live independently, pursue meaningful goals, and have the same opportunities and choices as all people.

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12
Macomb County Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers

Drawing from religious, business, civic and individual resources, the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers program works to meet two mutually entwined and equally important purposes: to respond to the ever-growing needs of older and physically…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Assumption Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ecumen Sbc Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD: $17,067,647 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUDLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $5,377,834 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTAFamily Pathways: $900,851 · Human Services+10 more: $3,141,702 · Human Services+10 moreMID-MINNESOTA LEGAL ASSISTANCE: $1,177,706 · OtherMID-MINNE…FAMILY PATHWAYS: $378,930 · OtherFAMILY PA…KANABEC COUNTY: $282,003 · OtherKANABEC C…CITY OF ST CLOUD: $279,986 · OtherCITY OF S…LAKES & PINES COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $154,198 · OtherLAKES & P…+8 more: $323,452 · Other+8 morePAYNESVILLE AREA LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM: $369,377 · HealthCENTRAL MINNESOTA DEMENTIA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $162,594 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthNORTHWOODS INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS PROGRAM: $54,318 · PhilanthropyCASS LAKE AREA FOOD SHELF: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHANDS ACROSS THE WORLD: $5,000 · Education
Human Services$26,488,034Other$2,596,275Health$541,971Philanthropy$54,318Food & Nutrition$10,000Education$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD: $17,067,647 over 8y, 18% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $5,377,834 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMID-MINNESOTA LEGAL ASSISTANCE: $1,177,706 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFamily Pathways: $900,851 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetASSUMPTION COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $681,469 over 8y, 45% of budgetHORIZON HEALTH INC: $654,147 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetWRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $601,524 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION FOR CASS COUNTY: $408,904 over 7y, 26% of budgetPAYNESVILLE AREA LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM: $369,377 over 8y, 31% of budgetSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $208,162 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetHELPING HANDS OUTREACH: $194,612 over 8y, 15% of budgetCENTRAL MINNESOTA DEMENTIA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $162,594 over 2y, 24% of budgetLAKES & PINES COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $154,198 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATION: $124,114 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCARE-COMMUNITY ACTION RESPECTING ELDERS: $110,954 over 4y, 16% of budgetPARK VIEW CARE CENTER: $77,459 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWOODS INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS PROGRAM: $54,318 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLAKES AREA INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS: $11,453 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION: $5,129 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHANDS ACROSS THE WORLD: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL ASSISTANCE ↗
  • Who funds Family Pathways ↗
  • Who funds ASSUMPTION COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds WRIGHT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN ACTION FOR CASS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PAYNESVILLE AREA LIVING AT HOME BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA DEMENTIA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LAKES & PINES COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds CARE-COMMUNITY ACTION RESPECTING ELDERS ↗
  • Who funds PARK VIEW CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWOODS INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds LAKES AREA INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS ↗
  • Who funds ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASS LAKE AREA FOOD SHELF ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ACROSS THE WORLD ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Initiative FoundationOtto Bremer TrustCommunitygivingUnited Way of Central…The Minneapolis Found…Medica FoundationMardag FoundationWright-Hennepin Elect…Benton Telecommunicat…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Morgan Family Foundat…Hunger Solutions Minn…
Initiative FoundationMN27.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Initiative Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Communitygiving · United Way of Central Minnesota · The Minneapolis Foundation · Medica Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Wright-Hennepin Electric Trust · Benton Telecommunications Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Morgan Family Foundation · Hunger Solutions Minnesota

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Central Minnesota Council on Aging Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Central Minnesota Council on Aging Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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