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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

$555k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$530k
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.

Public Benefit$439kCivil Rights$29kHuman Services$24kHousing & Shelter$16kEmployment$15kHealth$10kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $250k+1 grant · $530k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Legalcorps$530,000
Prepare Prosper$10,000
Children's Defense Fund - Minnesota$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Pillsbury United Communities: $9k → 9%Prepare Prosper: $14k → 14%Prepare Prosper: $10k → 14%Prepare Prosper: $10k → 14%The ANIKA Foundation: $25k → 11%Prepare Prosper: $10k → 14%SEWA: $25k → 11%Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $32k → 14%Wilder Foundation: $25k → 14%Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $25k → 14%Access Press: $6k → 14%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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219k · 4 repeat orgs$869k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
24

Total granted

$219k
$339k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+23%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $530k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEmploymentCivil RightsHousing & ShelterEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AH
    AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $82k · revenue +28%
  • CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
    3× · 2019–2025 · $59k · revenue +39%
  • PA
    Prepare and Prosper
    4× · 2019–2025 · $44k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • UM
    UNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • AC
    AFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES INgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $26k · revenue +51%
  • S
    SEWA-AIFWgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +92%
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
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
2
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
3
Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance

ACT: Align Partners, Connect Businesses to Resources and Transform Native Economies.

Community Improvement
4
Minneapolis American Indian Center

Services provided include education, community development, youth programs, employment assistance, information dissemination, health and wellness programs, elder services, and child welfare.

Human Services
5
Center for Economic Inclusion

The Center for Economic Inclusion is an organization committed to strengthening the Minneapolis - Saint Paul region's civic infrastructure and collective capacity to disrupt systems and influence market forces to catalyze shared prosperity…

Community Improvement
6
Minnesota African Womens Association

TO Promote the health and well being of African refugee and immigrant women and their families in the twin City area through research, education ,advocacy and programming

Human Services
7
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
8
Sahan Journal

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

Education
9
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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10
African Economic Development Solutions

African economic development solutions (aeds) builds wealth within african immigrant communities in the twin cities through economic development activities. we work throughout the twin cities metropolitan area to create wealth, lift…

Education
11
West Central Initiative

Serving to improve west central minnesota through funding, programs, and technical assistance. vision of a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable world starts here in west central minnesota.

Philanthropy
12
Phumulani

Preventing domestic violence and sexual abuse in communities of color throughout minnesota and the nation. by providing culturally-specific resources to women and girls of african descent, we hope to change the cycle of gender-based abuse…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Wellness Center. 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

29 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.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEGALCORPS: $530,000 · Crime & LegalLEGALCORPSAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $81,500 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER FO…Prepare and Prosper: $43,825 · Human ServicesPrepare and ProsperSEWA-AIFW: $25,000 · Human ServicesSEWA-AIFWTHE ANIKA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ANIKA FOUNDATIO…INTERCULTURAL MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: $9,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $58,825 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S D…COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $35,000 · Civil RightsCOUNCIL ON A…COPAL-EDUCATION FUND COMMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA A: $25,000 · Civil RightsCOPAL-EDUCAT…PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $25,000 · OtherPILLSBURY UN…AMERICAN INDIAN OIC: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN IND…NORTHWEST INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER NWICDC: $10,000 · OtherNORTHWEST IN…LATINOLEAD INC: $10,000 · OtherLATINOLEAD I…THE ARC MINNESOTA INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE ARC MINN…Partnership Resources Inc: $5,500 · OtherCAPI USA: $23,500 · OtherCAPI USAMEWINZHA ONDAADIZIIKE WIIGAMING: $10,000 · OtherMEWINZHA OND…PROJECT FINE: $7,500 · OtherPROJECT FINECENTER FOR HMONG ARTS AND TALENT: $6,000 · OtherUNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 · EducationAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN: $25,500 · EducationHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 · EmploymentVOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: $9,192 · EmploymentRISE INCORPORATED: $6,000 · EmploymentHIRED: $5,500 · EmploymentWELLNESS CENTER: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME LINE: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $5,500 · Housing & Shelter
Crime & Legal$530,000Human Services$189,825Civil Rights$118,825Other$122,500Education$55,500Employment$45,692Housing & Shelter$25,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEGALCORPS: $530,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $81,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $58,825 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPrepare and Prosper: $43,825 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $35,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetUNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN: $25,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSEWA-AIFW: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOPAL-EDUCATION FUND COMMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA A: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ANIKA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPI USA: $23,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN OIC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER NWICDC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWELLNESS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHOME LINE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARC MINNESOTA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: $9,192 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTERCULTURAL MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT FINE: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR HMONG ARTS AND TALENT: $6,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetRISE INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIRED: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartnership Resources Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS PRESS LTD: $5,500 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustThe McKnight Foundati…The Minneapolis Found…Target FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Women's Foundation of…BCBSM Foundation IncFr Bigelow FoundationMinnesota VoiceNorthwest Area Founda…John and Denise Grave…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN41.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · BCBSM Foundation Inc · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Minnesota Voice · Northwest Area Foundation · John and Denise Graves Foundation

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 Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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