· Public charity
Minnesota Education Trust
MINNESOTA EDUCATION TRUST (met) seeks to support religious centers, community centers, schools, and to assist other organizations that serve goals similar to the goals of met.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $78k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER | $42,860 |
| IQRA ACADEMY OF THE TWIN CITIES | $25,000 |
| STUDENTS PREPARED TO SUCCEED | $10,000 |
| AL IHSAN ISLAMIC CENTER | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Minnesota Education Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +145% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AJAL JAZARI INSTITUTE2× · 2017–2019 · $417k · revenue +145%
- SPSTUDENTS PREPARED TO SUCCEED2× · 2019–2020 · $28k · revenue +173%
- BBBUILDING BLOCKS INC2× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue -99%
Funded once
- ZZACAHone grant, 2017 · $160k
- MAMUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MINNESOTAone grant, 2017 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $45k
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.
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.
Darul Uloom is a nonprofit Islamic center that has been formed exclusively for educational and religious purposes. The center plays vital role in the lives of Muslims in the East of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The center is a place where…
To support the betterment of our society through a balanced, moderate, and authentic islamic education.
The mission of Masjidullah is to establish the Holy Qur'an as the guide book for all of humanity and the life of prophet Muhammad as the example for human conduct. Masjidullah carries out its mission through programs of community service…
Buiding blocks offers a platform for concerned muslims to work together for the advancement of the communitys welfare through the provision of religious, educational, and social services to build bridges of mutual understanding with other…
Al-amal school is a nonprofit, full-time religious school with pre-k through 12th grades.
To serve as a source of the authentic knowledge of Islam in North America by providing quality educational and training programs. We strive to graduate students who have a balanced understanding of Islam, to serve the community and the…
Provides religious, educational and cultural services and programs to the students, faculty and alumni of the University of Minnesota.
Cairs mission is to enhance understanding of islam, encourage dialogue to protect civil liberties, empower american muslims, and build coalitions.
Teaching islamic curriculum
To conduct religious and cultural works helping new immigrants adapt to a new enviorment bridging communities of different ethnic and racial backgrounds.
The Muslim Power Building Project (MPBP) provides training, resources, and collaborative learning space for Muslim organizers to advance racial equity, foster collective action, and create sustainable social change by building power rooted…
To disseminate religious knowledge in the Muslim as well as non-Muslim community To expand the circle of Islamic religious awareness, spread the teaching of Islam from its genuine sources.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Minnesota Education Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minnesota Education Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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