Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc
Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $258,521
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,309
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $974k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.0M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.3M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $749k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Zoo | $2,950,296 | 9 | n/a |
| Human Services Faribaultmartin Co | $2,749,046 | 9 | n/a |
| Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc | $1,350,646 | 8 | 7% |
| Human Services Watonwan Co | $765,673 | 9 | n/a |
| Mankato Rehabilitation Center Inc | $522,608 | 8 | 0% |
| South Central Service Cooperative | $315,485 | 5 | n/a |
| Mankato Community Education and Rec | $214,223 | 3 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $147,564 | 4 | 0% |
| Southeast Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc | $66,959 | 2 | 1% |
| Le Sueur-Henderson Public Schools | $7,107 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc
- How much does Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc give?
- Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,271,038, out of $14,243,632 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (98%), Housing & Shelter (2%).
- Who are Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Zoo ($3.0M), Human Services Faribaultmartin Co ($2.7M), Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc based?
- Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc is based in MN.
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