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Nexus Community Partners

We co-create more liberated communities by strengthening leaders, cultivating community wealth and stewarding the just distribution of resources.

$5.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.3MCommunity Improvement$687kHousing & Shelter$314kArts & Culture$186kFood & Nutrition$142kEnvironment$115kEducation$105kCivil Rights$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $386,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,763,032 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,377,032 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Terra Firma$150,000
Twin Cities Impact Collective$75,000
Storehouse Grocers$75,000
Improve Group$45,000
In Sisterhood We Brunch$31,000
Housing in Action$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 (FY20–23, $130k) 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.

area typical 11%Neighborhood Development Center: $20k → 14%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Merrick Community Services: $10k → 14%Appetite for Change: $25k → 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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 17 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$1.3M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
0%

Still filing today

82%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementHousing & ShelterEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AE
    AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS
    3× · 2020–2023 · $130k · revenue +1%
  • LP
    LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT
    4× · 2020–2023 · $115k · revenue +323%
  • CO
    CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
    3× · 2020–2023 · $102k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • MB
    Minnesota Black Collective Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3.3M · revenue -60% · 56% of their budget
  • T
    TRUARTSPEAKS
    one grant, 2024 · $125k · revenue 0% · 39% of their budget
  • AC
    African Career Education and Resource Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $55k
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
Minneapolis Climate Action

Minneapolis Climate Action is a 501c(3) nonprofit founded in 2007 by a group of dedicated individuals committed to addressing climate change in their community. After almost 10 years of working at the neighborhood level and piloting the…

Environment
2
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
3
Nexus Community Partners

We co-create more liberated communities by strengthening leaders, cultivating community wealth and stewarding the just distribution of resources.

Philanthropy
4
African Development Center

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

Human Services
5
Mixed Blood Theatre Company

Mixed Blood Theatre Company uses theater to disrupt injustice. We are a social justice organization catalyzing action and change through art. Our work is guided by deep community engagement and rooted in radical hospitality.

—
6
Growth & Justice

To develop and advocate for public policy that makes Minnesota's economy more prosperous and fair for all Minnesotans.

—
7
Minnesota Cdfi Coalition

The mission of the Minnesota CDFI Coalition is to activate the collective superpowers of Minnesota CDFIs to achieve economic justice.

Community Improvement
8
Minneapolis Parks Foundation

The Minneapolis Parks Foundation transforms human lives through parks and public spaces by aligning philanthropic investment and community vision.

Recreation & Sports
9
Latino Economic Development Center

To transform our community by creating economic opportunities for Latinos.

Housing & Shelter
10
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
11
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
12
New Africa Community Development Corporation

New Africa CDC's mission is to support community members in revitalizing Minneapolis neighborhoods and creating "New Africa model communities" in cities across America.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Springboard for the Arts; the most unlike its peers is Love First. 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

36 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. 36 of the 51 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Minnesota Black Collective Foundation: $3,276,535 · PhilanthropyMinnesota Black Collective Foundation+3 more: $80,000 · PhilanthropyTerra Firma: $150,000 · OtherTerra FirmaPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $105,000 · OtherPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNI…TWIN CITIES IMPACT COOPERATIVE: $75,000 · OtherTWIN CITIES IMPACT COOPE…Storehouse Grocers: $75,000 · OtherStorehouse GrocersIn Sisterhood We Brunch: $57,729 · OtherAfrican Career Education and Resource Inc: $55,000 · OtherImprove Group: $45,000 · OtherAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $100,000 · OtherAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INCHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: $90,000 · OtherHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS A…The Fields Retreat and Learning Center: $90,000 · OtherThe Fields Retreat and L…JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $50,000 · Other+18 more: $324,500 · Other+18 moreCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $101,500 · Housing & ShelterINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE COMMUNITY INC: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterFrogtown Neighborhood Association: $100,000 · Community ImprovementMNI SOTA FUND: $60,000 · Community ImprovementMETROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS: $50,000 · Community ImprovementWEST BROADWAY BUSINESS AND AREA COALITION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS: $130,000 · EducationAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN: $75,000 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $30,000 · EducationNew American Development Cente: $15,000 · EducationTRUARTSPEAKS: $125,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $115,000 · EnvironmentFROGTOWN GARDEN: $15,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$3,356,535Other$1,217,229Housing & Shelter$291,500Community Improvement$260,000Education$250,000Arts & Culture$156,000Environment$130,000

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 budgetMinnesota Black Collective Foundation: $3,276,535 over 1y, 56% of budgetAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS: $130,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTRUARTSPEAKS: $125,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $115,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $101,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFrogtown Neighborhood Association: $100,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE: $100,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: $90,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Fields Retreat and Learning Center: $90,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN: $75,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMNI SOTA FUND: $60,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLao Assistance Center of Minnesota: $30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPeace Development Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWEST BROADWAY BUSINESS AND AREA COALITION: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIVE FREE CHICAGO: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLove First: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNew American Development Cente: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFROGTOWN GARDEN: $15,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Minneapolis Found…The McKnight Foundati…Headwaters Foundation…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustTarget FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Pohlad Family Foundat…The Bush FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationNorthwest Area Founda…Mortenson Family Foun…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN46× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Northwest Area Foundation · Mortenson Family 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 Nexus Community Partners funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nexus Community Partners. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 51 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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