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Takeaction Mn Education Fund

Takeaction minnesota education fund envisions a minnesota dedicated to the principles of strong communities, democracy, and equal opportunity for all.

$7.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Civil Rights$9.5MEnvironment$580kEmployment$360kArts & Culture$256kPublic Benefit$210kReligion$198kCommunity Improvement$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $6,923,065, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,241,999 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $318,934 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–50k4 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $6.5M
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLACK VISIONS$6,550,000
ARAB AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS$174,565
THE BLOC$75,000
TENDING THE SOIL$75,000
JUXTAPOSITION INC$16,000
MN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED JUDICIAL REFORM$12,500
REVOLUTION DANCE WORKS$10,000
AFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCE INC$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $55k) 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%1 DAY AT A TIME: $25k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 11%AVIVO: $10k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 10 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
39

Total granted

$9.8M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $357k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • I
    ISAIAH
    6× · 2017–2023 · $798k · revenue +101%
  • M
    MN350
    3× · 2018–2020 · $206k · revenue +3%
  • CD
    CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA
    4× · 2018–2021 · $85k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • N
    NOC
    one grant, 2017 · $289k
  • TA
    THE AWOOD CENTER
    2× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue -48%
  • BN
    Bryant Neighborhood Organization
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -73% · 53% of their budget
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
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
2
Growth & Justice

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

—
3
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.

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4
Violence Free Minnesota

To represent victim/survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs.

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5
Lights On

Promote civic engagement by the African American community in Minneapolis, MN and surrounding communities. The goal of Lights On is to create a sense of agency within the community by educating members about the institutions that affect…

—
6
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
7
Our Justice

To ensure that all people and communities have the power and resources to make sexual and reproductive health decisions with self-determination.

Health
8
Leadership Matters Mn

Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.

Education
9
Women Winning

To encourage, promote, support, and elect pro-choice women of all political parties to all levels of public office in minnesota.

Public Benefit
10
Alliance for a Better Minnesota

We specialize in using digital and social media, media relations, and original content like videos, graphics, and blogs to increase support for progressive ideals. Together, we can build a Minnesota that works for everyone.

Community Improvement
11
Wonderlust Productions

Wonderlust Productions is a multicultural, multi-disciplinary arts ensemble that illuminates a community's story through performance, mixing community members from across generations, ethnicities, and perspectives, alongside an ensemble of…

Arts & Culture
12
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault is a statewide coalition driving transformative culture change to address sexual violence through advocacy, prevention, racial justice, and systems change. We envision a world free of sexual…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Dont Shoot Guns Shoot Hoops. 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

73 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/73
Grantees still filing
31/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLACK VISIONS: $7,875,000 · Civil RightsBLACK VISIONS+2 more: $182,565 · Civil RightsLITTLE EARTH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 · OtherLITTLE EARTH RES…NOC: $288,750 · OtherNOCOUTFRONT MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $95,000 · OtherOUTFRONT MINNESO…MAIN STREET ALLIANCE: $86,500 · OtherTHE BLOC INC: $75,000 · OtherNEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE: $60,000 · OtherCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $85,000 · OtherWHITE EARTH LAND RECOVERY PROJECT: $80,000 · OtherGENDER JUSTICE: $75,000 · Other+31 more: $577,250 · Other+31 moreISAIAH: $797,949 · ReligionMN350: $206,224 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY POWER: $160,000 · EnvironmentLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $24,000 · EnvironmentTHE AWOOD CENTER: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP: $125,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureREVOLUTION DANCE WORKS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBryant Neighborhood Organization: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTENDING THE SOIL MN: $75,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $52,500 · Community ImprovementACCESS PHILANTHROPY CHARITIES: $160,000 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Civil Rights$8,057,565Other$1,722,500Religion$797,949Environment$390,224Arts & Culture$295,000Community Improvement$227,500Philanthropy$170,000

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 budgetBLACK VISIONS: $7,875,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetISAIAH: $797,949 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetLITTLE EARTH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetMN350: $206,224 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetACCESS PHILANTHROPY CHARITIES: $160,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY POWER: $160,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetTHE AWOOD CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP: $125,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBryant Neighborhood Organization: $100,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $95,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $85,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetWHITE EARTH LAND RECOVERY PROJECT: $80,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetGENDER JUSTICE: $75,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $52,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTAKEACTION MINNESOTA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $46,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNIDOS MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND: $43,750 over 2y, 15% of budgetFamily Tree Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHSIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMINNESOTA TRAINING PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budget1 DAY AT A TIME: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSWOP Minneapolis: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $24,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHLINK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPIRAL COLLECTIVE: $10,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL RIGHTS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetAVIVO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildflyer Coffee: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSISTERS CAMELOT: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWE WIN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetREVOLUTION DANCE WORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION: $8,000 over 2y, 1.3% 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.

Headwaters Foundation…The Minneapolis Found…The McKnight Foundati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Women's Foundation of…Pohlad Family Foundat…Otto Bremer TrustFr Bigelow FoundationThe Bush FoundationStill Ain'T Satisfied…Mightycause Charitabl…John and Denise Grave…
Headwaters Foundation for JusticeMN70.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Headwaters Foundation for Justice · The Minneapolis Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · Pohlad Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Still Ain'T Satisfied - a Foundation With Attitude (Sas) · Mightycause Charitable 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 Takeaction Mn Education Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Takeaction Mn Education Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Takeaction Mn Education Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Takeaction Mn Education Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 56 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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