Minnesota · Public charity
West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc
Empowering people while providing services and resources that impact individuals and communities.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $246k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $93,197
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 | 9 | $246k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $487k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $381k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Housing Finance Agency | $921,507 | 3 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $93,197 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership Inc | $34,058 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action Duluth Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri-County Action Program Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Rivers Community Action Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerge Community Development | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anoka County Community Action Program Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Housing Finance Agency | $921,507 | 3 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $93,197 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership Inc | $34,058 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action Duluth Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri-County Action Program Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Rivers Community Action Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerge Community Development | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anoka County Community Action Program Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mn8 | $6,000 | 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc with peer funders
About West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc
- How much does West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc give?
- West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $246,255, out of $2,860,788 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (76%), Community Improvement (13%), Religion (8%).
- Who are West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency ($922k), United States Catholic Conference ($93k), Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc ($50k).
- Does West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc based?
- West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc is based in MN.
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