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21 Roots Farm

21 Roots Farm (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $856,506 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($271,457). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$507k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$857k
Net assets
$1.3M
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What 21 Roots Farm does

Mission

21 Roots Farm offers quality agriculture-based programming that helps people w/ developmental disabilities cultivate sense of purpose and community by focusing on our clients; interest and building confidence

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 21 Roots Farm is a picturesque farm. We cultivate community, independence and empowerment for people with developmental disabilities. 21 Roots is the home of variety of animals and 15 plus variety of apples. By fostering inclusive connections and provide opportunities that encourages all people to tend to thier gifts.

    $82,324 spent$109,442 earned by the program
    79% of program spending
  2. Concert on the Lake is 21 Roots annual concert that invites all to visit the farm and enjoy music the best artist in celebrating life. This is designed for individuals with developmental disabilities with their family and friends. We also have our seasonal agricultural activities for all ages.

    $21,877 spent$73,801 earned by the program
    21% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,201.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($202k) Expenses 100 ($50k) Net assets 100 ($152k)2020 Revenue 251 ($507k) Expenses 448 ($223k) Net assets 385 ($585k)2021 Revenue 247 ($500k) Expenses 722 ($359k) Net assets 443 ($675k)2022 Revenue 188 ($379k) Expenses 507 ($252k) Net assets 521 ($792k)2023 Revenue 215 ($433k) Expenses 373 ($185k) Net assets 692 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 251 ($507k) Expenses 555 ($276k) Net assets 841 ($1.3M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (251)Expenses (555)Net assets (841)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.3M (+21%).

$878k
$1.0M
$943k
$910k
$1.1M
$1.3M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

51% of 21 Roots Farm’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$152k
’19
$285k
’20
$140k
’21
$127k
’22
$248k
’23
$230k
’24
9.8
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201920202021202220232024
Listed554455
Joined·+2+0+0+2+0
No longer listed·21010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $107k → $124k.

7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of 21 Roots Farm’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

21 Roots Farm has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

78% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 21 Roots Farm.

32%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 77% · 2020 76% · 2021 76% · 2022 38% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

50% of 21 Roots Farm's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

67% of 21 Roots Farm's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $286k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 5 states.

MN
MI
RI
MO
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $571k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

21 Roots Farm runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin45% · top quartile
Months of reserve9.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 62%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds 21 Roots Farm?
21 Roots Farm (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $856,506 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($271,457). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does 21 Roots Farm have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $856,506 in grants to 21 Roots Farm, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of 21 Roots Farm?
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $271,457 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 21 Roots Farm find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing