Minnesota · Nonprofit
ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH
ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being GROUP HEALTH INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $449k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $537k
What Advocates for Better Health does
Mission
To support, equip, and connect all kinds of advocates to advance health equity in minnesota.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advocates for Better Health is proud to offer project and administrative support to health equity focused organizations and public-health oriented projects. Our work regularly involves navigating contracting environments, assessing operational workflows, and developing standard operating procedures and tools that improve clarity and accountability.
$179,299 spent$199,465 earned by the program48% of program spendingAdvocates for Better Health is dedicated to creating a healthy, equitable, and thriving state by supporting public health initiatives informed by community and in collaboration with health professionals. The physician advocacy network (pan) is committed to educating physicians and medical students about e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, engaging them in tobacco policy decisions, and empowering them to become leaders in reducing tobacco use in minnesota. The goal of pan is to develop a statewide network of physicians and medical students trained to advocate for patients in the exam room and in front of elected officials at the city, county, and state level to affect change beyond the constraints of healthcare systems. As part of this work, the pan also works to educate and engage health sciences students of all disciplines in tobacco prevention.
$170,088 spent$222,587 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe abh public health advocacy fellowship creates a connection between medicine and public health for students by offering opportunities to engage in local public health advocacy activities. Our program for student fellows and seasoned mentors strives to foster advocacy in all career stages from training and beyond.
$26,583 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $375,970.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $842k (−39%).
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.
2% of ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH’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
ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% 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 ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
73% of ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH's revenue fell 56% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Advocates for Better Health The · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH?
- ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being GROUP HEALTH INC ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,500 in grants to ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH?
- GROUP HEALTH INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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