Minnesota · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,909 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($694,750). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Alliance Francaise de Mpls-St Paul does
Mission
See schedule o.the mission of the alliance francaise of minneapolis and st. Paul, an independent chapter of a worldwide organization, is to serve our community by promoting the use and appreciation of french language and cultures through language classes, cultural programs, social events and information resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule o.french language classes and camps -this year, afmsp welcomed 1,413 registrations in on-site french classes over the course of 4 10-week class sessions and a 3-week session. 95 children participated in its summer camps. Afmsp offered after-school programs in 5 local schools. A record-breaking 115 candidates took french language or proficiency exams (75 delf/dalf 40 tef) cultural events -over 5,000 people attended 120 cultural and social events throughout the year. Monthly events include "p'tit dej", a free conversation group; cin club film series; book clubs for various levels. Annual events such as bastille day, fte de la musique, and fte d'hiver welcome community members across all demographics. Each year in march, afmsp celebrates a different french-speaking country with a focused series on its history, culture, and traditions. Resources -the afmsp library offers 6,848 books and 500 films for community members to borrow at no charge. It is believed to be the largest collection of french language books and media available to the public in the state of minnesota. An additional 331 afmsp members use culturethque, an online library.
$1,022,635 spent$613,399 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,022,635.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.9M to $5.8M (+209%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2021 7% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Christina Selander Bouzouina
Executive director
Board chair
Gregory Anthony
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $43k.
11 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL’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
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 68% · 2020 65% · 2021 31% · 2022 39% · 2023 43% — 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
42% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
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
79% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL'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 $357k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Afmsp Real Estate Holdings LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL?
- ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,909 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($694,750). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,676,909 in grants to ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $694,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MPLS-ST PAUL 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 19 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