Minnesota · Nonprofit
BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY
BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $467,613 to it, the largest being HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA ($99,880). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $468k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Bountiful Basket Food Shelf of Eastern Carver County does
Mission
Nourishing neighbors, inspiring hope, and supporting families on their road to self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food assistance: bountiful basket operates two brick-and-mortar food shelf locationsone in chaska and one in cologne. Bountiful basket was founded to serve the eastern carver county communities of chanhassen, chaska, carver, and victoria. Two years ago, we expanded our reach by opening a second location in cologne to better serve residents in the more rural areas of western carver county. While these communities represent our traditional service area and the majority of the individuals and families we serve, our doors are open to anyone in need of food assistance, regardless of where they live.the chaska food shelf is open five days a week, in addition to the first and third saturdays of each month, and the cologne food shelf is open three days a week. This year saw a continued increase in demand for services. We distributed more than 1,500,000 pounds of food and served approximately 68,000 individuals (duplicated), representing an 18% increase compared to 2023-2024. Approximately 33% of those served were children, and 8% were senior citizens.our food shelf operates using a choice model and is supershelf certified, placing a strong focus on nutrition while offering a welcoming and…
$3,459,974 spentof which $3,170,972 as grants91% of program spendingCommunity resource navigation: bountiful basket's community resource navigation program is designed to support families beyond food assistance by addressing the broader challenges that contribute to food insecurity. Our community resource navigator works one-on-one with individuals and families to identify needs and connect them with vital community resources. She provides bilingual support in english and spanish, helping clients navigate systems and access services such as housing assistance, employment and job training programs, health care, public benefits, and financial and legal resources.the community resource navigator offers personalized referrals, assists with applications, and helps reduce barriers related to language, system complexity, and access to information. In addition to direct client support, the navigator ensures that both the chaska and cologne food shelf locations are equipped with current, accurate information about local and regional programs. She maintains on-site resource centers, builds and strengthens relationships with community partners, and keeps staff and volunteers informed about available services. This program helps families move toward greater…
$322,094 spent9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,782,068.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.4M to $2.0M (+48%).
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: 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Patti Sinykin
Executive director
Board chair
Joan Nelson
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $7k → $94k.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 funders by total. 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
BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
99% 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 BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 42% · 2022 36% · 2023 42% — 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
80% of BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 43% 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
74% of BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k 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
BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY?
- BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $467,613 to it, the largest being HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA ($99,880). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $467,613 in grants to BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY?
- HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $99,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELF OF EASTERN CARVER COUNTY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 21 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