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CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION

CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,259,889 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($575,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.7M
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$15M
11/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Central Lakes College Foundation does

Mission

To promote clc student success by addressing financial barriers to pursuing higher education - through scholarships, strong alumni and donor relationships, affordable student housing, and other appropriate assistance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Donations including in-kind for projects and programs paid for on behalf of central lakes college to enhance student and community learning experiences.

    $1,994,118 spentof which $1,994,118 as grants
    69% of program spending
  2. Student housing provided to students enrolled at central lakes college.

    $472,506 spent$637,668 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Scholarships awarded to students attending central lakes college enrolled in six or more credits fall and spring semester.

    $409,618 spentof which $385,756 as grants
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,876,242.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($8.2M)2018 Revenue 121 ($1.8M) Expenses 132 ($1.6M) Net assets 109 ($9.0M)2019 Revenue 117 ($1.7M) Expenses 139 ($1.6M) Net assets 112 ($9.2M)2020 Revenue 132 ($1.9M) Expenses 151 ($1.8M) Net assets 115 ($9.5M)2021 Revenue 191 ($2.8M) Expenses 175 ($2.1M) Net assets 143 ($12M)2022 Revenue 220 ($3.2M) Expenses 161 ($1.9M) Net assets 128 ($11M)2023 Revenue 183 ($2.7M) Expenses 231 ($2.8M) Net assets 139 ($11M)2024 Revenue 207 ($3.0M) Expenses 218 ($2.6M) Net assets 157 ($13M)2025 Revenue 253 ($3.7M) Expenses 253 ($3.0M) Net assets 176 ($15M)
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Revenue (253)Expenses (253)Net assets (176)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $13M (+20%).

$10.0M
$11M
$11M
$11M
$13M
$12M
$13M
$14M
$16M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$261k
’17
$187k
’18
$54k
’19
$120k
’20
$688k
’21
$1.3M
’22
−$102k
’23
$406k
’24
$658k
’25
2.7
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed161417181918171818
Joined·+2+4+6+6+0+2+4+3
No longer listed·41551333
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $30k → $153k.

10 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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

CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% 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 CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

46%
largest funder
72%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 42% · 2019 69% · 2020 51% · 2021 35% · 2022 50% · 2023 44% — 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

44% of CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

94% of CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
IL
WI
NY
DC

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $342k 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

Organizations like CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

74%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Central Lakes College Foundation Housing LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,259,889 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($575,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,259,889 in grants to CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION?
DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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