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CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC

CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,142 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.5M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$240k
Net assets
$784k
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Central Minnesota Housing Partnership Inc does

Mission

Cmhp, inc is a non-profit regional community housing development corporation (chdo) committed to assisting underserved communities to preserve, improve and increase affordable housing for low and moderate income families and individuals.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Affordable housing: cmhp asset manages 935 units of affordable housing. Cmhp values its ownership and interest in rental properties and takes responsibility for the long-term health and welfare of all projects with which associated. Functions of asset management include monitoring programs, funders, and financing requirements to assure compliance and timely reporting, oversight of property management activities of the professional property managers, site visits, monthly financial reports, annual budget approval, capital improvement planning and tenant surveys. Cmhp communicates on a regular basis with property managers, investors, and funders. As cmhp continues to develop new or acquires and rehabs existing rental properties, it will continue to add affordable rental units to its asset management portfolio. In 2024, cmhp started lease up on creekside manor apartments in buffalo and started construction on the views on 7th in little falls.

    $4,691,664 spent$4,135,014 earned by the program
    79% of program spending
  2. Property management: cmhp oversees all aspects of the operations, management, and maintenance of selected properties in their portfolio. Cmhp's property management division recruits, screens, selects, and places applicants in housing and is responsible for the financial management, budgeting, caretaking supervision, reporting and compliance of each project. The number of properties cmhp manages is 28 rural development/tax credit projects consisting of 652 units of affordable rental. There is one more property being considered for 2025 including: maple manor apartments with construction completion and lease up of the views on 7th apartments in little falls being completed in 2026.continuum of care (coc): since 1997, cmhp has coordinated the development and implementation of the regional continuum of care plan outlining existing services and identifying gaps in services addressing homelessness. From 1997 to 2024, over $30.8 million in hud funding has been awarded regionally, with total leveraged funds of over $40.8 million. The 2023 exhibit one application for 2024 funding was awarded $1,823,277, with an additional $492,758 in match funds. As part of the 2024 funding, cmhp received…

    $1,011,282 spent$405,072 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. Small cities development program (scdp): cmhp provides technical assistance, application preparation/submission and grant administration services to eligible communities in our 16-county service area for the department of employment and economic development's small cities development program (scdp) funding. Qualifying applications must meet one or more federal objectives, which are 1) benefiting people of low and moderate incomes, 2) eliminating slum and blight conditions, or 3) eliminating an urgent threat to public health or safety. Applications are submitted for owner-occupied housing, single-family and multi-family rental housing, and commercial rehabilitation, with a focus on housing rehabilitation. Scdp projects may be supplemented with additional funding sources such as city match funds or usda rd loan/grant programs. In 2024, cmhp administered scdp grant awards for the following communities: mora, wadena, bertha/hewitt, buffalo, sebeka, swanville, and staples. Scdp grants include funding for administration, and draws for administration funds are submitted by cmhp as projects are completed. In addition to the open grants administered in 2024, cmhp worked with new cities to…

    $16,684 spent$175,072 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  4. Lead inspection services: lead paint inspection services were started in 2024. Staff has been trained and certified, and lead clearance inspections were completed on small cities development program projects. Nine lead clearance inspections were completed in 2024. Cmhp receives $300 per lead clearance inspection. It is the goal in 2025 to plan and implement lead assessments as well.minnesota urban & rural homesteading (murl): cmhp services a portfolio of homes originally purchased and rehabilitated through the murl program. Homes were sold on a 0% interest contract for deed to eligible households, with monthly payments based on monthly household income. While the murl program is no longer an actively funded program, at the end of 2024 cmhp held deed to six homes being sold via contract for deed. Cmhp staff services these contract for deeds, and provides homeowner support in areas such as home maintenance, budgeting, etc. On occasion, a home is deeded back to cmhp for various reasons. As all homes are past the program's affordability period (15 or 15.5 years from time put in the program) any home returned to cmhp is sold fee simple on the open market. Sales proceeds are deposited…

    $218,704 spent$92,358 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,938,334.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($2.6M) Net assets 100 ($2.9M)2018 Revenue 115 ($2.5M) Expenses 109 ($2.8M) Net assets 87 ($2.5M)2019 Revenue 162 ($3.5M) Expenses 116 ($3.0M) Net assets 120 ($3.4M)2020 Revenue 238 ($5.2M) Expenses 148 ($3.9M) Net assets 171 ($4.9M)2021 Revenue 203 ($4.4M) Expenses 178 ($4.6M) Net assets 173 ($5.0M)2022 Revenue 203 ($4.4M) Expenses 189 ($4.9M) Net assets 139 ($4.0M)2023 Revenue 204 ($4.5M) Expenses 221 ($5.7M) Net assets 72 ($2.1M)2024 Revenue 250 ($5.5M) Expenses 259 ($6.7M) Net assets 27 ($784k)
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Revenue (250)Expenses (259)Net assets (27)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 $29M to $35M (+24%).

$9.2M
$9.8M
$13M
$18M
$22M
$22M
$29M
$35M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 9% · 2018 9% · 2019 7% · 2020 4% · 2021 7% · 2022 4% · 2023 3% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

10% of CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 636 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$414k
’17
−$344k
’18
$528k
’19
$1.3M
’20
−$192k
’21
−$468k
’22
−$1.3M
’23
−$1.3M
’24
10
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.

Chief executive

Deanna Hemmesch

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1718151212121112
Joined·+1+0+1+0+1+0+1
No longer listed·0340110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $90k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC’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

CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

60%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 56% — 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

20% of CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

82% of CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
OH

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

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 611 unclassified nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−23% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

81%

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 57 related entities

  • Carlson Crossing Townhomes LLC · disregarded
  • Central Minnesota Housing Equity Fund LLC · disregarded
  • Central Minnesota Housing Properties LLC · disregarded
  • Central Minnesota Multi-Family Housing LLC · disregarded
  • Central Minnesota Single Family Housing LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC?
CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,142 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($145,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $240,142 in grants to CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC?
OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTRAL MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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