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CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc

CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,071,056 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($696,630). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$548k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$930k
10/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc does

Mission

Historic Backus Community Center the heart of International Falls where all generations celebrate the arts culture recreation wellness and life-long learning.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Cultural education and community events together with coordinated permeances Concerts programs activity cafe KCCTV kitchen Rubys SFSP

    $288,645 spent$2,041,270 earned by the program
    71% of program spending
  2. Provide space to individuals and organizations that promote the organizations mission. Building space is provided on a fee basis rental

    $116,383 spent$203,295 earned by the program
    29% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $405,028.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($703k) Expenses 100 ($686k) Net assets 100 ($398k)2021 Revenue 105 ($736k) Expenses 96 ($662k) Net assets 119 ($473k)2022 Revenue 105 ($736k) Expenses 104 ($712k) Net assets 125 ($497k)2023 Revenue 95 ($665k) Expenses 98 ($671k) Net assets 261 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 99 ($694k) Expenses 100 ($685k) Net assets 244 ($973k)2025 Revenue 78 ($548k) Expenses 86 ($591k) Net assets 234 ($930k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (78)Expenses (86)Net assets (234)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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+19%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.3M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 21% · 2021 11% · 2022 9% · 2023 8% · 2024 18% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

22% of CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$17k
’20
$75k
’21
$24k
’22
−$6k
’23
$9k
’24
−$43k
’25
4.3
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

Lois Lundin

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed131312121010
Joined·+5+1+4+1+2
No longer listed·52432
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $16k → $382k.

4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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

CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

32% 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 CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc.

65%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 48% · 2019 76% · 2020 48% · 2021 69% · 2022 41% · 2023 85% — growing more concentrated.

“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

33% of CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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

97% of CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
MO
GA

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $84k on record.

Federal$84k
grants $84kcontracts $0
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19
20
21
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$84k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 22%Fundraising 10%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc?
CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,071,056 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($696,630). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,071,056 in grants to CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc?
OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $696,630 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 14 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