Wisconsin · Nonprofit
COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION
COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,059,562 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ($2,753,852). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $9.1M
- Net assets
- $19M
What College of the Menominee Nation does
Mission
As a land grant institution of higher education chartered by the menominee people, the college of menominee nation infuses learning with american indian culture and prepares students for leadership, careers, and advanced studies in a multicultural world. The college commits to research and promotion, perpetuation, and nurturance of american indian language and scholarship.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To provide a quality environmental and educational experience to native american and non-indian students, including the award of scholarships to native american students who meet the award criteria. Also, to grant public access to technology and training programs for all surrounding communities.
$11,685,713 spentof which $1,344,241 as grants$115,705 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,685,713.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $16M to $22M (+42%).
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: 2017 80% · 2018 80% · 2019 80% · 2020 79% · 2021 86% · 2022 90% · 2023 92% · 2024 93% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Gary Frechette
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $448k → $2.8M.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION’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
COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 46% · 2019 62% · 2020 40% · 2021 31% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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
60% of COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $598k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78.1M on record.
- Department of Education$28.2M
- Department of the Interior$25.1M
- Department of Agriculture$21.4M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.7M
- National Science Foundation$1.6M
- Environmental Protection Agency$50k
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.
Organizations like COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION?
- COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,059,562 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ($2,753,852). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $9,059,562 in grants to COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION?
- AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,753,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGE OF THE MENOMINEE NATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing