Minnesota · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,226 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($327,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $722k
- Net assets
- $555k
What Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County does
Mission
Partner with the community to provide effective and responsive services to reduce the impact of poverty in hennepin county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Energy assistance: energy assistance is a health and safety program funded by the federal low-income energy assistance program (liheap) to maintain affordable, continuous, and safe home energy for income eligible households in hennepin county. The program provides financial assistance to households to help with utility (gas, electric, oil) payments, crisis intervention when utility shut off or disruption is imminent, and referrals to other support programs. The program also provides financial assistance to eligible households to help with repair or replacement to homeowners' heating systems. The organization continued the solar program in 2025 whereas energy assistance clients who were willing to participate in a program to have solar energy panels installed on their homes at no cost to them.
$2,589,014 spentof which $313,124 as grants46% of program spendingHousing and related stability services: the organization provides a variety of programs and services to help income-eligible hennepin county households meet their basic needs and lift themselves out of poverty. Housing stability and related services include, financial wellness counseling and education, homebuyer counseling and education, rental counseling and education, and rental assistance.related stability services provided by the organization includes, employment services, family assests for independence in minnesota, mnsure health insurance application assistance, water utility assistance, and vehicle repair assistance to income eligible households.
$1,313,177 spentof which $508,305 as grants$4,652 earned by the program23% of program spendingRelated community engagement and community outreach services, including empowerment training, employment, career exploration services, and mentoring programs designated to assist in community safe passage and social equity building in hennepin county and counties surrounding hennepin county serviced by our sub-grantees.
$1,086,021 spentof which $995,941 as grants19% of program spendingPlanning & development: the department works with individuals, groups, and organizations in hennepin county to understand the needs of community members with lower incomes and ensure they are aware of the assistance options available to them. A community needs assessment is conducted at least every three years which forms the basis of the organization's three-year strategic plan. The department also develops internal capacity, maximizes resources, supports data management, and develops partnerships to better serve the low-income community.
$628,225 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,616,437.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $972k to $2.8M (+192%).
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: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 97% · 2024 98% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Josh Schaffer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $256k → $80k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY’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
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 87% · 2022 82% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN 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. $85 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY's revenue grew 22% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $37k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$37k
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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,226 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($327,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $722,226 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN COUNTY?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $327,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF HENNEPIN 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 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