Minnesota · Nonprofit
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (Minnesota) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,304,699 to it, the largest being WEM FOUNDATION ($31,000,000). 87 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55M
- Funders on record
- 113
- Grants received
- $56M
- Net assets
- $126M
What Dunwoody College of Technology does
Mission
Dunwoody college changes lives by building opportunities for graduates to have successful careers, to develop into leaders and entrepreneurs, and to engage in "the better performance of life's duties." quote is from the last will and testament of william hood dunwoody.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule ofounded in 1914, Dunwoody College of Technology is the only private, not-for-profit technical college in the upper midwest. Having provided hands-on, applied technical education to more than 250,000 individuals, dunwoody is the college for experimenters and makers, a place where the curious and the confident learn by doing. Located in minneapolis, dunwoody offers a unique campus experience in dedicated labs, studios, and shops that treats students like future professionals from day one. Dunwoody challenges students to come determined and graduate destined.dunwoody is accredited by the higher learning commission, an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the u.s. Department of education. The commission's web address and phone number are : www.hlccommission.org and 312-263-0456.dunwoody is committed to preparing students for great careers in high-demand, stem-related fields. Since its founding 110 years ago, dunwoody's graduates have gone on to rewarding careers as outstanding technicians, successful entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.dunwoody college teaches problem solving and critical thinking along with practical, real-world skills that are sought after…
$32,197,198 spentof which $4,253,238 as grants$35,232,924 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $32,197,198.
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.
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 $75M to $109M (+44%).
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 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 15% · 2022 7% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 58 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $8.1M.
24 of 113 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 113 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
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 31% · 2019 27% · 2020 37% · 2021 26% · 2022 89% · 2023 62% — 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
57% of DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
96% of DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Against its field
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.1M on record.
- Department of Education$7.1M
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 DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- 712 Ontario LLC · disregarded
- Kate L Dunwoody Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: 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 DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY?
- DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (Minnesota) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,304,699 to it, the largest being WEM FOUNDATION ($31,000,000). 87 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 113 organizations giving $56,304,699 in grants to DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, 87 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY?
- WEM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 113 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