Minnesota · Nonprofit
DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC
DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,348,656 to it, the largest being MAYO CLINIC ($375,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Dyslexia Institute of Mn Inc does
Mission
The reading center is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches children and individuals with dyslexia how to read, write, and spell using the orton gillingham approach, which aligns with the science of reading
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Orton gillingham therapy: 15,413 sessions of og tutoring for 318 students were provided to increase the students' reading abilities. The reading center conducted 150 nationally normed educational evaluations and 30 free reading readiness screenings for students who are struggling in reading, providing needed insight into the nature of the reading difficulty. $74,300.82 in scholarships for tutoring and testing was provided to 15% of students in need of the reading center expert evaluation and instruction.
$1,055,740 spentof which $74,301 as grants$1,139,071 earned by the program56% of program spendingSpecialized classes, including best of basics summer program: 55 students were enrolled in classes where children engaged their minds everyday for a month in order to reinforce the skills they need for success during the school year. Seven k-1st grade students learned critical pre-reading skills in parent/child reading clubs, helping them to enter grade school ready to read.
$54,640 spentof which $155 as grants$38,993 earned by the program3% of program spendingEducator training : 46 educators and parents learned the orton-gillingham (og) approach in the reading center's basic and advanced institutes, accredited by the orton-gillingham academy. $22,267.59 in training scholarship was granted. 1,132 educators received free online training consistent with the science of reading and these teachers served 33,960 students statewide. These courses were provided free of charge to mn educators.
$335,373 spentof which $22,268 as grants$179,459 earned by the program18% of program spendingOutreach : 78 struggling readers from 10 low income partnership schools in rochester and the twin cities received 1,516 sessions of expert og instruction from the reading center tutors onsite at the schools throughout the school year, at no cost to the parents or schools.a total of $181,799.75 in scholarship funded services were provided for partnership tutoring students. 152 students from partnership schools were tested for reading difficulties. An additional 187 low-income struggling readers were served indirectly through training partnerships. 1392 parents and others attended 28 outreach presentations to learn about dyslexia.
$452,671 spentof which $181,800 as grants24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,898,424.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $4.9M to $5.3M (+8%).
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: 2019 50% · 2020 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Brian Moser
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $72k → $106k.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% 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
88% 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 DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 49% · 2019 37% · 2020 55% · 2021 45% · 2022 23% · 2023 28% — 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
33% of DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
78% of DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $302k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC: 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 DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC?
- DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,348,656 to it, the largest being MAYO CLINIC ($375,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,348,656 in grants to DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC?
- MAYO CLINIC is the largest funder on record, with $375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 21 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