Minnesota · Nonprofit
EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC
EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,210 to it, the largest being BENTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ($163,210). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $248k
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Employment Enterprises Inc does
Mission
To empower individuals to achieve personal success in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During 2025, employment enterprises, inc. (eei) provided person-centered day supports and employment services for adults with idd and mental illness, helping individuals build skills, increase independence, and participate in community activities. Programs at eei also connect participants to social events and service groups throughout the county. Eei supports skill development and career advancement and strengthens community partnerships, including collaborations with local businesses.
$2,941,418 spent$3,811,217 earned by the program90% of program spendingIn 2025, sheltered employees earned $253,387.00 through assembly, packaging, cleaning, confidential shredding, and recycling jobs. Eei continues supporting the transition to competitive, integrated employment, resulting in approximately 10 individuals securing community jobs with wages paid directly by their employers. Eei employs about 40 full and parttime staff to provide the support necessary to help individuals increase independence and integrate more fully into the community.
$327,945 spent$123,181 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,269,363.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.5M to $3.4M (+36%).
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 81% · 2020 17% · 2021 16% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 5% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (16% 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.
Chief executive
Kathy Rutz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $60k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC’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
EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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 60% · 2018 75% · 2019 63% · 2020 50% · 2021 71% · 2023 42% — 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
88% of EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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
EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES 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 EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC?
- EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,210 to it, the largest being BENTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ($163,210). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $248,210 in grants to EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES INC?
- BENTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $163,210 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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