Minnesota · Nonprofit
FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC
FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,497 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $230k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $438k
What Farnsworth School Organization Inc does
Mission
Farnsworth school organization, inc. (fso) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) committee that serves as the pto group of farnsworth aerospace prek-8 magnet school that consists of parents, staff members, and community members. Fso's purpose is to support the educational experience of children attending farnsworth aerospace prek-8 magnet school by supporting academic and enrichment activities, and improving the school environment by providing volunteer and financial support. Participation and involvement of all parents and caregivers, students, staff and teachers, and community members is highly encouraged and welcomed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The aerospace program is designed to promote science, technology, engineering, aerospace, and math for all students, families, staff, and school community. The aerospace program includes, but is not limited to, field trips, extended day field trips, space day, educational camps, aerospace/stem family nights, and guest and professional expert speakers. Guests and speakers serve as role models and mentors for students to strengthen community involvement and build relationships. The aerospace program serviced an estimated 3,500 people.
$175,833 spent$214,740 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe academic enrichment program is designed to encourage learning participation, enhance knowledge, and recognize students, staff, teachers, and volunteer efforts. Financial support and volunteers provide optimal assistance to run these programs. School wide activities and programs include, but are not limited to: 4th grade eaa oshkosh camp, 2nd/3rd grade omaha, ne, trip, junior high wolf ridge environmental learning science enrichment, fundraisers, family nights, 8th grade capstone project, parent involvement day, science fairs, winter carnival, staff appreciation, track & field day, classroom t-shirts, and where everyone belong (web)student leadership program.
$6,615 spent3% of program spendingThe community development program is designed to enhance the collaborative learning community with farnsworth aerospace magnet school. These opportunities enhance the farnsworth identity, encourage leadership development, and involve key community partnerships. This includes, but is not limited to: community festivals, family events and nights, fundraisers, staff appreciation, track and field day, classroom t-shirts.
$34,438 spent$15,193 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $216,886.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $503k to $461k (−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.
93% of FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $18 → $94.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION 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
FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
54% of FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION 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
99% 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 FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION 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 FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC?
- FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,497 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $21,497 in grants to FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FARNSWORTH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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