Minnesota · Nonprofit
FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE
FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE (Minnesota) receives grants from 142 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,514,612 to it, the largest being CARGILL FOUNDATION ($1,366,000). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 142
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Food Group Minnesota Inc The does
Mission
Fighting hunger. Nourishing our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Hunger relief-our agency support team proudly equips over 200 food shelf and meal program partners with high-quality, nutritious, and culturally relevant food, along with essential support services. The need for food in the twin cities is at an all-time high, and our partners are rising to the challenge. We are witnessing a significant increase in families and individuals facing rising food prices and reduced access to essential resources. In response, we are proactively meeting this demand by significantly increasing the quantity of local foods we provide and enhancing our collaboration with tribal governments throughout the state. Together, we are making a powerful impact in our communities.see schedule o for additional programming language.affordable grocery-we are witnessing a remarkable surge in demand for our fare for all and twin cities mobile market programs, driven by the effects of inflation on grocery budgets. To address this need, we are confidently expanding our offerings to include premium meats and fresh produce from local farmers. With the introduction of two new propane-powered twin cities mobile market buses, we are successfully reaching even more neighborhoods…
$11,409,954 spentof which $4,546,083 as grants$5,150,820 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,409,954.
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 2023 to 2024, from $7.3M to $11M (+58%).
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 8% · 2018 10% · 2019 13% · 2020 12% · 2021 16% · 2022 9% · 2023 16% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Sophia Lenarz-Coy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 69 funders, grant income rose $412k → $3.3M.
27 of 142 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $758k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hunger Solutions Minnesota). These are real filings, and they are not money FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE raised.
From the IRS filings of FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 142 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
FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
50% 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 FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 26% · 2019 14% · 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 17% · 2023 15% — 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
55% of FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE's funding base is broadening — from 25 funders to 69 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 201 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.1M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$5.1M
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 FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: 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 FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE?
- FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE (Minnesota) receives grants from 142 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,514,612 to it, the largest being CARGILL FOUNDATION ($1,366,000). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE have?
- IRS filings report 142 organizations giving $15,514,612 in grants to FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE, 78 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE?
- CARGILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,366,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 142 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