Minnesota · Nonprofit
FRASER
FRASER (Minnesota) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,161,551 to it, the largest being PETER J KING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($762,611). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 84
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $37M
What Fraser does
Mission
Fraser is a minnesota nonprofit with a nationally renowned reputation, serving children and adults with special needs. This multi-faceted healthcare, education, and housing human service organization provides direct services, information, and support. Fraser serves children with developmental disabilities, children who are at risk for abuse and neglect, children with autism and severe emotional and behavioral disorders, and adults with developmental disabilities. Fraser is minnesota's longest running, largest provider of autism services. Fraser serves over 60 disabilities and disorders and over 70% of Fraser clients have autism.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fraser community living operates 25 homes for adults and children with developmental disabilities, serving up to 100 clients. These single-family houses are located in various suburban neighborhoods. Community living assists people with maintaining health, family well-being, increasing independent living skills and participating in the community through personal care assistance, respite care, personal support and in-home family support. Fraser supported living provides an option for individuals who want to live more independently in the community. Services may be delivered to an individual leasing an apartment or living in their own home.
$13,746,276 spent$15,636,151 earned by the program45% of program spendingFraser case management is designed to help individuals and families access and navigate the complex social and medical services system. Case management helps individuals with intellectual and development disabilities and those with mental health conditions gain access to needed resources. Our case managers connect people to medical, social, educational, vocational, financial and other necessary services that support their mental health. Fraser provides the following types of case management services to people of all ages in dakota, hennepin and ramsey counties: brain injury (bi) waiver, community access for disability inclusion (cadi) waiver, developmental disability (dd) waiver, dd non-waiver
$8,246,941 spent$11,458,890 earned by the program27% of program spendingFraser rehab therapy (formerly pediatric therapy) provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for children with motor and sensory dysfunction, decreased functional and developmental skills, feeding and swallowing difficulties, and speech, language, and hearing disorders. Our rehabilitation department provides evaluation, consultation, and treatment services. Speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy services are provided with an interdisciplinary approach and each childs goals and activities are individualized, based on strengths, challenges, and motivations.
$6,056,061 spentof which $4,000 as grants$8,062,690 earned by the program20% of program spendingFraser school provides early childhood education and therapy for children ages six weeks to six years with special needs and typical needs in an inclusive setting. Our unique setting allows children of all abilities to learn, play, and grow side by side, and provides a challenging, enlightening, and motivating environment for all. This program also focuses on career planning and employment. Individuals of all abilities deserve access to education and the chance to pursue meaningful careers. Fraser career planning and employment offers a variety of services for teens and adults who have autism spectrum disorder (asd) or other special needs. Our services are available for those who are college-bound or are looking to explore different employment options. Career planning and employement also focuses on assessing individuals' strengths and challenges. Through our intake assessment, we look at each individual's unique strengths, interests, learning styles, and challenges. We then create an individual profile and map out a support plan to help the person achieve success.
$2,520,713 spent$4,647,895 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,569,991.
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 2017 to 2018, from $35M to $45M (+28%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 1% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of FRASER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Rick Ferris
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $517k → $755k.
17 of 84 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FRASER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 84 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
FRASER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
39% 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 FRASER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 27% · 2019 19% · 2020 37% · 2021 25% · 2022 11% · 2023 14% — 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
53% of FRASER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
86% of FRASER's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
FRASER is better cushioned than half of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding FRASER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.0M
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 FRASER
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Fraser Child & Family Center · exempt
- Lw Fraser Independent Living Project Inc · exempt
- Lw Fraser Independent Living Project II Inc · exempt
- Fraser Independent Living Project III Inc · exempt
- Fraser Independent Living Project IV · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRASER: 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 FRASER?
- FRASER (Minnesota) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,161,551 to it, the largest being PETER J KING FAMILY FOUNDATION ($762,611). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRASER have?
- IRS filings report 84 organizations giving $7,161,551 in grants to FRASER, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRASER?
- PETER J KING FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $762,611 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRASER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 84 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