Minnesota · Nonprofit
GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE
GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,529,571 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,056,750). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Germanic-American Institute does
Mission
The mission of the gai is to connect people to a broader world through german language and culture education. The gai is the largest german language school in north america, offering classes and programs for children and adults of all ages. Additionally, the gai produces year-round cultural programs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Kinderstube preschool - a fully licensed language and cultural education program for children ages 3-5 that also teaches kindergarten readiness and world citizenship skills. There is one location in st. Paul, mn. Scholarships are available for families who demonstrate need for financial support with tuition.
$352,534 spentof which $3,428 as grants$330,037 earned by the program29% of program spendingAdult and children's german language education - the gai operates a german immersion preschool, saturday school, and summer camps for children aged preschool through teens. Gai offers language instruction for adults of all ages; scholarships and tuition assistance are available for all language learners. Gai is also a german proficiency exam center and offers translation and tutoring services.
$463,686 spentof which $7,099 as grants$411,319 earned by the program38% of program spendingCultural programming & advocacy - the gai offers public cultural programs throughout the year that are free or very affordable. Larger events include the deutsche tage celebration, st. Paul's oldest ethnic festival, as well as the st. Paul oktoberfest. Additional programming includes events such as art and history exhibits, book readings, documentary screenings, current event discussions, and holiday concerts and meals. The gai's advocacy work focuses on goals 4, 7, and 16 of the united nations sustainable development goals. Goal 4 is to provide quality education. The gai is an official apprenticeship ambassador of the us department of labor. Goal 7 is for germany and the us to work together to develop better green energy technology. Goal 16 is to foster peace through collaborating with other ethnic organizations.
$417,417 spent$381,552 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,233,637.
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 2025 to 2026, from $1.3M to $2.1M (+54%).
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: 2021 26% · 2022 8% · 2023 12% · 2024 5% · 2025 14% · 2026 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 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
Aaron Verdell Call
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $95k → $140k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE’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
GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 91% · 2020 69% · 2021 81% · 2022 91% · 2023 93% — 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
50% of GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
73% of GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE'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 $413k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 62 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 62 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE
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
76% 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 GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE: 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 GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE?
- GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,529,571 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,056,750). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,529,571 in grants to GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,056,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 13 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