Minnesota · Nonprofit
GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC
GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,488 to it, the largest being SUNDET FOUNDATION ($740,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $500k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $935k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Giants of the Earth Heritage Center Inc does
Mission
The giants of the earth heritage center, incorporated in 2009 as a non- profit educational institution, is dedicated to honoring, preserving, and interpreting the history and heritage of the people from spring grove's norwegian ridge in southeastern minnesota. Drawing on rich cultural history, the center records and reflects the achievements of indigenous peoples and immigrants to the spring grove area. The center draws upon varied resources, while also providing a gathering place and a sense of community and identity to its public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Giants of the earth has provided genealogical services to the public which allows individuals to have genetic testing done to help understand their heritage and find relatives. They also have offered many classes to the community through their fine art and folk school, one of which has a norwegian language camp for children and adults of various ages. Giants of the earth also completed several oral histories both for the public and private viewing which also helps individuals and groups learn more about their own personal heritage behind their community, etc.
$269,559 spent100% of program spendingGiants of the earth has provided genealogical services to the public which allows individuals to have genetic testing done to help understand their heritage and find relatives. They also have offered many classes to the community through their fine art and folk school, one of which has a norwegian language camp for children and adults of various ages. Giants of the earth also completed several oral histories both for the public and private viewing which also helps individuals and groups learn more about their own personal heritage behind their community, etc.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $269,559.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.1M to $1.5M (+37%).
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 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $131k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER 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
GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 77% · 2022 70% · 2023 76% — 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
75% of GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
98% of GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER 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. $91k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC?
- GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,488 to it, the largest being SUNDET FOUNDATION ($740,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $935,488 in grants to GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC?
- SUNDET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $740,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 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