Minnesota · Nonprofit
HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,770 to it, the largest being The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($180,173). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $461k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $221k
- Net assets
- $474k
What Hospitality Mn Education Foundation does
Mission
We are investing in our industry's future by training the workforce of today and inspiring the leaders of tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Prostart program:prostart is a two-year curriculum for culinary arts and foodservice management that includes classroom study, mentored work experiences and an optional prostart invitational competition. Prostart, affiliated with the national restaurant association educational foundation, is offered in over 100 minnesota schools engaging more than 5,500 students with over 750 already working in the industry. The hmef connects mentors to each school, provides program teachers with training and industry resources, and sponsors the statewide prostart competition each spring. The competition features two categories: culinary arts and foodservice management. Annually , up to twenty teams of high school students compete for awards, scholarships, and the top team in each category advanced to the national prostart invitational held in may. Hmef provides a travel allowance to each team. The talents of prostart students are featured at several industry events throughout the year connecting them with future employers and reinforcing their career choices.
$257,639 spentof which $55,319 as grants$16,490 earned by the program87% of program spendingHospitality & tourism management program:the hospitality & tourism management program (htmp) is a curriculum developed by the american hotel & lodging association that introduces high school students to the lodging industry. The curriculum covers everything from front office and housekeeping management to marketing and sales, food and beverage, as well as general management and leadership skills. Minnesota currently has twenty-five schools teaching this program with around 350 students. The hmef has funds available to provide grants to schools interested in implementing the program, as well as connections to mentors and industry contacts for each teacher, providing a "real world" resource for the classroom.
$2,489 spentof which $2,489 as grants1% of program spendingScholarship program:since its inception in 2008, the hmef scholarship program has awarded scholarships exceeding $980,000 cumulatively to students pursuing post-secondary degrees in accredited culinary and hospitality management programs across the country
$35,000 spentof which $35,000 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $295,128.
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 $405k to $504k (+24%).
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: 2022 52% · 2023 33% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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 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.
Chief executive
Angela Whitcomb
President/CEO
Board chair
Branden Robinson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $24k → $250.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hospitality Minnesota · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $220,770 to it, the largest being The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($180,173). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $220,770 in grants to HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $180,173 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOSPITALITY MN EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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