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ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC

ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,197 to it, the largest being Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$98k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$695k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Isd 88 Foundation Inc does

Mission

To enhance the quality of education in isd 88 while creating partnerships between our schools, our communities and alumni.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. During 2025, the isd 88 foundation continued to expand on their granting process to give funds to the new ulm public schools for educational enhancements. The foundation was able to fund four projects in 2025. The first was middle school microscopes. This grant upgraded microscopes to ensure a smooth transition to high school science, giving each student hands-on access during class. The next grant was for glockenspiels for jefferson elementary. This grant introduced instruments for grades 1-4 to build foundational music skills through hands-on learning. The third grant was for middle school circut machines. This provided tolls to support student creativity, entrepreneurship, and real- wrold design skills. The last grant was for innovative seating in mrs. Brooks class. This added flexible seating options like kickstand desks and medicine balls to hlep active learners stay focused and engaged.

    $27,806 spentof which $20,225 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $27,806.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($392k) Expenses 100 ($363k) Net assets 100 ($344k)2018 Revenue 52 ($203k) Expenses 47 ($170k) Net assets 109 ($376k)2019 Revenue 31 ($120k) Expenses 15 ($56k) Net assets 141 ($485k)2020 Revenue 13 ($50k) Expenses 16 ($57k) Net assets 146 ($501k)2021 Revenue 19 ($73k) Expenses 13 ($47k) Net assets 162 ($556k)2022 Revenue 18 ($70k) Expenses 11 ($38k) Net assets 146 ($502k)2023 Revenue 20 ($79k) Expenses 11 ($42k) Net assets 169 ($580k)2024 Revenue 22 ($86k) Expenses 13 ($47k) Net assets 179 ($615k)2025 Revenue 25 ($98k) Expenses 17 ($61k) Net assets 202 ($695k)
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Revenue (25)Expenses (17)Net assets (202)Peer revenue range

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 $501k to $686k (+37%).

$345k
$377k
$485k
$501k
$686k
$511k
$598k
$619k
$699k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
$33k
’18
$64k
’19
−$7k
’20
$26k
’21
$32k
’22
$38k
’23
$39k
’24
$37k
’25
11
months of
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.

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Listed131513151413131212
Joined·+5+0+2+1+4+1+1+6
No longer listed·32025126
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $42 → $39.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ISD 88 FOUNDATION 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

ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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 ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 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

100% of ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin38% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−16% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

46% of spending goes to programs.

Program 46%Management 20%Fundraising 34%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC?
ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,197 to it, the largest being Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,197 in grants to ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ISD 88 FOUNDATION INC?
Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ISD 88 FOUNDATION 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.

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 2 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