Minnesota · Nonprofit
KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA
KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,208,167 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($1,286,650). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $921k
What Karen Organization of Minnesota does
Mission
To build on the strengths of refugee and immigrant communities and remove barriers to achieving economic, social, and cultural wellbeing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Health and social serviceskom offers an array of services to help refugees access resources and education that improve their quality of life. In 2024, kom provided case management for over 675 adults to address needs including: public assistance access, mnsure navigation, housing support, immigration services, and services to elders. Kom's youth case manager provided wraparound services for 76 karen youth with substance use and/or mental health issues. Kom provided community health education to karen adults and youth on topics including substance use, mental health, parenting skills, and family planning methods. Finally, kom staff held over 1,600 walk-in/on-call appointments to assist clients with urgent and complex needs outside of available programs.
$1,266,218 spentof which $187,825 as grants$42,989 earned by the program34% of program spendingEmployment and financial empowerment programs kom provides workforce readiness skills, job placement, and vocational training to about 300 people per year. In 2024, 63 adults completed credentialed training in human services, interpreting, commercial driving, and construction trades. Kom placed 142 adults in jobs and provided workforce readiness training and support services to improve job retention. 81 people received support through financial workshops and coaching to increase their household's net income and access financial services.
$1,302,899 spentof which $32,285 as grants$15,341 earned by the program35% of program spendingYouth serviceskom partners with the minnesoeta refugee resettlement network to offer academic and career coaching for about 50 refugee youth in grades k-12. Kom also leads after-school tutoring, socioemotional and cultural activities, and volunteer mentorship for about 75 karen/karenni youth in grades 6-12 st. Paul public schools. During the 2023-2024 school year, 92% of students in kom's after-school programs reported increases in their ability to overcome problems, manage stress, build healthy relationships, understand cultural differences, and use leadership skills.
$1,184,240 spentof which $524,869 as grants$63,521 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,753,357.
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 2019 to 2020, from $525k to $1.1M (+105%).
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: 2017 68% · 2018 61% · 2019 68% · 2020 68% · 2021 63% · 2022 71% · 2023 68% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Kaziah Josiah
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $148k → $955k.
4 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA’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
KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
75% 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 KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 90% · 2019 74% · 2020 29% · 2021 20% · 2022 18% · 2023 18% — 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
63% of KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
94% of KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $397k 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.
Against its field
KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA has grown faster than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: 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 KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA?
- KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,208,167 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($1,286,650). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $5,208,167 in grants to KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA?
- GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $1,286,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA 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 30 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