Minnesota · Nonprofit
MIGIZI Communications Inc
MIGIZI Communications Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,309,897 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,369,266). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $9.3M
- Net assets
- $15M
What MIGIZI Communications Inc does
Mission
MIGIZI provides a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural, Leadership, Academics, Well-Being (CLAW):Our in-school and afterschool programs provide youth with academic, cultural, and leadership support, including classroom advocacy, cultural experiences, afterschool tutoring, mental health and well-being supports, credit recovery, and Native Youth Leadership networks. Youth work with staff to develop quarterly Individual Education Plans that identify goals for academic success, support on-track credit attainment toward graduation, and strengthen connections to culture and community. We work in six school districts across the Twin Cities, providing both academic and cultural supports.
$566,916 spent$92,084 earned by the program41% of program spendingGreen Tech Institute: This career pathway program trains youth ages 1421 in STEM education focused on sustainable green energy fields, including solar energy, energy systems, pollution, transportation, and other green energy concepts that lead to careers in the field. Youth participate in this paid training for up to 60 hours over eight weeks after school. In the summer, we partner with Step Up Minneapolis and Right Track St. Paul to employ 20 youth for up to 200 hours over eight weeks. Upon completion of the training, youth may pursue internships with partner organizations or within MIGIZI through contracted projects.
$352,481 spent$44,201 earned by the program25% of program spendingFirst Person Productions:This career pathway program trains youth ages 1421 for media careers, including film, photography, graphic design, podcasting, radio, social media, and marketing. Youth participate in this paid training for up to 60 hours over eight weeks after school. In the summer, we partner with Step Up Minneapolis and Right Track St. Paul to employ 20 youth for up to 200 hours over an eight-week period. Upon completion of the training, youth may pursue internships with partner organizations or within MIGIZI through contracted projects.
$327,289 spent$47,884 earned by the program23% of program spendingBest Buy Teen Tech Center:Through the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, MIGIZI provides hands-on learning opportunities in technology, including access to a recording studio, vinyl press, vinyl cutter, Adobe design tools, and many other resources. These tools help ensure equitable access to technology and open a wide range of educational and career opportunities for youth. Within the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, students can work on academic assignments and career-training projects that develop their skills and prepare them to be leaders in technology.
$151,838 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,398,524.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.7M to $11M (+62%).
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 50% · 2018 33% · 2019 67% · 2020 22% · 2021 31% · 2022 21% · 2023 27% · 2024 15% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of MIGIZI Communications Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Kendrick Buffalo
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $496k → $1.7M.
20 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 MIGIZI Communications Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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
MIGIZI Communications Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
60% 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 MIGIZI Communications Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 43% · 2019 30% · 2020 41% · 2021 19% · 2022 23% · 2023 44% — 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
38% of MIGIZI Communications Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
72% of MIGIZI Communications 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. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
MIGIZI Communications Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MIGIZI Communications Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MIGIZI Communications Inc
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 MIGIZI Communications Inc: 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 MIGIZI Communications Inc?
- MIGIZI Communications Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,309,897 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,369,266). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIGIZI Communications Inc have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $9,309,897 in grants to MIGIZI Communications Inc, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIGIZI Communications Inc?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,369,266 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIGIZI Communications 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 75 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