New York · Nonprofit
MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC
MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,422,408 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,641,250). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Minds Matter National Inc does
Mission
Minds matter connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation and possibilities to succeed in college, create their future, and change the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Across the 14 minds matter chapters, the organization supported more than 1,100 students with the dedication of 2,000 volunteers. Minds matter's most significant activities are focused across three key domains - standardizing core programming, fostering chapter growth, and sustaining national leadership. Within core programming, the organization co-created a standard 10th grade mentoring curriculum, set standard kpis for all chapters, and established a set of social-emotional learning aptitudes unique to minds matter. Additionally, we fostered chapter growth by coaching four volunteer-led chapters towards hiring their first ed, hosted governance trainings for board members and board chairs, and created a new program fidelity agreement. (continuted on schedule o)minds matter focused on investing in national leadership by hiring the organization's first chief program officer and improving network operations and infrastructure.
$672,711 spentof which $150,000 as grants$233,839 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $672,711.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $2.2M (+84%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Kathleen Erika Halstead
Executive director
Board chair
Brent Ashton
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $52k → $1.3M.
10 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 40% · 2019 24% · 2020 28% · 2021 31% · 2022 43% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“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
35% of MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
78% of MINDS MATTER NATIONAL 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. Of the $737k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MINDS MATTER NATIONAL 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 14 related entities
- Minds Matter of NYC Inc · exempt
- Minds Matter of Boston Inc · exempt
- Minds Matter of Chicago Inc · exempt
- Minds Matter of Cleveland Ohio Inc · exempt
- Minds Matter of Denver Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC?
- MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,422,408 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,641,250). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $3,422,408 in grants to MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC?
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,641,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 38 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