Minnesota · Nonprofit
Minnesota 4-H Foundation
Minnesota 4-H Foundation (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,864 to it, the largest being Minnesota Corn Growers Association ($49,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $961k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $142k
- Net assets
- $0
What Minnesota 4-H Foundation does
Mission
The Minnesota 4-H Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, was created in 1981 to generate private funds from individuals, corporations and foundations to assist the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development in creating and delivering the finest youth development programs in Minnesota. We specifically strive to raise financial support for a variety of 4-H programs at the state level, in each of Minnesota's 87 counties and in partnership with tribal nations. 4-H is open to boys and girls from all backgrounds between the ages of 5- 19. Our goal is to provide all Minnesota young people with opportunities to learn, lead and succeed.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
The Minnesota 4-H Foundation works alongside the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development to sustain and grow 4-H program opportunities around the state. For over 100 years, 4-H programs have intentionally sought to assist young people in developing their health, social, cognitive, and citizenship competencies while participating in voluntary 4-H projects/programs. Since they are active in these programs from elementary into middle school and through high school, research has shown that 4-H'ers are less likely to spend time watching TV or playing video games and are less likely to smoke or consume alcohol or exhibit riskier behavior than their peers. In contrast, 4-H'ers are more likely to be civically active. Annually, over 67,000 Minnesota youth, because of 4-H, enjoy a greater sense of belonging, have quality relationships with their friends and family and are more actively involved in their school and community. This past year there has been an emphasis on reaching out to "First Generation" participants -- those families who have not been associated with 4-H before. This includes the growing immigrant population around the state. Minnesota 4-H is drawing…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $11M to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $76k → $0.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 Minnesota 4-H 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
Minnesota 4-H Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% 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
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 Minnesota 4-H Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 98% · 2019 68% · 2020 67% — 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
0% of Minnesota 4-H Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 22% 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 FY2021, 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
79% of Minnesota 4-H Foundation's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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.
Organizations like Minnesota 4-H 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 Minnesota 4-H Foundation: 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 Minnesota 4-H Foundation?
- Minnesota 4-H Foundation (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,864 to it, the largest being Minnesota Corn Growers Association ($49,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Minnesota 4-H Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $141,864 in grants to Minnesota 4-H Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota 4-H Foundation?
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association is the largest funder on record, with $49,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota 4-H 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 9 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