Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION
MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,500 to it, the largest being ROBINS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ($8,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $668k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $295k
What Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers Foundation does
Mission
To provide support & collegial engagement between & with african american lawyers located in minnesota
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During FY24/25, the MABL Foundation hosted the Annual MABL Gala, which celebrated the achievements of Black lawyers & judges in Minnesota, recognized scholarship recipients & fostered professional networking among attorneys, students & community partners. They launched the MABL Pathways Program, an innovative 10-week academic & professional development initiative supporting undergraduate Black Minnesotan students aspiring to attend law school. 36 Scholars participated in Cohort 1 of the program & 12 across 2 cohorts (Immersive Learning and LSAT Prep). The program included classroom instruction, mentorship, law firm visits & workshops in partnership with the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Humanities Center & practicing attorneys and judges. Pathways Scholars also engaged in community service, networking events & sessions designed to strengthen leadership & readiness for legal education. Together, these initiatives advanced MABL Foundation's mission to increase representation & equity in Minnesotas legal profession while supporting the next generation of Black lawyers.
$518,412 spentof which $172,036 as grants$95,010 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $518,412.
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 2023 to 2024, from $393k to $232k (−41%).
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: 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $5k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS 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. 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
MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS 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
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION?
- MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,500 to it, the largest being ROBINS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ($8,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,500 in grants to MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS FOUNDATION?
- ROBINS KAPLAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS 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.
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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 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