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MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC

MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $374,097 to it, the largest being CROSS WORKS FOUNDATION ($350,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.9M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$374k
Net assets
$735k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Inc does

Mission

To secure protections for innocent human life from conception until natural death through effective education, legislation and voter education.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership development within minnesota, providing leadership materials to chapter networks and grassroots activists. Chapter newsletters, organizational meetings, technical support, field assistance and legislative strategy is provided. Structural guidance and long-range planning and development is also included.

    $135,050 spent$31,177 earned by the program
    25% of program spending
  2. State legislative activities in minnesota, advancing the right to life cause on the legislative front by working with elected officials to craft statutes that will create protections in law for all human beings. Abortion, infanticide and euthanasia are the focus of legislative efforts with elected officials. Printed and electronic media, in addition to one- to-one meetings take place to advance the mission of the organization.

    $135,050 spent
    25% of program spending
  3. Mccl news is the pro-life newspaper of record that provides educational expertise on pro-life issues and analysis of related pro-life topics. Journalists, academics, social scientists and others study this publication, and it is often cited by research.

    $135,050 spent
    25% of program spending
  4. January rally; student day at the mn legislature; chapter news; fall tour of mn chapters; mccl website; mother's day corsages

    $135,050 spent
    25% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $540,200.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($565k) Expenses 100 ($433k) Net assets 100 ($983k)2018 Revenue 95 ($535k) Expenses 118 ($512k) Net assets 102 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 122 ($688k) Expenses 105 ($453k) Net assets 126 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 129 ($728k) Expenses 115 ($497k) Net assets 150 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 111 ($626k) Expenses 90 ($390k) Net assets 174 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 102 ($577k) Expenses 141 ($610k) Net assets 170 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 146 ($826k) Expenses 153 ($664k) Net assets 187 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 332 ($1.9M) Expenses 688 ($3.0M) Net assets 75 ($735k)
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Revenue (332)Expenses (688)Net assets (75)

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 $1.8M to $745k (−60%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$745k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$132k
’17
$23k
’18
$235k
’19
$232k
’20
$236k
’21
−$33k
’22
$162k
’23
−$1.1M
’24
0.7
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed2527262525252520
Joined·+3+0+3+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·1140007
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $121k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
The K Foundationunclassified
$15k
funders
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2

From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC’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 CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

96% of MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
IL
MO
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 2%Fundraising 4%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • McCl Education Fund · exempt
  • Victory Fund · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC?
MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $374,097 to it, the largest being CROSS WORKS FOUNDATION ($350,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $374,097 in grants to MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE INC?
CROSS WORKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE 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.

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 5 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