Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC
MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $492,559 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($99,005). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $493k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Minnesota FFA Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide financial support to future farmers of america (ffa) programs and students in minnesota.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
State convention:support of state convention preparation, event and event follow-up. Support of the keystone event for minnesota ffa as directed towards facility charges, student awards, technology, career development event materials, speakers and career fair expenses. 5800 students attended the state convention in 2024.
$180,385 spent33% of program spendingYouth leadership:support to grow leadership. Usually conducted at the chapter, regional or state level. Nearly $30,000 is provided annually to support the minnesota state ffa leadership camps and conferences, including state greenhand leadership camp, state leadership camp for chapter leaders and ag policy experience, blast off, nlcso, power, ffa day at the capital and rolo.
$166,285 spent30% of program spendingScholarships:students are entrusted to use these funds to advance their project or education. Varying amounts in scholarship funds are provided to university students majoring in agricultural education. Support is provided to students participating in the washington leadership conference as well as students studying international agriculture. Also thousands of dollars are provided annually to provide new ffa members with official ffa jackets. 466 students received jackets in 2024
$116,837 spentof which $116,837 as grants21% of program spendingTeacher preparation:support given to assist in the development of new teachers or experienced teachers. Under the direction and coordination of the minnesota association of agricultural educators, teachers are provided opportunities to attend workshops and learn from others in the profession. This support of teachers takes place at their agtech and summer conferences.
$84,418 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $547,925.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $3.7M (+120%).
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.
75% of MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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. 2 of the last 8 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
Val Aarsvold
Executive director
Board chair
Jenny Doering
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $39k → $73k.
7 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $153k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Minnesota FFA Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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 FFA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
90% 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 FFA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 51% · 2020 35% · 2021 39% · 2022 28% · 2023 31% — 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
54% of MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
57% of MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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 $214k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $279k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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 MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC?
- MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $492,559 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($99,005). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $492,559 in grants to MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $99,005 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION 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 19 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