Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being Valley News Foundation ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $185k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100
- Net assets
- $583k
What Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation does
Mission
The Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation established the minnesota grocers association (mga) scholarship program to recognize and aid deserving students related to minnesota's food industry by virtue of their parents' employment or their own part-time employment by firms which are members of mga, to help deserving students with college expenses, to indirectly aid the colleges attended.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The minnesota grocers association foundation established its scholarship program to recognize and aid deserving students related to the minnesota food industry through their parents' employment or their own part-time employment by firms that are members of the minnesota grocers association. This program support student with college expenses. The minnesota grocers association foundation has a tuition support program that encourages employees of the minnesota food industry to participate in the retail management certificate (rmc). This is a nationally recognized, industry-endorsed program. The program is designed to meet the educational requirements of the food industry and provide valuable skills in all areas of business. The minnesota grocers association foundation also looks for opportunities to educate the public on topics of relevance to our industry and the betterment of the communities we serve.
$89,259 spentof which $50,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $89,259.
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 $476k to $590k (+24%).
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: 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Craig Thorvig
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
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 GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 4 related entities
- Minnesota Grocers Association · exempt
- Minnesota Food Political Action Committee · exempt
- Minnesota Food Coalition · exempt
- Minnesota Marketplace Alcohol Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION 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 GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being Valley News Foundation ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- Valley News Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA GROCERS EDUCATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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