Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY
MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,256,707 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($1,100,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.5M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Minnesota Independence College and Community does
Mission
We see and honor the personhood and autonomy of autistic and neurodivergent individuals. We work every day to educate and guide micc participants in creating and sustaining the lives they want to live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The college program teaches the core skills that we believe are essential to living independently within a community. Using a holistic, strength-based education model, we teach and support independent living skills, employment skills, and social skills. The college program provides educational services to autistic or neurodivergent participants. Since 1996, micc's program model of transition into adulthood has encompassed an immersive educational experience where college program participants live in apartments on our campus, which allows instructors to teach independent living skills in their own home, which supports their transition upon graduation from the three-year program. The skills we teach range from basic cooking, cleaning and organization to budgeting, medication management, transportation and roommate dynamics. Our goal is to ensure that our participants have developed the skills and personalized supports needed to sustain their independence. Within the college program, micc also offers the opportunity to make a greater impact in the community by offering our summer program. Our summer program supported young adults to develop valuable introductory independence skills.…
$2,348,351 spentof which $167,317 as grants$1,736,323 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe community program is a lifelong support program designed for participants that have successfully completed the college program. Participants live independently in their own apartments or homes, independently navigate the community and are employed competitively in the community. The community program provides ongoing social programming and person-centered independent living support to help participants build and maintain lasting friendships and foster positive, safe, and healthy lifestyle choices. Additionally, participants retain access to the careers program, which provides ongoing support to participants at work or who are looking for the next step in their career. Since its inception in 2005, this program has steadily increased the number of participants being served. The community program is currently serving 115 adults, plus their immediate and extended families, and we anticipate continued growth with each new college graduating class.
$1,081,923 spentof which $7,682 as grants$551,439 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe ability to live and work independently is at the heart of our program. The careers program assists participants through an individualized person-centered approach to obtain access to vocational services, supports, and resources of their choice to achieve their desired outcomes. We help participants develop the skills that are necessary to complete the job search process, obtain employment, and demonstrate the behaviors that will help them get and maintain employment. Career exploration results are combined with job development services to help participants find the best employment fit for their skills, abilities, and interests. The skills training program is an additional component of our careers program that is endorsed by century college. There are three choices for training: digital careers, food service/hospitality, and health and human services. It includes both an in-class learning portion and a practicum portion that takes place in the community. The skills training program assists participants in the college program to prepare to seek employment and build the foundational skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment. In 2025, micc piloted a standalone version of…
$938,915 spentof which $76,053 as grants$918,733 earned by the program18% of program spendingMicc's social engagement program exposes our participants in both the college and community programs to new experiences, friendships, and healthy and active lifestyles in order to improve their quality of life and prevent social isolation. The program fosters a fun and inclusive social center with community integration opportunities where our participants develop and expand their sense of belonging and are accepted for being their authentic self. Our participants are the leaders within their social community by driving program decisions and being mentors for their peers, leading peer-led clubs, and establishing a participant council to further increase their confidence and self-esteem. The social engagement program also provides hobby-based elective courses, weekly community activity opportunities, and monthly excursions throughout the metro area. We are continually striving to create a welcoming community where our participants can create lifelong friendships and memories
$855,261 spentof which $74,511 as grants$928,648 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,224,450.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.3M to $3.9M (+19%).
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: 2019 35% · 2020 29% · 2021 41% · 2023 26% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Amy Gudmestad
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jan Wuorenma
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $34k → $625k.
8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 32% · 2019 31% · 2020 38% · 2021 43% · 2022 24% · 2023 80% — 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
26% of MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
72% of MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- 2000 West 76 LLC · disregarded
- 2006 West 76 LLC · disregarded
- 2018 West 76 LLC · disregarded
- Blue Morgan LLC · disregarded
- Micc Hub Development LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY?
- MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,256,707 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($1,100,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,256,707 in grants to MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY 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 39 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