Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH
MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,600 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($56,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth does
Mission
Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mity's expand your mind (eym) program served 265 students entering grades 9-12. Roughly 35% of participants identified as bipoc, 61% were female, and 20% received financial aid. Students attended from 13 different u.s. States and abroad and selected from 25 unique stem, humanities, and fine arts courses. 99% of families reported a "great overall experience and 99% would recommend the program to others. Students could choose to live in the dorms at macalester college and get a meaningful glimpse of post-secondary education. There are no comparable programs for advanced students in minnesota.
$253,154 spentof which $72,123 as grants$361,552 earned by the program40% of program spendingMity's explorschool program served 311 students entering grades 6-8, a 13% increase from the prior year. Approximately 40% of students identified as bipoc, 47% were female, and 10% received financial aid. Participants connected with like-minded peers from 126 different schools. Students chose from 46 unique classes and were empowered to pursue their passions through small class sizes, expert teachers, field trips, and guest speakers. One hundred percent of families would recommend mity to others and 92% of students reported feeling a "sense of belonging" at mity.
$146,466 spentof which $16,257 as grants$236,095 earned by the program23% of program spendingMity's yes programs are for 1st-4th grade students. The saturday morning enrichment program served 331 students last year. Mity's summer yes program served 376 students from 121 different schools in the twin cities and surrounding areas. Eight percent of students received financial aid. One hundred percent of families said their child learned something new and 99% would recommend mity to others. Mity offered 94 unique elementary classes last year in stem, humanities, and the fine arts. The fact that mity is now regularly reaching capacity speaks to the value of our work.
$241,046 spentof which $19,593 as grants$206,999 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $640,666.
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.
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 $1.2M to $1.6M (+34%).
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: 2017 19% · 2018 13% · 2019 12% · 2024 6% · 2025 3%. 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 9 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
Erica Brewinski
Executive director
Board chair
Karine Moe
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $3k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH’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 INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
77% of MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH'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 $19k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH
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
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH: 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 INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH?
- MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,600 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($56,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $82,600 in grants to MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $56,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR TALENTED YOUTH 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 6 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