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Minnesota Library Association

Minnesota Library Association (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10 to it, the largest being DOTOPIA ($10). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$282k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10
Net assets
$163k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Minnesota Library Association does

Mission

An association of library supporters, respresenting all types of libraries by helping them accomplish together what none can do alone. MLA serves the interests of its members by facilitating educational opportunities, supporting ethical standard, legislative assestance and fostering connections.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided continuing education for members and supporters through events and conferences. Hosted a state-wide conference and a handful of smaller events during the year, involving approximately 930 participants.

    $190,140 spent$176,035 earned by the program
    71% of program spending
  2. The organization was engaged in legislative efforts to secure funding to provide quality library services for all Minnesota citizens; advocated for inellectual freedom and opposed library censorship; and educated library advocates and elected officials about community centers and destination points.

    $76,128 spent$43,515 earned by the program
    29% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $266,268.

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 ($285k) Expenses 100 ($266k) Net assets 100 ($188k)2018 Revenue 94 ($269k) Expenses 90 ($239k) Net assets 116 ($218k)2019 Revenue 103 ($293k) Expenses 129 ($342k) Net assets 90 ($169k)2020 Revenue 48 ($135k) Expenses 64 ($171k) Net assets 67 ($126k)2021 Revenue 52 ($147k) Expenses 59 ($157k) Net assets 62 ($116k)2022 Revenue 99 ($284k) Expenses 102 ($270k) Net assets 81 ($151k)2023 Revenue 115 ($328k) Expenses 120 ($318k) Net assets 93 ($175k)2024 Revenue 99 ($282k) Expenses 111 ($295k) Net assets 87 ($163k)
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Revenue (99)Expenses (111)Net assets (87)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $119k to $215k (+81%).

$197k
$240k
$177k
$148k
$119k
$215k
$182k
$171k
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
$30k
’18
−$49k
’19
−$36k
’20
−$10k
’21
$13k
’22
$10k
’23
−$13k
’24
6.7
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.

201720182019
Listed131414
Joined·+8+9
No longer listed·79
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Minnesota Library Association’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

Minnesota Library Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state in all.

MN

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 Library Association

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 Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
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

IN

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota Library Association: 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 Library Association?
Minnesota Library Association (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10 to it, the largest being DOTOPIA ($10). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Minnesota Library Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10 in grants to Minnesota Library Association.
Who is the largest funder of Minnesota Library Association?
DOTOPIA is the largest funder on record, with $10 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Minnesota Library Association find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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