How many funders does MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION have?

IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,792 in grants to MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION.

Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION?

MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,792 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION 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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MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION

MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,792 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($5,792). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025: $86k
Funders on record: 1
Grants received: $6k
Net assets: $478k

0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%

01What it does

What Minnesota Ornithologists Union does

Mission

Promote knowledge of MN birds

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

Make grants to organizations and researchers for projects contributing to the understanding and conservation of Minnesota birds. A total of three projects received funding during this fiscal year.
$4,243 spentof which $4,243 as grants
11% of program spending
Gather and disseminate information about Minnesota birds in print and digitally. Publish a quarterly journal and bimonthly newsletter (for approximately 1000 members). Maintain a state website and eBird portal, available to the public.
$25,156 spent
67% of program spending
Hold two annual conferences for presentation of research results and general birding information. Combined attendance in excess of 400.
$7,985 spent
21% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $37,384.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

20212022202320242025

Revenue (177)Expenses (83)Net assets (146)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $399k to $478k (+20%).

$327k

$307k

$337k

$399k

$478k

20212022202320242025

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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

72% of MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (89% for the typical peer).

This organization

Typical peer · 835 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$344

’21

−$11k

’22

$4k

’23

$14k

’24

$46k

’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Anthony Hertzel

Publications Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

'21

total

Mightycause Charitable Foundationunclassified

$6k

funders

From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION’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 ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.

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

Against its field

MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 479 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile

Revenue growth (annualized)15% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Minnesota

Minnesota Wildflowers Information77%Zumbro Valley Audubon Society76%Minnesota Trout Unlimited76%Minnesota Psychiatric Society76%Friends of the Wildflower Garden75%International Owl Center75%Land of Lakes Bird Alliance74%Minnesota Military Order of the Purple Heart74%

Nationally

Colorado Field Ornithologists79%Chicago Ornithological Society78%Ohio Ornithological Society Incorporated78%Ornithological Council78%Western Field Ornithologists Inc77%Minnesota Wildflowers Information77%Zumbro Valley Audubon Society76%Minnesota Trout Unlimited76%

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

80%

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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Questions and answers

Who funds MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION?: MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,792 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($5,792). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION have?: IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,792 in grants to MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION.
Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION?: MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,792 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MINNESOTA ORNITHOLOGISTS UNION 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 2021–2025), 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