Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC
MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500 to it, the largest being ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $131k
What Minnesota Public Health Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the minnesota public health association (mpha) is to create a healthier minnesota through effective public health practice and engaged citizens. Our vision is to be an active, independent voice for public health in minnesota.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Mpha annual conference:the minnesota public health association (mpha)'s annual conference was held may 15-16, 2025 in duluth, mn. A virtual component for all keynote/plenary and concurrent sessions was also available. The conference theme "resilient communities: advancing health equity through collective action, policy, and partnerships" explored how community resilience, collaborative action, and equitable partnerships can drive transformative change in public health. The conference highlighted the power of community-led health interventions to address social and structural determinants of health, challenge health inequities, and reshape public health systems. The planning committee was chaired by tarissa host, tyler pyle, and merry grande. The program consisted of 9 concurrent sessions, 2 poster sessions, and 5 keynote/plenary presentations which addressed storytelling/housing insecurity, resiliency of public health partnerships, advocacy skills workshop, workforce wellness amidst burnout, and generative ai.9.0 ches and 3.0 mches ceus and 9.0 nursing, social work, and cph continuing education hours were available.
$25,179 spent79% of program spendingMpha policy forum series:the mpha policy forum breakfast series was held at the new brighton community center with recordings hosted on mpha's youtube channel. The policy forums focus on exploring a public health theme in more depth, providing participants with the opportunity to learn from a panel of experts as well as have networking discussions about the topic with others at the event. This year's theme was connecting the dots... A call to action!". The theme considered working outside the box to tackle some of our most difficult and persistent issues that directly impact public health, requiring public health professionals to work with non-traditional partners to ensure basic needs of people are met and sound policies exist to achieve optimum health for all minnesotans.the forum series dates and topics included the following: january 24, 2025...food insecurity; march 21, 2025...mental health; and may 2, 2025...housing.the forums consisted of a panel of speakers with opening remarks, discussion time, questions for the panelists and networking time. The forums are open to mpha members, guests and interested members of the public. Recordings facilitate learning by our audience…
$3,088 spent10% of program spendingInvolvement in american public health association andgreat lakes public health coalition:as mpha is an affiliate of the american public healthassociation (apha), mpha representatives bring the minnesotaperspective to the activities that follow each year. The 2025 apha meeting was held in washington, d.c. The mpha affiliate representative to the apha governing council (argc) attended the annual meeting of apha in oct/nov. As a part of the apha meeting, the mpha representatives attend meetings for the great lakes public health coalition, the apha council of affiliates, the apha governing council, and the affiliate staff meetings (if the executive director attends). These meetings focus on affiliate development and official apha business. The mpha president-elect also annually attends the affiliate presidents-elect meeting (held at apha headquarters in washington, dc in june). Mpha is part of the great lakes public health coalition (glphc). The group of region v state affiliates includes these six state public health associations: illinois, indiana, michigan, minnesota, ohio and wisconsin. The glphc came together in 1983 for the purpose of mutual support and shared learning. Over the…
$2,480 spent8% of program spendingA celebration and learning night of our archives with three university of minnesota libraries; food insecurity volunteering, global health book club, student event in duluth, walk and talk networking, and an environmental river cleanup. Educational programming included: lobbying vs advocacy training, sessions on planetary health neuroecology, health literacy communications, civic engagement, ai use with job searches, reproductive health and national public health week networking. We also saw continued growth of our immunization workgroup, health and democracy mn partnership, and planetary health task force, in addition to established committee initiatives.
$1,019 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,766.
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 2020 to 2021, from $92k to $195k (+113%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Merry Grande
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $500.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC’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 PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
54% 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 PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
73% of MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
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 PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC?
- MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500 to it, the largest being ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $18,500 in grants to MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC?
- ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC 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 4 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