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MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC

MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$740k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$276k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Minnesota Recreation and Park Association Inc does

Mission

Minnesota recreation and park association's (mrpa) mission is to improve the quality of life in minnesota by enhancing the profession of parks, open space, recreation, and leisure services.the association's most significant activities are to provide educational and recreational opportunities for members and the citizens they serve.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Activities and eventsmrpa provides opportunities for use of leisure time and quality environment through education, research, and service. The association facilitates information exchange amongst parks and recreation professionals and coordinates educational opportunities for nearly 900 members.

    $312,692 spent$461,000 earned by the program
    61% of program spending
  2. Membershipmrpa is a professional membership association serving nearly 900 members statewide. The association provides professional development, best practices, and informational support for its membership. The association's main sources of revenues are fees and registrations for sporting events, conferences, and membership dues.

    $110,173 spent$188,601 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  3. Recreational sports programsmrpa impacts health and active living by providing recreational sports programs for member agencies and the communities they serve. These programs offer a service for members, and provide program models that member agencies may use within their departments and communities.

    $92,772 spent$79,806 earned by the program
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $515,637.

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 ($675k) Expenses 100 ($687k) Net assets 100 ($211k)2018 Revenue 98 ($660k) Expenses 94 ($642k) Net assets 93 ($197k)2019 Revenue 91 ($617k) Expenses 95 ($654k) Net assets 103 ($217k)2020 Revenue 62 ($416k) Expenses 73 ($504k) Net assets 76 ($160k)2021 Revenue 94 ($633k) Expenses 81 ($556k) Net assets 128 ($271k)2022 Revenue 94 ($632k) Expenses 98 ($670k) Net assets 79 ($167k)2023 Revenue 103 ($697k) Expenses 100 ($690k) Net assets 72 ($152k)2024 Revenue 110 ($740k) Expenses 93 ($639k) Net assets 131 ($276k)
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Revenue (110)Expenses (93)Net assets (131)

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 $507k to $357k (−30%).

$415k
$355k
$425k
$423k
$507k
$357k
$355k
$403k
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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.

−$12k
’17
$18k
’18
−$37k
’19
−$88k
’20
$78k
’21
−$38k
’22
$7k
’23
$101k
’24
2.5
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.

Chief executive

Michelle Snider

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1621212219201616
Joined·+5+6+6+3+7+6+4
No longer listed·06566104
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK 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.

Where its funders are

MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.

VA

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 RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC?
MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION INC?
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MINNESOTA RECREATION AND PARK 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 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