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Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc

Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,217,135 to it, the largest being SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ($500,850). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$8.9M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$945k
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc does

Mission

MNRAAA helps older adults thrive in Southwest MN by enabling older adults to maintain the lifestyle of their choice. MNRAAA strives to ensure that services are available for older adults and caregivers, by providing information and assistance.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. MNRAAA funds core services to help older adults and caregivers living at home; collaborates with communities, counties and health and social service providers to increase local capacity to meet the needs of an aging population; and provides older adults, their families and caregivers with information about services, financial assistance and health care coverage through the senior linkage line. Persons age 60 and above and caregivers are served.

    $8,606,068 spentof which $5,685,027 as grants$88,997 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,606,068.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6.9M) Expenses 100 ($6.7M) Net assets 100 ($825k)2018 Revenue 89 ($6.2M) Expenses 92 ($6.2M) Net assets 100 ($821k)2019 Revenue 93 ($6.4M) Expenses 95 ($6.4M) Net assets 109 ($899k)2020 Revenue 118 ($8.1M) Expenses 120 ($8.1M) Net assets 118 ($976k)2021 Revenue 111 ($7.7M) Expenses 113 ($7.6M) Net assets 125 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 121 ($8.4M) Expenses 125 ($8.4M) Net assets 125 ($1.0M)2023 Revenue 132 ($9.1M) Expenses 136 ($9.1M) Net assets 128 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 129 ($8.9M) Expenses 135 ($9.1M) Net assets 115 ($945k)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (135)Net assets (115)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 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $2.4M (+43%).

$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$2.4M
$2.1M
$2.5M
$2.8M
$3.1M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 93% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$206k
’17
−$3k
’18
$80k
’19
$80k
’20
$53k
’21
$6k
’22
$19k
’23
−$132k
’24
1.2
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

Jason W Swanson

Executive Director

Board chair

Khou Lor

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

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Listed11910810101011
Joined·+2+3+1+3+5+0+4
No longer listed·4231503
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $292k → $16k.

5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 River Area Agency on Aging 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 River Area Agency on Aging Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% 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 River Area Agency on Aging Inc.

41%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 86% · 2019 45% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 61% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

56% of Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

55% of Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc'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 $551k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $666k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc's revenue grew 29% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc?
Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,217,135 to it, the largest being SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ($500,850). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,217,135 in grants to Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc?
SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging 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.

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 11 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