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Minnesota Social Service Association
Minnesota Social Service Association (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $215,500 to it, the largest being THE SAUER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($215,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $939k
What Minnesota Social Service Association does
Mission
MSSA cultivates and mobilizes Minnesota's health and human service professionals, students, and volunteers to advance social justice through education, advocacy, and building connections.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Training: MSSA's Education and Trainin programs provide affordable, high-qualitty continuing education opportunities for health and human services professionals. MSSA hosts an annual training conference and expo each March in Minneapolis that brings together over 3,500 health and human service professionals for three days of training. In addition, five one-day regional conferences are held throughout the state. MSSA works diligently to ensure educational opportunities that cover a vast array of health and human service topics, including emerging and best practices, and feature both local and national speakers. Online trainings are also offered with a virtual component to our annual conference.
$606,174 spentof which $57,295 as grants$883,739 earned by the program69% of program spendingPublic Policy and Advocacy: As a membership asssociation of over 3,500 health and human service professionals, MSSA's public policy strengths include a large and diverse membership, with subject matter expertise across the field, geographical diversity that covers all legislative districts, members from the public, private, and non-profit sectors that enable us to view health and human service programs from all angles.
$120,419 spentof which $10,640 as grants14% of program spendingMember Services: MSSA's goal is to ensure our member professionals are exceptional. To do that, MSSA provides their membership of over 3,500 health and human services professionals with the connection and support they need to be the best in the health and human services field. This includes an awards program (both regional and statewide), a scholarship program, an online career center, and various communications - from weekly emails to newsletters to social media.
$157,473 spentof which $13,914 as grants$2,600 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $884,066.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $845k to $1.2M (+40%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of Minnesota Social Service Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Makeisha Hall
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Minnesota Social Service 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
100% of Minnesota Social Service Association's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
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.
Against its field
Minnesota Social Service Association holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Minnesota Social Service 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota Social Service 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 Social Service Association?
- Minnesota Social Service Association (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $215,500 to it, the largest being THE SAUER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($215,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Minnesota Social Service Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $215,500 in grants to Minnesota Social Service Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota Social Service Association?
- THE SAUER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $215,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota Social Service Association 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