Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $319,380 to it, the largest being Minnesota Corn Growers Association ($319,380). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $600k
What Minnesota Soybean Growers Association does
Mission
Established by soybean farmers in 1962, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (msga) is a non-profit, farmer-controlled membership organization aimed at monitoring government policies, supporting research activities and market development activities to improve the profitability of soybean farmers throughout the state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lobbying: the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (msga) is the main organization in minnesota which defends soybean farmer interests at the state capital. Msga constantly monitors the actions of the minnesota state legislator and engages those legislators to help them make better decisions for minnesota's soybean farmers. Msga engages those leaders by sending producers, staff and a lobbyist to the capital through-out the entire year to have discussions about how decisions in st. Paul affect all farmers on a wide range of issues including water quality, taxes and farm input regulation.
Ag expo/soybean business magazine/young and emerging farmer program: msga is deeply involved in educating and communicating its messages to not only soybean producers but the entire agriculture industry. In order to complete this task the msga, in conjunction with the mn corn growers association, holds an annual tradeshow and educational conference which attracts over 1,000 attendees and provides the agriculture industry with the opportunity to learn from exhibitors and speakers about how to be a more profitable farmer. Msga also publishes a bi-monthly magazine that outlines many of the projects managed on behalf of the minnesota soybean research and promotion council, but educates soybean producers and the actions msga has taken at the capital on behalf of all soybean farmers. The magazine is distributed free of charge to over 23,000 individuals in minnesota and the surrounding states. The organization also operates educational/leadership programs for the industry with a track specifically for young and emerging farmers.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.3M to $1.0M (−20%).
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: 2022 3% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $41k.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS 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 SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION'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.
Organizations like MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS 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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council · exempt
- American Soybean Association · exempt
- Minnesota Biodiesel Council · exempt
- Ag Innovation Campus · exempt
- Ag Management Soloutions · partnership
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?
- MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $319,380 to it, the largest being Minnesota Corn Growers Association ($319,380). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $319,380 in grants to MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION?
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association is the largest funder on record, with $319,380 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA SOYBEAN GROWERS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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