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Minnesota STEM Partnership
Minnesota STEM Partnership (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,814 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA ALLIANCE FOR VOLUNTEER ADVANCEMENT ($54,235). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $512k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $95k
What Minnesota STEM Partnership does
Mission
Provide barrier free access to emerging science, technology, engineering, and mathematics STEM technology for students from underserved and underrepresented ethnicities and genders in STEM. The Organization teaches leadership development principles and provides access to project ased experiential learning in advanced technologies leveraging concepts in AI, Robotics, Drones, Coding, Clean Energy and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ROBOTICS PROGRAMS- Provide STEAM Education and related workforce skills development through competitive leagues and supporting programs FIRST, VEX, drones, coding, computer aided design, 3D printing, AI Racing, & more for FREE to K-12 BIPOC students.
$307,626 spent$12,305 earned by the program80% of program spendingCOMMUNITY CAMPS & SCHOOL PROGRAMS-STEAM Education & Clean Energy related workforce skills development with public, private and municipal partners interested in broadening participation for K-12 & College BIPOC students.
$71,387 spent$87,519 earned by the program19% of program spendingNSBE JR-Provide Engineering career exploration, hands on workshops, and engaging directly with engineering and technology specialists from business, local and national organizations. Participate in the larger National Society for Black Engineers Convention and Mentor opportunities. Provide access and membership to community, public & private schools across the Twin Cities.
$6,500 spent$2,150 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $385,513.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $50k to $140k (+178%).
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.
89% of Minnesota STEM Partnership’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $28k → $54k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 STEM Partnership’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 STEM Partnership has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
91% 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 STEM Partnership.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 53% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“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
70% of Minnesota STEM Partnership's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
Minnesota STEM Partnership has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Minnesota STEM Partnership
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota STEM Partnership: 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 STEM Partnership?
- Minnesota STEM Partnership (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,814 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA ALLIANCE FOR VOLUNTEER ADVANCEMENT ($54,235). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Minnesota STEM Partnership have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $181,814 in grants to Minnesota STEM Partnership, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota STEM Partnership?
- MINNESOTA ALLIANCE FOR VOLUNTEER ADVANCEMENT is the largest funder on record, with $54,235 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota STEM Partnership 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing