Minnesota · Nonprofit
Minnesota Student Association
Minnesota Student Association (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,000 to it, the largest being Minnesota Voice ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $224k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $82k
- Net assets
- $120k
What Minnesota Student Association does
Mission
The Minnesota Student Association doing business as Undergraduate Student Government USG works as the voice of the undergraduate student body by shaping University policy working with university administrators and the Board of Regents and engaging with legislators at every level of government. We advocate for undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities by listening to students needs and concerns and committing to advocacy works that addresses these needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Row the Vote - Initiatives from this past year include the Row the Vote campaign. For the most recent 2024 election the Row the Vote campaign visited over 1,000 classrooms helped 2,000 students register to vote and supported 12,000 students in making a plan to vote. The University of Minnesota was also ranked #1 out of 307 universities nationwide for the ALL IN To Vote Top Pledging Campus rankings for the 2024 election.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Improving Student Life and Wellbeing. This services all undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. We have provided funding for career and social events where students can explore job opportunities and connect with their peers improved transportation increased access to food as the campus is a food desert. 39,556 students total.
$99,144 spentof which $9,238 as grants68% of program spendingInitiatives from this past year include the Row the Vote campaign. For the most recent 2024 election the Row the Vote campaign visited over 1,000 classrooms helped 2,000 students register to vote and supported 12,000 students in making a plan to vote. The University of Minnesota was also ranked #1 out of 307 universities nationwide for the ALL IN To Vote Top Pledging Campus rankings for the 2024 election.
$47,417 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,561.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $52k to $120k (+131%).
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.
100% of Minnesota Student Association’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of Minnesota Student 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Minnesota Student Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Student Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
63% of Minnesota Student 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.
Against its field
Minnesota Student Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Minnesota Student 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota Student 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 Student Association?
- Minnesota Student Association (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,000 to it, the largest being Minnesota Voice ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Minnesota Student Association have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $82,000 in grants to Minnesota Student Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota Student Association?
- Minnesota Voice is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota Student 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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