Minnesota · Nonprofit
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 182 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,549,790 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,516,968). 124 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80M
- Funders on record
- 182
- Grants received
- $45M
- Net assets
- $154M
What Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to assist teens and adults in gaining freedom from chemical addictions and other life controlling problems by addressing their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential Treatment Program Services:Our licensed substance use treatment program utilizes evidenced-based treatment models to meet the needs of the whole person. Participants receive a concentrated substance treatment curriculum in which comprehensive chemical dependency assessments lead to individualized treatment plans including group therapy and individual counseling from licensed chemical dependency counselors. We also offer life-skills development to enhance clients' coping and social skills addressing topics such as anger management, personal relationships, family dynamics, self-acceptance, and relapse prevention. During 2025, there were 2,478 clients served by this program.
$22,506,138 spentof which $84,063 as grants$28,199,672 earned by the program37% of program spendingLife Renewal Program:Our 12-15 month residential substance use recovery and life skills development program assists individuals in overcoming self-destructive patterns associated with their substance use while providing co-occurring mental health support and counseling. Drug and alcohol addiction studies have shown that an individual's chance for reaching long-term sobriety is greatly increased by an extended stay in a recovery program. This program incorporates a variety of evidence-based practices to address participants' physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, providing a foundation for lasting recovery. During 2025, there were 1,062 clients served by this program.
$29,033,986 spentof which $108,559 as grants$17,287,858 earned by the program48% of program spendingOutpatient Program:Our licensed, outpatient programming offers a flexible schedule for adult clients looking for treatment options while maintaining their job, school attendance or other responsibilities. Treatment programming offers individualized treatment plans, individual and group counseling, and telehealth services. Most insurances are accepted.
$5,248,761 spent$5,356,792 earned by the program9% of program spendingTeen Challenge Leadership Institute: Our teen challenge leadership institute (TCLI) is a continued education program. This year-long school is designed for individuals who desire a structured and supervised community living environment to maintain their sobriety and effectively transition back into society.Lakeside Academy:A faith-based residential treatment center for boys aged 13-18 years, we offer licensed treatment which can range from 30 to 90 days, mental health and other counseling services, and onsite education including conventional, online, and subject based learning. Most students stay 6-12 months, depending on the individual's needs.
$4,079,721 spent$3,166,115 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $60,868,606.
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 2021 to 2022, from $105M to $134M (+28%).
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 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Chris Dietzen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 87 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $6.3M.
36 of 182 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 Teen Challenge Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 182 funders by total. 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 Teen Challenge Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
70% 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 Teen Challenge Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 15% · 2019 19% · 2020 19% · 2021 53% · 2022 31% · 2023 18% — 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.
How long its funders stay
55% of Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
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
69% of Minnesota Teen Challenge 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 $14M that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 Teen Challenge Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $637k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$625k
- Department of Justice$12k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Freedom and Recovery Services · exempt
- MN Prevention & Recovery Alliance LLC · exempt
- Wellcome Manor Family Services · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc: 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 Teen Challenge Inc?
- Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 182 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,549,790 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($5,516,968). 124 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc have?
- IRS filings report 182 organizations giving $44,549,790 in grants to Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc, 124 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,516,968 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota Teen Challenge 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 182 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