Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC
MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,279,378 to it, the largest being THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($1,547,216). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc does
Mission
Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing - minnesota housing finance agency (mhfa) money is available to make energy-saving and general home improvements for homeowners of all income levels. Mhfa subsidizes loans to encourage homeowners to make home improvements to help maintain the image of clean, well-run rural communities. Loan programs include fix-up loan, community fix-up rehabilitation loan, and rental rehabilitation loan programs. We assisted 85 people to secure low interest loans so they could make needed improvements to their homes. Mhfa provides funding for homeless prevention to help households from either becoming homeless because of an eviction, or if they are currently homeless, (by hud's definition) get them into permanent housing. Facilitated 9 homelessness response teams. Assisted 355 households with services that prevented them from joining the ranks of homeless statistics. Weatherization assistance - this program is available to both low-income homeowners and renters in the nine-county area. It is designed to provide energy conservation service such as furnace modifications, caulking, weatherstripping, attic insulation, repair of primary windows, storm windows, minor foundation repairs and…
$8,188,277 spentof which $6,409,382 as grants$563,100 earned by the program31% of program spendingHead start - 508 low-income children participated in quality preschool. Hearing and vision screenings were provided to 260 children. 203 children received dental exams, some for the very first time. Provided 120 pregnant women, infants and toddles with quality home visiting services. 520 volunteers contributed their time to enhance the service provided to families.
$6,846,223 spentof which $463,815 as grants26% of program spendingEmployment and training - 199 adults gained employment with our workforce development training and assistance. Provided training to 73 individuals who lost their jobs due to business/plant closing or downsizing. 277 at-risk teenagers had the opportunity to learn and earn through paid work experience, planning for careers and achieving success in their education and training. Provided services through minnesota family investment program (mfip) in the counties of lesueur, nicollet, brown, sibley, and waseca. These services are designed to decrease long-term welfare dependency. Served were approximately 547 individuals. Supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) - employment and training - participants take steps to improve skills that can lead to a career and financial independence. Approximately 153 households were served.
$6,005,072 spentof which $2,224,446 as grants23% of program spendingLow-income energy assistance - this program was established to combat the continuing hardship brought upon low-income households by rising energy costs. Its purpose is to assist eligible households with their heating bills. Assistance is in the form of a direct payment to a fuel/utility vendor on behalf of the household. Served were 7,693 households.
$5,448,379 spentof which $5,145,989 as grants$2,816,019 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,487,951.
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 $12M to $14M (+16%).
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: 2017 87% · 2018 85% · 2019 87% · 2020 88% · 2021 90% · 2022 90% · 2023 88% · 2024 87% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% 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.
Chief executive
Amanda Mackie
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $228k → $137k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 65% · 2019 70% · 2020 80% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
99% of MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $42.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$42.9M
- Department of the Treasury$35k
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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL 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 VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,279,378 to it, the largest being THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC ($1,547,216). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $2,279,378 in grants to MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,547,216 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL 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 12 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