Minnesota · Nonprofit
MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC
MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being BlueEarthCountyChptrMNPheasantsInc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $44M
What Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Trust Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to undertake activities that further the objectives of the minnesota valley national wildlife refuge and wetland management district (refuge) of the usfws, including acquisition, restoration, and maintenance of land for the refuge and financial support of refuge operations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
2025 statement of program accomplishments:1. Mvt invested in strategic land acquisition for the minnesota valley national wildlife refuge complex. Mvt continued working with landowners on acquisition of parcels to expand and complete units for the refuge complex. In 2025, mvt acquired 1 parcel totaling 59 acres as an eventual addition to the mn valley national wildlife refuge. The acquired parcel adds to an existing habitat complex in the st. Lawrence unit of the refuge. Mvt further completed the transfer of two parcels consisting of 117.3 acres in total to the refuge and an additional two parcels totaling 277.4 acres to the mn valley wetland management district.2. Mvt invested in strategic habitat restoration and enhancement on the refuge complex. Employed a full-time habitat biologist to design, plan and manage habitat restoration and enhancement on mvt lands, coordinate the conservation corps mn-ia (ccmi) crew, and assist with refuge projects. Contracted for and coordinated a ccmi crew that conducted habitat enhancement activities over 593 acres across 11 project sites on the refuge complex and an additional 621 acres on other fish & wildlife service lands in other project…
$3,134,739 spentof which $2,314,840 as grants$-28,405 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,134,739.
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 2019 to 2020, from $25M to $44M (+74%).
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 23% · 2018 0% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 16% · 2022 113% · 2023 48% · 2024 55% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Neal Feeken
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Minnesota Valley Lands Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC’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 VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
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 VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC's revenue fell 30% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 1 related entity
- Minnesota Valley Lands LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST 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 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC?
- MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being BlueEarthCountyChptrMNPheasantsInc ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST INC?
- BlueEarthCountyChptrMNPheasantsInc is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TRUST 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 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