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MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS

MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,721 to it, the largest being PROPEL NONPROFITS ($242,721). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$446k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$243k
Net assets
$240k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Minnesotans for the American Community Survey Macs does

Mission

MACS became a nonprofit corporation in the state of Minnesota in April 2022. Founded in 2013 to educate and engage Minnesotans, it has grown to over 400 supporters statewide in every sector of civic and economic life. Our mission is to educate Minnesota communities and the public about the critical importance of census data and an accurate decennial Census to drive a strong economy, sustain healthy communities, and improve the well-being of all Minnesotans.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In partnership with the Minnesota State Demographic Center, the Minnesota Council on Foundations, and other groups, MACS is preparing Minnesota for the 2030 Census as a member of the Minnesota 2030 Census Planning Team. ** Launched our Rural & Greater MN Initiative by conducting outreach to leaders of 2020 Census Complete Count Committees in greater Minnesota, as well as rural organizations that participated in the 2020 Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership, and began working with partners around the state to develop organizing tools. ** Launched our Indigenous Communities Initiative by outlining potential engagement strategies, key contacts, and a detailed work plan. ** Launched our Young Child Initiative by developing connections with state and national coalitions including Voices and Choices, Early Childhood Funders Network, Little Moments Count, Home Visiting Coalition, Child Care Aware, Count All Kids, and Kids Count.** Hosted meetings with each member of Minnesota's congressional delegation, joined by the Minnesota State Demographer, The Census Project, and stakeholders from across the state.** Partnered with The Census Project to host a national webinar outlining the…

    $172,447 spent$6,200 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $172,447.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($139k) Expenses 100 ($135k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2025 Revenue 321 ($446k) Expenses 161 ($217k) Net assets 2108 ($240k)
20242025
Revenue (321)Expenses (161)Net assets (2108)Peer revenue range

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 $161k to $247k (+53%).

$161k
$247k
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,582 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’24
$229k
’25
6.2
months of
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

Joan Naymark

Executive Director

Board chair

Jane Leonard

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.

Where its funders are

100% of MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin51% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)221% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 17%Fundraising 4%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS?
MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,721 to it, the largest being PROPEL NONPROFITS ($242,721). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $242,721 in grants to MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS?
PROPEL NONPROFITS is the largest funder on record, with $242,721 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MINNESOTANS FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MACS 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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