Minnesota · Nonprofit
MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE
MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,137 to it, the largest being CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Mn Fundraising Initiative does
Mission
MN Fundraising Initiative's mission is to enrich the lives of youth and families by providing grants to fund opportunities they would otherwise not be able to experience.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
MN Fundraising Initiative provided financial assistance by way of grants to youth and families to allow family members to participate in organized activities including dance, sports, educational classes, & school activites. These activites provide life enrichment, help build self-esteem, aid personal and artistic development while helping build community connection which helps strengthen the community as a whole. In 2024 we were able to provide 2813 such grants.
$3,201,993 spentof which $2,974,066 as grants$3,510,031 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,201,993.
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 2021 to 2022, from $493k to $1.2M (+144%).
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.
0% of MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Martin Cross
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $31 → $53.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE’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
MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 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
100% of MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE: 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 MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE?
- MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,137 to it, the largest being CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,137 in grants to MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE?
- CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MN FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing