Minnesota · Nonprofit
MN VETERANS PANTRY
MN VETERANS PANTRY (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,600 to it, the largest being Kendrick B Melrose Family Foundation ($30,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $321k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $281k
What Mn Veterans Pantry does
Mission
The Mn Veterans Pantry is committed to enhancing the lives of minnesota veterans by providing targeted financial support through grants exclusively for grocery and supply items. Our current partnership with the minneapolis va medical center ensures that these resources directly benefit veterans. We uphold stringent oversight, requiring detailed substantiation of expenditures to guarantee funds are used solely for intended purposes. Our mission includes setting clear budgetary guidelines, monitoring program effectiveness through semi-annual updates, and adapting our support based on direct feedback and performance metrics. Through this focused and accountable approach, we aim to address the immediate needs of veterans while continuously refining our grant program to meet evolving challenges. The Mn Veterans Pantry will raise funds to pay for the food products given out by the mpls va veterans food pantry and/or other organizations helping to distribute food to our service members & vete
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Mn Veterans Pantry was formed on november 11, 2024 - veterans day, to raise funds for food insecure veterans living in minnesota. In partnership with the minneapolis va medical center, mnvp addresses the widening gap of hunger among veterans living in minnesota. In mnvp's first year of operation, the organization provided 40,766 of distributed food products and supplies to minnesota veterans.
$40,766 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $40,766.
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
Thomas W Lyons
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 VETERANS PANTRY’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 VETERANS PANTRY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 MN VETERANS PANTRY.
“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 VETERANS PANTRY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k 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 VETERANS PANTRY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MN VETERANS PANTRY
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MN VETERANS PANTRY: 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 VETERANS PANTRY?
- MN VETERANS PANTRY (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,600 to it, the largest being Kendrick B Melrose Family Foundation ($30,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MN VETERANS PANTRY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $94,600 in grants to MN VETERANS PANTRY.
- Who is the largest funder of MN VETERANS PANTRY?
- Kendrick B Melrose Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $30,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MN VETERANS PANTRY 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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