Minnesota · Nonprofit
MN8
MN8 (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $849,258 to it, the largest being Coalition of Asian American Leaders ($259,185). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $849k
- Net assets
- $922k
What Mn8 does
Mission
As we work to free our southeast asian communities, we move with the understanding that the path to liberation must be holistic and address intersectional oppression. We plant and nourish seeds of action that sprout into both short-term and long-term change answering immediate needs through direct services and dismantling institutional oppression through larger initiatives (such as education and policy). Our vision is for sustainable, deep-rooted change that allows southeast asian communities to thrive independently with abundant access to resources and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership development:we use leadership development as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by building up the leadership of impacted community members to share their story and advocate for change, supporting our members as they bloom in our leadership garden, hosting meetings with elected officials and impacted folks to share the impact of detention and deportation, and offering regenerate, our summer youth program focused on leadership development and storytelling.
$143,739 spent22% of program spendingDirect support:we use direct support as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by supporting community members in requesting forms and records for their legal cases, housing a legal kiosk for community members to access virtual court appointments and pro bono / low bono legal help, accompanying community members to their ice check-ins, hosting know your rights trainings and legal clinics to community members, supporting community members who have been previously deported to re-examine their case and identify options for returning to the u.s., and providing financial assistance and cultural food for southeast asian community members.
$266,736 spentof which $131,163 as grants40% of program spendingAdvocacy:we use advocacy as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by advocating for policies to end collaboration between the twin cities metro area counties and ice, advocating for statewide legislative changes that increase options for deportation relief, and advocating for federal legislation demanding u.s. Responsibility for military intervention in southeast asia and ending deportation.
$121,490 spent18% of program spendingCommunity organizing:we use community organizing as part of our 4 building blocks for liberation by creating an organizing home for southeast asians passionate about ending detention and deportation, sharing resources and hosting educational events about detention and deportation, and increasing political participation and voter turnout in the southeast asian community.
$135,007 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $666,972.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $385k to $945k (+145%).
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: 2022 0% · 2024 58% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MN8’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Montha Chum
Executive director
Board chair
Mai Neng Moua
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $125k → $534k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 MN8’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
MN8 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 MN8.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 80% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“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
83% of MN8's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k 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
MN8 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MN8
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
78% 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 MN8: 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 MN8?
- MN8 (Minnesota) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $849,258 to it, the largest being Coalition of Asian American Leaders ($259,185). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MN8 have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $849,258 in grants to MN8, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MN8?
- Coalition of Asian American Leaders is the largest funder on record, with $259,185 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MN8 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 14 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