Minnesota · Nonprofit
MNPROV
MNPROV (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,200 to it, the largest being FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $23k
What Mnprov does
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide workshops to students and educators which use inclusive applied improvisation strategies to strengthen the social, emotional and communication skills of a neurodiverse group of learners by providing interactive, authentic and enjoyable educational experiences in a safe, supportive and creative environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program services - includes classes for students of all ages which take place at schools or community partner sites, professional development for educators/service providers, corporate workshops and free workshops for under-resources schools. Classes for school-age children (including transition age students age 18 to 22) are held weekly for one hour, with goals to increase participants' knowledge of improv, self-confidence and social connections. Professional development is provided to educators and service providers at their site, usually for 2 hours, to equip them to use applied improvisation games to strengthen their students' social emotional skills and mental wellness. Corporate workshops are provided to business groups to support communication, collaboration and creativity.
$27,918 spent$39,185 earned by the program78% of program spendingCamp MNprov - a free week-long professional development opportunity for educators to learn how to use applied improvisation games with students to support students' social-emotional learning and strengthen their mental wellness. This week-long workshop serves 10 educators and 10 students. Educators spend the first part of each day with MNprov instructors experiencing the improv games and learning how these games support social-emotional learning skills. Then ten students join the educators and MNprov instructors for an improv workshop, while educators are able to experience how the games are used with students. At the end of each day, educators meet alone with the MNprov instructors to debrief and ask questions.
$961 spent3% of program spendingNeurodivergent adult classes (MNprov Mixers) - free weekly workshops for neurodivergent adults. There is a need in our community for neurodivergent adults who, once they pass the transition ages 18 to 22 years have limited opportunities for support and growth. MNprov addresses this need through free applied improv workshops that offer a safe, fun and authentic way for neurodivergent adults of all ages to strengthen life skills such as communication, self confidence, collaboration, resilience, flexibility and more. Our workshops provide social connections as well as practice with skills needed for work and life.
$6,694 spent$3,411 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,573.
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 2024 to 2025, from $66k to $106k (+60%).
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.
80% of MNPROV’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
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) — 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 MNPROV’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MNPROV leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
MNPROV draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states in all.
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
MNPROV has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MNPROV
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 MNPROV: 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 MNPROV?
- MNPROV (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,200 to it, the largest being FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MNPROV have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $63,200 in grants to MNPROV.
- Who is the largest funder of MNPROV?
- FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MNPROV 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 2021–2025), 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