Minnesota · Nonprofit
Normandale Community College Foundation Inc
Normandale Community College Foundation Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,449,212 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Normandale Community College Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our goal at Normandale is to make a college education achievable for all students. The Normandale Community College Foundation provides financial support for students, programs, and services to help this become a reality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
College Improvements and Program Support: At Normandale Community College, innovation begins where need is greatest. The Foundation plays a catalytic role---responding quickly to barriers that prevent students from succeeding, and piloting programs until the College can assume them long term. We act as the bridge between what students need now and what systems will eventually sustain. In FY2025, Foundation-led initiatives reached hundreds of students and families:Academy of Math and Science - A cohort-based STEM program designed to increase the representation of students of color in high-demand science and math fields. Students receive mentoring, community, and targeted academic support that translate to higher retention and transfer rates.Random Acts of Kindness Emergency Grants - Rapid, no-red-tape assistance that helps students weather crises like eviction, illness, or loss of transportation. Many say it's the single reason they remained in school.Campus Cupboard - A dignified, full-service grocery store where students can access fresh produce, dairy, frozen meals, and culturally specific foods. The program grows by 30% annually and is vital for students balancing rent,…
$849,758 spentof which $780,992 as grants$217,682 earned by the program52% of program spendingScholarship Program: At the heart of the Normandale Community College Foundation is a simple belief: when you remove financial barriers, talent rises. In FY2025, the Foundation awarded $725,928 in direct student aid through 828 individual scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,000. Each award represents one student's turning point---an early-childhood educator able to finish her practicum, a dental-hygiene student affording required equipment, a parent able to reduce work hours and focus on coursework. Most Normandale students are working adults, many balancing parenting, elder care, and multiple jobs. A modest scholarship can literally determine whether a student persists or pauses their education. Our recipients frequently write to say that scholarship support gave them "the chance to breathe," "the courage to keep going, and "the belief that someone saw potential in me." The program advances the College's strategic goal to eliminate all race-based gaps in opportunity and achievement by 2030. More than half of Normandale students identify as racially diverse, and most are first-generation. Our scholarship portfolio is designed to meet students where they are---funding both…
$719,607 spentof which $591,440 as grants44% of program spendingJapanese Garden: The Normandale Japanese Garden is both a sanctuary and a symbol---a living testament to peace, cross-cultural understanding, and the quiet strength of nature's design. Created in 1976 by Kyoto landscape architect Takao Watanabe, the Garden was envisioned as a place where people of all backgrounds could reflect, restore, and connect. Nearly fifty years later, it continues to serve as a tranquil oasis for students, faculty, and the surrounding community---welcoming more than 10,000 visitors each year. Home to over 300 varieties of plants and trees and more than 35 authentic Japanese koi, the Garden's design honors traditional Japanese principles of harmony and simplicity while embracing the natural rhythms of Minnesota's seasons. It also stands as a memorial to Japanese-American veterans, whose legacy of service and perseverance is reflected in the Garden's enduring calm and beauty. Today, the Foundation works to preserve this cultural and ecological landmark as a space for reflection, education, and healing. The Garden serves as an outdoor classroom for courses in art, biology, and intercultural studies; a site for community gatherings and ceremonies; and a living…
$69,476 spentof which $30,682 as grants$1,800 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,638,841.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $6.4M to $10M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Jane Fenton
Executive Director
Board chair
Teresa Biss
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $61k → $1.1M.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Normandale Community College Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
Normandale Community College Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 Normandale Community College Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 49% · 2019 65% · 2020 52% · 2021 75% · 2022 28% · 2023 46% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of Normandale Community College Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of Normandale Community College Foundation Inc's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $956k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like Normandale Community College Foundation Inc
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Normandale Community College · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Normandale Community College Foundation Inc?
- Normandale Community College Foundation Inc (Minnesota) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,449,212 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Normandale Community College Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $6,449,212 in grants to Normandale Community College Foundation Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Normandale Community College Foundation Inc?
- DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Normandale Community College Foundation Inc 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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