Minnesota · Nonprofit
NORTHSPAN GROUP INC
NORTHSPAN GROUP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,375 to it, the largest being NORTHLAND FOUNDATION ($580,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $595k
- Net assets
- $126k
What Northspan Group Inc does
Mission
Part iii line 1 - briefly describe the organizations mission:our vision is to engage and elevate those we serve. Our mission is to be expert navigators, transforming ideas into accomplishments. Northspan is a critical resource for businesses, organizations, and communities that need solid and dependable research services, professional technical support, and financial assistance to advance their projects. Part iii line 4a - statement of program accomplishmentscommunity - naics code 541610northspan is a recognized leader in community development, and works to identify, develop, and fund projects that strengthen community tax bases, attract and retain businesses, and enhance the quality of life for those who live and work there. We build long-term relationships to provide strategic support and gap capacity for communities and regional partnerships. We work with communities to coordinate and facilitate critical conversations and use these as a foundation to devise strategies for diversification, change, and sustainable growth. Our service to communities always strives to ask the key questions that escape business-as-usual thinking and chart new paths forward. Northspan critically…
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program and connections (formerly community) - naics code 541610 see statement on schedule o
$634,187 spent$1,394,912 earned by the program90% of program spendingCapacity (formerly organizational) - naics code 541610 northspan improves the health and vitality of boards, councils, committees, groups, and collaborations through organizational development and builds capacity, improves decision-making, and enhances effectiveness. We coordinate and faciltate strategic planning processes and provide technical assistance for change, growth management, and development. These services can range from general meeting management and planning services to the facilitation of multi-year economic adjustment, crisis response, and readiness planning initiatives. We also conduct project-specific feasibility studies and economic impact analyses that help organizations plan for growth and change.
$38,417 spent$239,588 earned by the program5% of program spendingCapital (formerly business) - naics code 523930 northspans business development services nest within a network of public and private partners to provide critical gap services, and we work with companies of all sizes to grow the economy in the communities we serve. We structure and facilitate financing for projects and provide expertise in packaging loan and grant applications. We partner with communities and financial institutions to provide loan program support services, and we also partner with community banks to provide small business administration (sba)7a loan guaranty program services. Northspan also provides accredited business valuation and succession planning services to assist businesses through all stages of growth and transition.
$32,688 spent$198,698 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $705,292.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $491k to $382k (−22%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Jamie Adams
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $150k.
From the IRS filings of NORTHSPAN GROUP INC’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
NORTHSPAN GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
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 NORTHSPAN GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
97% of NORTHSPAN GROUP 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. 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.
Government funding NORTHSPAN GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record.
- Department of Commerce$2.0M
- Department of Agriculture$222k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHSPAN GROUP 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
39% 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 NORTHSPAN GROUP INC: 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 NORTHSPAN GROUP INC?
- NORTHSPAN GROUP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $595,375 to it, the largest being NORTHLAND FOUNDATION ($580,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHSPAN GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $595,375 in grants to NORTHSPAN GROUP INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHSPAN GROUP INC?
- NORTHLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $580,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHSPAN GROUP 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.
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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 2018–2024), 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