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POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC

POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,704 to it, the largest being MIDCONTINENT FOUNDATION ($3,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.4M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$4.1M
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Polk County Developmental Achievement Center Inc does

Mission

Promote and support individuals with disabilities to acquire, improve and maintain enjoyment and quality of life through individualized programming.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education provided in: communication & social skills, behavioral programming, domestic & personal care skills, vocational skills, leisure skills, community integration and supportive employment.

    $1,529,951 spent$1,640,830 earned by the program
    84% of program spending
  2. The polk county dac provides transportation to most consumers attending the dac. This service includes transportation to and from home to the dac. The bus/van will go directly to a client's home and pick them up at the beginning of the day and bring them home at days end. The dac provides a curb to curb service; meaning the client is able to (perhaps with assistance) get out of the house alone and to the van. If they require the use of a wheelchair lift, our driver will operate that and put the client on the lift. We will assure the use of seatbelts whether ambulatory or in a wheelchair.the polk county dac also provides transportation during the day. If they have work sites, we provide transportation to and from that work site. If they go into the community for employment, if during dac hours, we generally provide that service as well. There are times when other arrangements have been made depending on the time of day. For example, we have hired tri-valley bus to pick up one person as that ride occurs over our lunch hour or in the evening and staff was unavailable to do that transportation.transportation rates vary depending on whether the client is in a wheelchair, using a…

    $294,410 spent$480,124 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,824,361.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)2018 Revenue 94 ($1.5M) Expenses 103 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 95 ($1.6M) Expenses 102 ($1.5M) Net assets 102 ($2.8M)2020 Revenue 90 ($1.5M) Expenses 84 ($1.2M) Net assets 110 ($3.0M)2021 Revenue 102 ($1.7M) Expenses 97 ($1.4M) Net assets 119 ($3.2M)2022 Revenue 111 ($1.8M) Expenses 113 ($1.7M) Net assets 124 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 123 ($2.0M) Expenses 118 ($1.7M) Net assets 134 ($3.6M)2024 Revenue 132 ($2.2M) Expenses 131 ($1.9M) Net assets 142 ($3.9M)2025 Revenue 146 ($2.4M) Expenses 148 ($2.2M) Net assets 149 ($4.1M)
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Revenue (146)Expenses (148)Net assets (149)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $3.8M (+8%).

$2.9M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$3.1M
$3.4M
$3.5M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2020 47% · 2021 12% · 2022 5% · 2023 6% · 2024 0% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

7% of POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$153k
’17
$13k
’18
$52k
’19
$227k
’20
$237k
’21
$145k
’22
$263k
’23
$217k
’24
$193k
’25
18
months of
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

Jean Ann Bienek

Executive director

Board chair

Meloni Rasmussen

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed121111101111111110
Joined·+1+1+0+2+2+2+1+1
No longer listed·21112212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $60.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
2
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER 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

POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $204 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve17.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

80%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC?
POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,704 to it, the largest being MIDCONTINENT FOUNDATION ($3,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,704 in grants to POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC?
MIDCONTINENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like POLK COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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