Minnesota · Nonprofit
PROOF ALLIANCE
PROOF ALLIANCE (Minnesota) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,498,407 to it, the largest being BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ($946,148). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Proof Alliance does
Mission
To prevent prenatal alcohol exposure and support all impacted by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supporting people at risk of prenatal alcohol exposure (pae):Proof Alliance recognizes we cannot prevent prenatal alcohol exposure alone, so we partner with community-based organizations who are uniquely positioned to raise awareness and provide support to prevent alcohol exposed pregnancies. In 2025, Proof Alliance provided grants to organizations to empower communities around the prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure, and provided oversight, technical support, training, and assistance for grant recipients. Proof Alliance administered the fasd prevention grant program, which provides grants to chemical health organizations in minnesota to support pregnant and parenting people in recovery from alcohol and substance-use disorders through long-term wraparound care to support alcohol-free pregnancies and prevent prenatal alcohol exposure. Proof Alliance provided native american community grants to support the creation of two fasd tribal champions in minnesota. In addition to grants, Proof Alliance provides a wide range of education and training on fasd and the prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure. Proof Alliance certifies volunteer community educators through our Proof Alliance…
$1,692,323 spentof which $1,328,914 as grants$76,959 earned by the program46% of program spendingFasd identification, diagnosis and support:Proof Alliance collaborates with national partners to train pediatric health care providers in screening for fasd, reaching 80 pediatric health care providers across 16 states in 2025. Our on-site fasd diagnostic clinic continues to serve families and promote professional development of clinicians in the fasd diagnostic field. We continued our role leading the fasd diagnostic consortium and produced a practical guide for designing and implementing fasd diagnostic and clinical care practices. Proof Alliance provides resource navigation, one-on-one support, family events, support groups, and educational opportunities (e.g. Caregiver conference) for 602 program participants. Our caregiver support model incorporates peer-led support groups to maximize resources, geographical reach, and emphasize the value of living experience. This work supports caregivers in parenting skills, resource navigation, self-care, addressing stigma/shame, and developing informal support networks to share joys, successes, and challenges. Our youth support model incorporates youth skills groups, leadership opportunities, and social and recreational events.
$1,391,345 spent38% of program spendingIncreasing public awareness of fasd:Proof Alliance made meaningful progress in raising awareness about fasd and the dangers of prenatal alcohol exposure. Our digital outreach reached an estimated 3.38 million people statewide with fasd and pae prevention messaging, including digital, media, point-of-sale, and in-person outreach. This represents a substantial increase from 2024 with social media impressions up 73%, educational materials distributed up 77%, website engagement nearly doubling, and event participation more than doubling. We continued growing our children are sacred program, an initiative shaped and driven by native leaders to address prenatal alcohol exposure and fasd within indigenous communities. This work is guided by a co-creation team comprised of five indigenous leaders. This program honors indigenous cultural practices and values and integrates traditional knowledge into prevention strategies and fasd support services. Your support of Proof Alliance helps prevent prenatal alcohol exposure and care for families impacted by fasd, making a profound difference. Every dollar you give directly supports life-changing programs and creates a remarkable return on…
$533,095 spent15% of program spendingChampion fasd-informed public policies:Proof Alliance initiates and champions public policies to improve access to fasd-informed education, health care, housing and life-altering services to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure and improve the quality of life for families impacted by an fasd. We engaged 139 advocates and facilitated individual meetings with 53 state legislators.
$48,825 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,665,588.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $1.8M (+33%).
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: 2019 88% · 2020 83% · 2021 78% · 2022 76% · 2023 86% · 2024 90% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of PROOF ALLIANCE’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. 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.
Chief executive
Mollie O'Brien
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $14k → $576k.
13 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 PROOF ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
PROOF ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 PROOF ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 46% · 2019 32% · 2020 20% · 2021 34% · 2022 55% · 2023 42% — 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
39% of PROOF ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
PROOF ALLIANCE draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $462k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
PROOF ALLIANCE's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 15 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PROOF ALLIANCE
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 PROOF ALLIANCE: 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 PROOF ALLIANCE?
- PROOF ALLIANCE (Minnesota) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,498,407 to it, the largest being BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ($946,148). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROOF ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,498,407 in grants to PROOF ALLIANCE, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROOF ALLIANCE?
- BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $946,148 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROOF ALLIANCE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 37 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