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ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC

ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being SIGAVIS SHERMANNA FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$57k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$25k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Root River Current Inc does

Mission

Publication of a noncommercial digital magazine that tells important, yet often overlooked, stories about people, places, and culture in the area, celebrates a shared dedication and love for the regions, and publishes the work of local journalist and artists.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Publication of a noncommercial digital magazine that tells important, yet often overlooked, stories about people, places, and culture in the area, celebrates a shared dedication and love for the regions, and publishes the work of

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Steve Harris

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $10k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of ROOT RIVER CURRENT 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.

Where its funders are

100% of ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC?
ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being SIGAVIS SHERMANNA FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ROOT RIVER CURRENT INC?
SIGAVIS SHERMANNA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ROOT RIVER CURRENT 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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