Minnesota · Nonprofit
Run Minnesota
Run Minnesota (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,574 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($5,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $352k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $-79595
What Run Minnesota does
Mission
To serve the running community and support runners of all ages and abilities through education, programs and advocacy. Specifically, by developing educational resources and training programs that support and empower runners, facilitating opportunities to participate in races and running events in minnesota, and fostering a welcoming, inclusive running community for all minnesotans.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Races - to further its mission in promoting racing as a competitive sport or recreational activity, Run Minnesota holds races and works cooperatively to publicize the racing initiatives of 300 other minnesota-based race organizations. The association strives to provide runners across minnesota with the opportunity to participate in races for a low cost or free of charge to reduce barriers to race participation.
$142,486 spentof which $3,500 as grants$153,400 earned by the program64% of program spendingPeriodicals - through the publication of monthly e-newsletters, quarterly runminnesota magazine, and the annual running minnesota training log and race calendar, Run Minnesota disseminates information on various topics to the running community such as upcoming races, research projects, educational and training practices, race results/recaps, and other stories of interest to the running community.
$50,347 spent$9,574 earned by the program23% of program spendingTraining programs - Run Minnesota provides training programs, informational clinics, and other educational programs to further the association's mission to help members achieve their running goals. In 2022, Run Minnesota held 5 programs which included the fall and spring half and full marathon training programs and the grand prix.
$23,339 spent$32,521 earned by the program10% of program spendingEquipment rental and merchandising - these programs aid the organization's mission of serving the running community by making running equipment and gear more accessible and further facilitating opportunities to participate in the running community
$6,972 spent$12,879 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $223,144.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14k to $73k (+406%).
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.
22% of Run Minnesota’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Sarah Mcinerney
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $26 → $16.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $47k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Minnesota Distance Running Association). These are real filings, and they are not money Run Minnesota raised.
From the IRS filings of Run Minnesota’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
Run Minnesota leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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 Run Minnesota.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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 Run Minnesota's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Run Minnesota has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Run Minnesota
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 Run Minnesota: 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 Run Minnesota?
- Run Minnesota (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,574 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($5,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Run Minnesota have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,574 in grants to Run Minnesota, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Run Minnesota?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Run Minnesota 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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