Minnesota · Nonprofit
SciMath MN
SciMath MN (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,761 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($40,750). 1 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 FY2025
- $117k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $131k
What SciMath MN does
Mission
SciMathMN brings together a statewide stem community to promote equitable and accessible stem learning and workforce participation, n, empower lifelong learning, and inspire informed community action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
SciMathMN delivered our 15th annual STEM Day at the Fair that attracted over 17,000 attendees to Dan Patch Park on the State Fair grounds. We welcomed 42 exhibitors including 24 nonprofits, 7 higher education, 3 government and 8 sponsor exhibitors focused on STEM experiential learning and workforce readiness skills advancement. In total, 240 individuals staffed the booths with many representing Employee Resource Groups and/or individuals from under represented and out state populations in STEM.
$53,867 spent65% of program spendingSTEM Day at the Capitol - The SciMathMN ED met with federal officials on STEM issues. Also in partnership with the Minnesota STEM Ecosystem, delivered STEM Day at the Capitol The work was sponsored by STEMx (Battelle). 45 non profit, higher education and in school (research/competition) organizations registered to participate. 180 students, educators, nonprofit leaders, higher ed reps, and volunteers were on hand to engage with exhibits and attending policymakers and staffers.
$4,810 spent6% of program spendingSciMathMNs Teachers Resource Center - This resource continues to support the state-aligned content standards, professional development, and equitable access to resources for Minnesotas K-12 STEM teachers and their member organizations. During this reporting period this resource alone served 23 unique visitors with
$24,631 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,308.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $54k to $21k (−62%).
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.
93% of SciMath MN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sarah Ness
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11 → $28k.
3 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.
From the IRS filings of SciMath MN’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
SciMath MN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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 SciMath MN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SciMath MN'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. $54k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SciMath MN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SciMath MN
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.
Public support
100%
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 SciMath MN: 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 SciMath MN?
- SciMath MN (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,761 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($40,750). 1 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 SciMath MN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $53,761 in grants to SciMath MN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SciMath MN?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $40,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SciMath MN 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing