Minnesota · Nonprofit
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND (Minnesota) receives grants from 536 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,602,369 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($24,671,609). 344 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $277M
- Funders on record
- 536
- Grants received
- $145M
- Net assets
- $76M
What Second Harvest Heartland does
Mission
Second Harvest Heartland's mission is to end hunger together. In partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 143 million meals to neighbors last year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Food bank: last year, we distributed 166 million pounds of food. As a food bank, we work with partner programs in 41 counties in minnesota and 18 counties in western wisconsin to get food to neighbors facing hunger. We provided, on average, 83% of all food distributed by our partners.
$230,411,883 spentof which $193,696,278 as grants$28,931,501 earned by the program79% of program spendingCommunity outreach: more than a food bank, we're a leading partner in the policies and programs that work to end hunger, and we're an innovator in the areas where food can be the solution. Kitchen coalition, our prepared meals initiative, provided 1,304,956 fully prepared meals across the region, in partnership with more than 100 community organizations. Foodrx, our medically tailored nutrition box program, provided services to support a healthy diet and improved health of 1,117 individuals through the chrtonic disease management profram and distributed 16,104 food stability bags and boxes in hospitals and clinics. (continuation on schedule o)(continued on part iii)our care center team processed 16,479 new client referrals and assisted 10,568 households with snap (supplemental nutrition assistance program) applications and re-certifications. We provided over $1,151,393 in grants to hunger-relief partners to help meet increased need and address food access challenges due to rising prices, snap cuts, and other issues facing minnesota families.
$15,414,884 spentof which $1,151,394 as grants5% of program spendingFood sourcing: of the more than 166 million pounds of food we distributed last year, 66% was fresh food (produce [43%], meat, dairy, and bakery items). We work to source locally whenever possible. Last year, we sourced 11.7 million pounds of produce from local farmers, along with 7.8 million pounds of dairy, including 900,201 gallons of milk, from minnesota producers. One of our largest sources of food comes from our retail food rescue program, which sourced 48.4 million pounds of donated food from 759 store partners.
$12,740,729 spent4% of program spendingCommodity supplemental food program: the commodity supplemental food program (csfp) is one of the foundational services provided by Second Harvest Heartland. Through this program, we provide free food for seniors, distributing 30-35 pounds of nutritionally balanced usda food to individuals each month. Program participants are given a box of highly nutritious food, which may include canned fruits, vegetables and juices, shelf-stable milk, american cheese, canned meat, peanut butter or dried beans, and cereal, rice or pasta. In fy25, we provided csfp food boxes to more than 220 unique distribution sites in 41 minnesota counties, serving approximately 5,634 seniors monthly.
$6,826,450 spentof which $5,885,324 as grants2% of program spendingDuring the fiscal year Second Harvest Heartland transferred its' endowment fund to the Second Harvest Heartland foundation a newly created 509(a)(3) whose mission is to support Second Harvest Heartland in ending hunger together by allocating funding to projects that support Second Harvest Heartland's mission.
$25,607,152 spentof which $25,607,152 as grants9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,001,098.
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 $52M to $102M (+98%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% 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.
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.
Board chair
Jill Hutchinson Bollettieri
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 90 funders to 222 funders, grant income rose $3.1M → $24M.
51 of 536 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 536 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
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
60% 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 SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 25% · 2019 15% · 2020 9% · 2021 29% · 2022 35% · 2023 23% — 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
46% of SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
58% of SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48M arriving through sponsors registered in 26 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
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND has grown faster than half of the 31 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 31 food & nutrition nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 37 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Second Harvest Heartland Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND?
- SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND (Minnesota) receives grants from 536 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,602,369 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($24,671,609). 344 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND have?
- IRS filings report 536 organizations giving $144,602,369 in grants to SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND, 344 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND?
- Feeding America is the largest funder on record, with $24,671,609 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 536 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