Minnesota · Nonprofit
SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK
SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK (Minnesota) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,653,037 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($1,755,454). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $0
What Second Harvest North Central Food Bank does
Mission
Engaging the community to end hunger
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Second harvest north central merged with second harvest northern lakes at the fiscal year's end.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Food bank distribution:Second Harvest North Central Food Bank's primary program is food banking. As the only food bank serving ne minnesota (itasca, aitkin, cass, crow wing, koochiching, kanabec, and mille lacs counties), we access nationally and regionally donated food and purchased product from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and growers, for distribution to over 72 non-profit agency partners (food shelves and onsite meal programs). During calendar year 2023, we provided 3,029,985 pounds of food and grocery product, the equivalent of 2,423,988 meals to our agency partners. Volunteers are critical to our food bank and its operations.
$9,847,044 spentof which $7,982,524 as grants$975,418 earned by the program96% of program spendingChild hunger program:our child hunger programs including our school pantry and kids pack programs are operated by Second Harvest North Central Food Bank in partnership with regional schools/partners to provide food to children in need on weekends or when school is not in session when they may be missing meals. During calendar year 2023, we distributed 107,446 pounds of food the equivalent of 85,957 meals through our child hunger programs.
$264,727 spent3% of program spendingSecond harvest food shelf:tour food shelf is a program operated by Second Harvest North Central Food Bank to provide food directly to people in our area. During calendar year 2023, we provided food shelf service directly to in-need children, adults and seniors who reside in the grand rapids area. We distributed 838,196 pounds of food and grocery product to our food shelf participants which is the equivalent of 670,557 meals.
$76,195 spentof which $74,022 as grants1% of program spendingCsfp program:the nutrition for seniors or commodity supplemental food program (csfp) is a federal commodity food program administered by the minnesota department of health and implemented locally by Second Harvest North Central Food Bank. During calendar year 2023, we provided csfp directly to in-need seniors who reside in north central minnesota. We distributed 189,878 pounds of food or the equivalent of 151,902 meals.
$63,929 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,251,895.
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.
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 $5.4M to $0 (−100%).
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 14% · 2018 14% · 2019 21% · 2020 19% · 2021 25% · 2022 20% · 2023 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Susan Estee
Executive director
Board chair
Mike Stefan
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $104k → $1.4M.
13 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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 NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK 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
78% 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 NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 63% · 2019 32% · 2020 19% · 2021 57% · 2022 36% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK'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
SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $933k 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.
Organizations like SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK: 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 SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK?
- SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK (Minnesota) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,653,037 to it, the largest being Feeding America ($1,755,454). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $4,653,037 in grants to SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK?
- Feeding America is the largest funder on record, with $1,755,454 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SECOND HARVEST NORTH CENTRAL FOOD BANK 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 44 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