Minnesota · Nonprofit
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,208 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC ($1,350,646). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc does
Mission
Building tomorrow's workforce through training, leadership, and economic development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce innovation & opportunity act (wioa): wioa is funded through the department of labor and designed to assist individuals with career assessment, training and employability skills leading to the ultimate goal of achieving self-sufficiency.1. Adult services are designed to assist individuals who face significant barriers to employment. The adult program prioritizes individuals who receive public assistance, individuals living with low incomes, and veterans within these groups. For each customer, the overarching goal is employment or enhancement within his or her occupation. Career specialists work with the adult program customers to increase their earnings, obtain and retain employment, and diversify their occupational skill sets.to qualify for adult services, an individual must be at least 18 years of age and meet local priority groups and federally established income guidelines. When eligible job seekers first enroll in the adult program, they participate in a preliminary assessment of skill levels, aptitudes, and abilities. Next, customers have access to a variety of services and support as needed to attain their employment goals. These services include, but are not…
$2,219,202 spentof which $567,664 as grants$32,998 earned by the program56% of program spendingWelfare-to-work (w-t-w) programs are designed for individuals who receive public assistance. Programs include: minnesota family investment program (mfip), diversionary work program (dwp), and supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap).
$1,016,694 spentof which $107,111 as grants25% of program spendingState dislocated worker program (state dlw) is designed to provide direct training and employment services to dislocated workers eligible under program guidelines.
$385,184 spentof which $237,922 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services: additional projects offer opportunities for unemployed, under-employed, and/or low wage and underprepared adults to prepare for and enter a career pathway that leads to long-term, stable employment in demand occupations in the region. They help workers with academic gaps to move into the educational arena, develop study skills, and increase their academic potential. Most of the projects offer career navigator support and supportive services as needed to help the participants succeed in their training.
$377,446 spentof which $187,905 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,998,526.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $2.0M (+18%).
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 98% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 93% · 2022 93% · 2023 99% · 2024 95% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Carrie Bendix
Executive director
Board chair
Ron Antony
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $285k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 72% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC?
- SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,208 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC ($1,350,646). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,676,208 in grants to SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC?
- MINNESOTA VALLEY ACTION COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,646 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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