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Southwestern MN Opportunity Council
Southwestern MN Opportunity Council (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $418,784 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF NOBLES COUNTY ($174,620). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $419k
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What Southwestern MN Opportunity Council does
Mission
To strengthen our communities through opportunities and service, to help build community resources and help move people out of poverty.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Head Start: Provides services to low-income families with children aged 0-5 in a holistic setting to assure that they are, or will be, ready to enter kindergarten either developmentally at or ahead of their peers. Services focus on health (both physical and mental), cognitive development, socialization, addressing any special needs, and assuring that parents are actively involved in their child's development as well as the delivery of the program to the greatest extent feasible.
$2,432,563 spent39% of program spendingFamily Planning: Provides confidential and affordable medical care and treatment to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. The main goal is to provide clients with information and a means to exercise personal choice in reproductive healthcare, with a focus on preventative care. Services are provided via outreach and in a clinic setting. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome.
$917,644 spent$1,047,139 earned by the program15% of program spendingParent Aware/Early Learning Scholarships: Helps to improve, support, and strengthen child care services and early learning programs. Helps parents find quality child care and education their children need to succeed in school and life. Works side-by-side with families, offering tools and resources to help them make informed choices. Scholarships help pay for high-quality child care and early education to support a child's transition to school.
$806,508 spent13% of program spendingTransit: Coordinates, promotes, and provides public transportation for all residents of Nobles County, including the city of Worthington. Anyone is eligible to ride one of our accessible buses, either utilizing one of our established routes or by requesting an on-demand ride.
$444,012 spent$50,328 earned by the program7% of program spendingEnergy Assistance Program, Homemaker Program, Senior Employment, State and Federal Block Grant, Family Collaboratives, Farmer's Market: These grants allow SMOC to assist and support low-income adults, children, and families with their defined areas of need, connecting them to resources and services.
$1,563,592 spent$430,472 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,164,319.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.9M to $5.6M (−19%).
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 94% · 2018 97% · 2019 96% · 2020 104% · 2021 95% · 2022 85% · 2023 28% · 2024 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of Southwestern MN Opportunity Council’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $64k → $49k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 Southwestern MN Opportunity Council’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
Southwestern MN Opportunity Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 Southwestern MN Opportunity Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 47% · 2019 53% · 2020 72% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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
33% of Southwestern MN Opportunity Council's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
93% of Southwestern MN Opportunity Council's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
Southwestern MN Opportunity Council runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Southwestern MN Opportunity Council receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$20.4M
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 Southwestern MN Opportunity Council
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
84% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Southwestern MN Opportunity Council: 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 Southwestern MN Opportunity Council?
- Southwestern MN Opportunity Council (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $418,784 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF NOBLES COUNTY ($174,620). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Southwestern MN Opportunity Council have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $418,784 in grants to Southwestern MN Opportunity Council, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Southwestern MN Opportunity Council?
- UNITED WAY OF NOBLES COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $174,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Southwestern MN Opportunity Council 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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