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SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION

SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,475 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($144,751). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$62k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$152k
Net assets
$787k
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Special Intermediate School District 916 Foundation does

Mission

The 916 foundation is a charitable organization that enhances teaching and learning through economic support to the students, staff, programs and member districts of northeast metro 916 intermediate school district.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Special educaton equipment allocations. The program provides the district with special equipment when it is necessary to enhance the learning environment of the school. The district in which support is provided to serve approximately 5,400 students for the year ended june 30, 2025.

    $10,441 spentof which $10,441 as grants
    35% of program spending
  2. Scholarships are provided to students for continuing education. There were 15 students provided with scholarships in fiscal 2024-25.

    $16,484 spentof which $16,484 as grants
    56% of program spending
  3. Student recognition is a critical component of the district special education program through positive behavioral intervention & support.

    $1,760 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. Employee recognition is a necessary element for the staff in the district who work with severely disabled level iv special students.

    $894 spent
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,579.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($124k) Expenses 100 ($122k) Net assets 100 ($731k)2018 Revenue 104 ($129k) Expenses 96 ($118k) Net assets 103 ($749k)2019 Revenue 118 ($146k) Expenses 95 ($116k) Net assets 106 ($771k)2020 Revenue 123 ($153k) Expenses 94 ($114k) Net assets 105 ($768k)2021 Revenue 108 ($135k) Expenses 90 ($109k) Net assets 121 ($883k)2022 Revenue 73 ($91k) Expenses 98 ($120k) Net assets 106 ($777k)2023 Revenue 48 ($60k) Expenses 69 ($84k) Net assets 102 ($747k)2024 Revenue 58 ($72k) Expenses 37 ($46k) Net assets 106 ($774k)2025 Revenue 50 ($62k) Expenses 39 ($48k) Net assets 108 ($787k)
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Revenue (50)Expenses (39)Net assets (108)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $768k to $925k (+20%).

$731k
$749k
$771k
$768k
$925k
$811k
$755k
$780k
$793k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

45% of SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
$11k
’18
$30k
’19
$39k
’20
$25k
’21
−$29k
’22
−$24k
’23
$26k
’24
$14k
’25
15
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed21192020211612118
Joined·+4+4+6+7+2+3+1+1
No longer listed·63667724
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $17k → $19k.

Funder
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'22
'23
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total
funders
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION’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

SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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 SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION.

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 72% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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

96% of SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION'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. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $146k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · above the median
Months of reserve14.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 38%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION?
SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,475 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($144,751). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $152,475 in grants to SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION?
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $144,751 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPECIAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 916 FOUNDATION 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 4 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