Minnesota · Nonprofit
St Louis River Alliance
St Louis River Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,200 to it, the largest being DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($5,200). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $406k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $119k
What St Louis River Alliance does
Mission
Promoting stewardship, providing education outreach and communication on the St Louis River Estuary Area of Concern Project
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
City of Duluth NWT - In 2024 SLRA hired a full time National Water Trail Coordinator. 2 part time neighborhood leaders were also hired in the fall of 2024. The group attended and tabled at Harvest Festival, Earth Rider Fest, and one Harrison Park Farmers Market. The reach was about 300 people. The annual paddling trip leaving from Munger landing was held. About 50 people attended. The Coordinator and the neighborhood leaders were trained and the group made a strategic plan to do community engagement focused on the river neighborhoods. The five year action plan is being studied and used to plan steps for the duration of the grant. 2 National Water Trail advisory council meetings were organized and facilitated by the NWT coordinator. Steps were taken to plan the printing of the 2025 edition of the National Water Trail map
$105,456 spent$150,755 earned by the program41% of program spendingWDNR Wild Rice - Plan and Organize two events to gather volunteers to plant wild rice. Send press release, advertise using social media, plan and pay two separate speakers for a program describing the importance of wild rice to the river and to the Indigenous people here. Secure and purchase wild rice seed from a contractor.
$46,639 spent$49,880 earned by the program18% of program spendingWDNR-MLT Engagement - Community engagement: meet and conduct interviews with Superior, WI leaders, organizations to make connection to, conduct surveys using mailings and outreach events to find out what Allouez Bay residents love about the Bay, and what they envision for the future, and what they would like to do on the river. Analyze information and create an engagement plan along with partners for 2nd year contract.
$32,204 spent$39,698 earned by the program12% of program spendingMPCA -222. a.Coordinate with the SLRAOC Coordinators. b.Sustain public awareness about the SLRAOC with social media posts at least one per month. c.Prepare for and facilitate the annual SLRAOC Celebration of Progress event. d.Plan for activities in neighborhoods that meet environmental justice criteria. e.Develop interview questions, identify 10 community organizations, & conduct interviews. f.Planned 6 neighborhood input events.
$29,446 spent$30,802 earned by the program11% of program spendingMN LT Headwater Partner
$15,183 spent$25,730 earned by the program6% of program spendingEPA City of Duluth
$14,060 spent$15,309 earned by the program5% of program spendingMN Coastal
$8,428 spent$10,002 earned by the program3% of program spendingNational Water Trail - Implement Master Plan and Create Maps
$7,047 spent$24,059 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $258,463.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $52k to $122k (+136%).
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.
14% of St Louis River Alliance’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Kristi Eilers
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 St Louis River Alliance’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
St Louis River Alliance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
84% 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 St Louis River Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
84% of St Louis River Alliance'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
St Louis River Alliance has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like St Louis River Alliance
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
79% 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 St Louis River Alliance: 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 St Louis River Alliance?
- St Louis River Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,200 to it, the largest being DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($5,200). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does St Louis River Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,200 in grants to St Louis River Alliance.
- Who is the largest funder of St Louis River Alliance?
- DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like St Louis River Alliance 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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