Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE CALVARY GROUP
THE CALVARY GROUP (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,023 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($80,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE CALVARY GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,855 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,855 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Takeaction Mn Education Fundlocalportfolio match
- Propel Nonprofitslocalportfolio match
- The Sheltering Arms Foundationshared funderslocal
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $60k → $10k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 THE CALVARY GROUP’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
THE CALVARY GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 THE CALVARY GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of THE CALVARY GROUP's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 25% 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
63% of THE CALVARY GROUP's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Takeaction Mn Education Fundlocalportfolio matchMN · funds 56 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Propel Nonprofitslocalportfolio matchMN · funds 161 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Sheltering Arms Foundationshared funderslocalMN · backs 71 organizations that share your funders · funds 65 organizations near you
- Whole Foods Market Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Giving Groveportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Blooming Prairie Fdn Inc Investment Agyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- UNFI Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Alliance With Family Farmersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Services Unlimited Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Whole Cities Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Food Well Allianceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- North Country Food Allianceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding THE CALVARY GROUP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$25k
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 THE CALVARY GROUP
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CALVARY GROUP: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CALVARY GROUP?
- THE CALVARY GROUP (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $231,023 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($80,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CALVARY GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $231,023 in grants to THE CALVARY GROUP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CALVARY GROUP?
- GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $80,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CALVARY GROUP 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 2023–2023), and the filings of 8funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing