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.
- Revenue FY2023
- $288k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $231k
- Net assets
- $198k
What The Calvary Group does
Mission
To educate and train residents of North Minneapolis and beyond about sustainable horticulture practices and to promote health and economic opportunity within traditionally disenfranchised communities by establishing community gardens. These community gardens will become living classrooms for community members especially youth and young adults to learn about nutrition and agriculture-related professions participate in mentorship programs and provide gateways to economic opportunity within the food distribution system. Additionally we will address related issues like environmental and climate concerns that impact gardening and agriculture while providing jobs and a pathway to generational wealth building.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
to install iconic garden planters in both public and private spaces that will allow people to grow food and have neighborhood cultural information included on the planters thereby instilling pride
$96,420 spentof which $60,100 as grants85% of program spendingyouths are trained in garden techniques and cooking of produce they have planted and harvested
$16,500 spentof which $1,500 as grants15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $112,920.
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
Michael Chaney
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
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.
Against its field
THE CALVARY GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,856 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,856 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
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.
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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 8 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