Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE
THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Johnson James Hervey Char Ed Trust ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Humanist Institute does
Mission
The Humanist Institute aims to be the leading center for humanist education, drawing on all branches of humanism by providing educational opportunities that serve humanist and secular communities in a world where humanism is a widely accepted and respected lifestance.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
The Humanist Institute offers several kinds of educational programs to the humanist community. These programs range from a two and a half year graduate certificate program, one day training seminars, and online courses.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE’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.
Where its funders are
THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
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 THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE: 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 HUMANIST INSTITUTE?
- THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Johnson James Hervey Char Ed Trust ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE?
- Johnson James Hervey Char Ed Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HUMANIST INSTITUTE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 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