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THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC

THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,544,536 to it, the largest being SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ($2,292,593). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$31M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$3.5M
Net assets
$23M
11/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Three Rivers Community Action Inc does

Mission

Three rivers community action, inc. Is a nonprofit corporation that works with community partners to address basic human needs of people in our service area, thereby improving the quality of life of the individual, family and community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community development:provided a continuum of housing services and assistance to low-income families; provided one-on-one home ownership counseling to 196 households and home ownership education to 220 households; weatherized 22 homes; projects included insulation, led lighting, furnaces, water heaters, and window replacement; completed 78 repairs to mobile homes in rice county to improve the health, safety and energy efficiency of the homes; repairs include installing smoke detectors, replacing furnaces and water heaters, replacing roofs, repairing water damage and adding accessibility ramps; assisted 163 homes with energy related repairs; assisted 4,767 households with energy assistance; provided energy & water crisis assistance to 1,318 homes; provided homeless prevention and assistance to 325 households; provided transitional housing and rapid rehousing to 74 households; provided permanent supportive housing to 17 households; provided snap food support outreach to 526 households; provided general & housing information and referral, education, outreach activities, advocacy information to low-income households in goodhue, olmsted, rice and wabasha counties.

    $14,381,453 spentof which $11,246,977 as grants$419,621 earned by the program
    50% of program spending
  2. Transportation: provided 168,535 public transit rides and provided 1,948 volunteer rides.

    $5,420,809 spent$76,573 earned by the program
    19% of program spending
  3. Housing development:assisted 270 first generation homeowners with down payment assistance and gap financing; managed 742 affordable rental units in 26 properties; owned 15 single family homes serving special populations; acquired an additional 32 affordable rental units and preserved their affordability.

    $4,983,275 spent$1,354,441 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  4. Early childhood/head start:provided head start services to 259 children and their families; provided early head start home visiting services to 49 families of children aged birth to 3; provided early childhood childcare services to 22 children aged birth to school age.

    $3,341,467 spent
    12% of program spending
  5. Older adult services:provided 43,043 meals to 371 unduplicated older adults & disabled clients; provided services to 378 older adults & caregivers.

    $741,420 spent$56,350 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  6. Housing rental: managed 742 affordable rental units in 26 properties.

    $0 spent$3,531,375 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,868,424.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($12M) Expenses 100 ($11M) Net assets 100 ($9.2M)2018 Revenue 105 ($12M) Expenses 105 ($11M) Net assets 112 ($10M)2019 Revenue 118 ($14M) Expenses 114 ($12M) Net assets 163 ($15M)2020 Revenue 131 ($16M) Expenses 138 ($15M) Net assets 154 ($14M)2021 Revenue 125 ($15M) Expenses 133 ($14M) Net assets 158 ($15M)2022 Revenue 138 ($16M) Expenses 143 ($15M) Net assets 173 ($16M)2023 Revenue 190 ($22M) Expenses 182 ($20M) Net assets 203 ($19M)2024 Revenue 208 ($25M) Expenses 206 ($22M) Net assets 228 ($21M)2025 Revenue 263 ($31M) Expenses 273 ($30M) Net assets 245 ($23M)
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Revenue (263)Expenses (273)Net assets (245)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $19M to $25M (+32%).

$18M
$19M
$25M
$30M
$35M
$38M
$41M
$45M
$48M
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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.

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2018
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2021
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 67% · 2018 75% · 2019 74% · 2020 83% · 2021 85% · 2022 80% · 2023 65% · 2024 76% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$997k
’17
$1.0M
’18
$1.6M
’19
$566k
’20
$405k
’21
$886k
’22
$2.8M
’23
$2.3M
’24
$1.6M
’25
5.3
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.

Chief executive

Jennifer Larson

Executive director

Board chair

Galen Malecha

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed161717191722201921
Joined·+4+1+4+0+5+4+3+8
No longer listed·31220646
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $243k → $566k.

5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC’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

THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86% 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 THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC.

65%
largest funder
84%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 86% · 2019 85% · 2020 49% · 2021 72% · 2022 73% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.

“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

36% of THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

99% of THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

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MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $275k 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

Government funding THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.5M on record.

Federal$24.5M
grants $24.5Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$19.6M
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.9M

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 THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Part of a family of 21 related entities

  • Bridge Run Townhomes LLC · disregarded
  • Northbridge Apartments of Albert Lea LLC · disregarded
  • Three Rivers Development LLC · disregarded
  • Riverwood Apartments LLC · disregarded
  • Three Creeks LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,544,536 to it, the largest being SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ($2,292,593). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $3,544,536 in grants to THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,292,593 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC 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 19 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