Minnesota · Nonprofit
TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC
TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,299,997 to it, the largest being HEARTH CONNECTION ($711,008). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Tri-County Action Program Inc does
Mission
The intent of the agency's mission is to enhance and expand opportunities for the economic and social well-being of low- and moderate-income households and, in some cases, the general public. Resources to provide services are funded through federal, state, and county grants, fee for services, third-party reimbursement, and donation. Tri-cap strives to meet the needs of the community by actively participating in collaborative efforts with entities throughout the social service system. The agency utilizes the community needs assessment completed in 2023. The needs assessment assists the agency to identify systems and opportunities for improvements for the agency. In an initiative to increase agency diversity, equity, and inclusion, tri-cap partnered with strategic diversity initiatives (sdi). In july 2023, sdi launched a comprehensive dei assessment, comprised of a confidential and anonymous staff survey, and focus groups to find key areas of strength, opportunities, and recommendations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation:transit connection public bus operations offer rural transportation including dial-a-ride, fixed route and small city service. The transportation dispatch staff coordinates the requests and assists customers in obtaining reliable transportation and identifies other alternatives when our services are not a viable solution. These services are offered for those in benton, stearns, sherburne, mille lacs and morrison counties. A total of 144,064 one-way rides were provided to the communities.the volunteer driver program provides rides for clients in stearns, sherburne, benton, mille lacs and morrison counties to destinations throughout minnesota. We provide rides for medical appointments, family visits, counseling and other essential needs. We currently have 38 volunteer drivers who performed 15,733 one-way rides, drove 642,063 miles, and volunteered 20,896 hours.
$5,341,425 spentof which $549,788 as grants$1,285,332 earned by the program57% of program spendingCommunity development: the low-income home energy assistance program helps income eligible households in benton, stearns, sherburne and morrison counties by paying a portion of their home heating costs. Tri- cap receives funds to complete this administrative activity and created $4,866,356 in requests to the department of commerce for payments to vendors on behalf of customers.the federal weatherization program provides assistance for eligible households in benton, stearns, and sherburne counties which can benefit from updated energy efficiencies as well as health and safety upgrades. A total of 85 households in the communities were served with complete energy audits, and an additional 6 households were served with mechanical assistance called standalones.
$2,437,893 spentof which $1,282,799 as grants$263,151 earned by the program26% of program spendingFamily resources: the family resources served 933 households providing a wide variety of services ranging from free tax return preparation, snap /food application assistance, housing assistance, childcare access, and employment and training. This number reflects services and programs offered in our asset, workforce, and housing stability pillars.
$1,633,297 spentof which $505,686 as grants$167,287 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,412,615.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $5.7M to $7.3M (+28%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 80% · 2019 76% · 2020 86% · 2021 86% · 2022 84% · 2023 84% · 2024 83% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Lisa Fobbe
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $204k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $527k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Central Minnesota). These are real filings, and they are not money TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM 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
TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 51% · 2020 53% · 2021 64% · 2022 81% · 2023 68% — 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
33% of TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
96% of TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$966k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$238k
- Federal Communications Commission$150k
- Department of the Treasury$146k
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 TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC
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
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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC: 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 TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,299,997 to it, the largest being HEARTH CONNECTION ($711,008). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,299,997 in grants to TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- HEARTH CONNECTION is the largest funder on record, with $711,008 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM 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.
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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