Minnesota · Nonprofit
TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,519,126 to it, the largest being MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ($849,020). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Tri-Valley Opportunity Council Inc does
Mission
The mission of tri-valley opportunity council, inc. Is to provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for people and communities.the organization believes in the value of all human beings. It is that belief that drives the organization's efforts to identify needs, seek resources and provide opportunities for people to thrive.the organization's work is also committed to strengthening our communities so that its citizens have better places to live, work, worship and enjoy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Child education: tri-valley head start, child & family programs provide comprehensive child development services to children and families with a special emphasis on promoting children's school readiness. Tri-valley operates both a migrant seasonal head start/early head start program, and a regional head start and early head start with fifteen centers located across mn and nd. In the 2024-2025 program, migrant seasonal head start served 620 children under the age of six and 44 pregnant women. Region v head start served 130 children ages three to six years old and early head start served 84 children under the age of three years old and 4 pregnant women. The average attendance for migrant seasonal head start/early head start was 94%, rv head start was 87% and early head start was 86%. Promoting nutritional well-being of children is a vital component of tri-valley head start, child & family programs. Tri-valley's classrooms implement the farm to early care curriculum developed by tri-valley nutrition staff. Children are provided with homemade, nutritious meals while learning about food and nutrition in the classroom. Meals were provided for 117,677 migrant seasonal head start/early…
$19,452,847 spentof which $331,469 as grants$50,886 earned by the program65% of program spendingTransportation:tri-valley transportation, also known as t.h.e. Bus (tri-valley heartland express) is a division of tri-valley opportunity council, inc. (tvoc).t.h.e. Bus is a curb-to-curb service and provides public transportation services to the general public in eight minnesota counties, polk, red lake, norman, marshall, mahnomen, kittson, pennington and clearwater. Buses run through these counties on various days with various destinations. In the cities of crookston (polk) and thief river falls (pennington), daily service runs 7 days per week. In bagley (clearwater) and mahnomen (mahnomen), service is available 5 days per week and two saturdays a month. T.h.e. Bus also runs 5 days a week in marshall county. Within the cities listed, tri-valley transportation offers dial-a-ride service. T.h.e. Bus is funded through mndot.the organization's public transit buses are available with no age limits or income guidelines. Buses have seating available for up to 40 passengers. Each bus is handicap accessible with two accessible entrances. If passengers are unable to use the door, they may request the use of the lift. Each driver has been trained to properly use the lift and secure…
$4,091,568 spent$719,938 earned by the program14% of program spendingFamily and community services:family and community services programs include a variety of programs for low-income families and individuals such as liheap energy assistance, emergency housing services which includes homelessness and prevention services, child care aware, early learning scholarships, snap outreach, mnsure outreach, family resource center and peer support services. Liheap - 2112 households were provided utility payments to allow families to stay warm and securely housed throughout the winter months through the energy assistance program. This program also provided furnace repairs and replacements for 282 households who would have otherwise been unable to remain in their home due to lack of heat. Emergency housing services - bridges, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, domestic violence rapid rehousing transitional housing and agassiz townhomes proved ongoing rental assistance and case management to 518 households that were experiencing homelessness, under 200% of federal poverty guidelines and experiencing either a disability or domestic violence. Funding comes through both state and federal housing programs.17 households received emergency housing…
$2,087,211 spentof which $13,578 as grants7% of program spendingFood programs
$1,197,277 spent$104,237 earned by the program4% of program spendingHomeless/shelter and energy assistance
$1,539,701 spent5% of program spendingRental activity, corporate activities, senior services, housing/program
$1,529,203 spentof which $827,250 as grants$577,325 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,897,807.
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 2022 to 2023, from $17M to $23M (+30%).
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 83% · 2018 82% · 2019 89% · 2020 93% · 2021 92% · 2022 91% · 2023 91% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Jason Carlson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jodi Bachmeier
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $113k → $254k.
3 of 16 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 TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL 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-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 79% · 2019 80% · 2020 79% · 2021 93% · 2022 58% · 2023 54% — 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
38% of TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
95% of TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL 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. $121k 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-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $162.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$154.3M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$4.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.6M
- Department of Justice$1.4M
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-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL 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
94% 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
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Crookston Townhomes LLC · disregarded
- Fisher Townhomes LLC · disregarded
- Agassiz Townhomes General Partner LLC · disregarded
- Agassiz Townhomes Limited Partnership · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,519,126 to it, the largest being MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ($849,020). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,519,126 in grants to TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- MAHUBE-OTWA COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC is the largest funder on record, with $849,020 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRI-VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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