Minnesota · Nonprofit
UNITING DISTANT STARS INC
UNITING DISTANT STARS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,305 to it, the largest being SUNDANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $110k
What Uniting Distant Stars Inc does
Mission
Providing education support to youth in Liberia through scholarships for an academic school and a vocational training program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
40 academic-vocational training students for two years to learn a trade skill in one of the main courses. This program helps students obtain a job or self-employement post-high school, because they received skills training.
$5,040 spentof which $5,040 as grants78% of program spendingScholarships for 4 academic students (2024/2025 school year), with one in fifth grade, two in eighth, and one in tenth. These students have been on the program since early primary school and will continue to high school graduation as long as they have passing grades.
$1,400 spentof which $1,400 as grants22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,440.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Heather Cannon
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $150 → $1k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 UNITING DISTANT STARS 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
UNITING DISTANT STARS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of UNITING DISTANT STARS 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. $155 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
UNITING DISTANT STARS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITING DISTANT STARS INC?
- UNITING DISTANT STARS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,305 to it, the largest being SUNDANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITING DISTANT STARS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,305 in grants to UNITING DISTANT STARS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITING DISTANT STARS INC?
- SUNDANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITING DISTANT STARS 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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