Minnesota · Nonprofit
VINE FAITH IN ACTION
VINE FAITH IN ACTION (Minnesota) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,875,385 to it, the largest being GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC ($1,428,989). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Vine Faith in Action does
Mission
Vine is redefining aging and promoting the wellbeing of aging adults through programming, services, and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The companionship program vine offered ended in december of 2024 and the diversity program ended in february of 2025. These programs ended due to reductions in staff hours and grant funds.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Aging well at the vine adult community center (vacc). The vacc offers aging adults opportunities to improve their physical health and wellness, learn new skills, socialize with peers, and access additional services. Members participate in a wide variety of group exercise, water exercise, and yoga classes; fitness center workouts, social activities, arts programming, educational lectures, and evidence-based health classes such as diabetes prevention program and walk with ease. The vacc includes a state-of-the-art fitness center, indoor walking track, group exercise and program rooms, and a warm water exercise pool. In fy25, the vacc had approximately 2,407 members, logging over 125,263 in-person and 3,650 virtual physical fitness activities.
$1,183,387 spent$665,542 earned by the program37% of program spendingMndot transportation. Vine's true transit public transit program uses paid drivers and five accessible buses to provide dial-a-ride public transportation to and from destinations in rural blue earth, nicollet, and le sueur counties. The program expenses are funded through a grant from minnesota department of transportation with additional funding from blue earth, nicollet, and le sueur counties and rider fares. 12,367 rides were provided in fy25.
$933,580 spent$109,809 earned by the program29% of program spendingVine home thrift store: the vine home thrift store accepts donations of gently used home furnishing and accessories which are sold to benefit vine programs and services. The store employees full and part-time staff who pick-up and process donations, stage items, cashier and assist customers. A variety of volunteers also assist at the store with merchandising, repairs, and inventory sorting.
$321,415 spent$141,381 earned by the program10% of program spendingAging well at home. Professional program staff work in concert with volunteers to help aging adults in need with tasks necessary for continued independent living. Vine's professional staff perform intake meetings and provide information about vine services and local resources. In addition, they facilitate support groups and skill building classes, and advise/coach spouses and adult children in caring for their aging loved ones. Volunteers assist staff with home chores and minor repairs, deliver meals on wheels, and provide friendly companionship visits for individuals who are more isolated. Vine's diversity program aids elders from diverse cultures and assists with advocacy, socialization, form assistance and translation, and service coordination. Vine also offers pearls (program to encourage active rewarding lives), which is a national evidence-based program for late-life depression. The companionship program vine offered ended in december of 2024 and the diversity program ended in february of 2025. These programs ended due to reductions in staff hours and grant funds. About 509 individuals received assistance in various aging well at home programs in fy25.
$588,364 spent19% of program spendingDoor2door transportation: vine's volunteer driver program provides transportation to aging adults and people enrolled in publicly funded health plans formedical appointments and errands. Most rides are provided within the city limits of mankato and north mankato. Some vine volunteer drivers are available to provide medical rides to out of town appointments. In fy25, door2door provided 4,898 rides.
$152,907 spent5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,179,653.
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 2024 to 2025, from $9.6M to $11M (+15%).
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 38% · 2018 42% · 2019 31% · 2020 31% · 2021 47% · 2022 41% · 2023 42% · 2024 41% · 2025 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of VINE FAITH IN ACTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Melinda Wedzina
CEO
Board chair
Rich Grace
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $399k → $346k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 VINE FAITH IN ACTION’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
VINE FAITH IN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 VINE FAITH IN ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 46% · 2019 62% · 2020 77% · 2021 58% · 2022 49% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
56% of VINE FAITH IN ACTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
94% of VINE FAITH IN ACTION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $572k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
VINE FAITH IN ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VINE FAITH IN ACTION
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 1 related entity
- Vine Faith in Action Properties LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VINE FAITH IN ACTION: 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 VINE FAITH IN ACTION?
- VINE FAITH IN ACTION (Minnesota) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,875,385 to it, the largest being GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC ($1,428,989). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VINE FAITH IN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,875,385 in grants to VINE FAITH IN ACTION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VINE FAITH IN ACTION?
- GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,428,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VINE FAITH IN ACTION 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 25 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