Minnesota · Nonprofit
WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $579,646 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($333,896). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $310k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $580k
- Net assets
- $271k
What West Bank Business Association does
Mission
Wbba exists to engage the business community in the responsible economic development of the west bank district while preserving the unique character and heritage of the cedar-riverside area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
District marketing & events- hosted imagine cedarfest block party event september 2024 featuring local businesses, 4 stages of music and theater, a camel, a wiener dog race, as well as games and activities- installed four murals celebrating arts and culture in the district- collected materials for our west bank community archive and developed online archive for the public- ran district clean ups- served as the neighborhood's arts and culture ambassador and convened conversations about the arts and culture future of the neighborhood- began work on repairing a smashed up children's bus stop shelter and installing custom made protective art screens
$55,100 spent$1,300 earned by the program23% of program spendingSafety & youth engagement- dramatically expanded our youth gardening program to hire 16 youth affected by housing insecurity and substance use to garden in 8 garden areas, beautifying the neighborhood- hosted 20 weeks of free arts and music, distribured healthy food, and hosted homelessness resource fairs in a blighted lot off cedar avenue- hosted the monthly neighborhood safety meeting and advocating for safety programs in the neighborhood, serving almost 2,000 people- engaged with community educating people about the safety and healthfulness of tap water- hosted transportation and parking committee for the neighborhood- hosted a west bank puppet show by neighborhood youth
$125,561 spent52% of program spendingTechnical assistance and outreach- assisted two neighborhood grocery stores to receive over $100k in funding for improvements to make healthy food accessible and affordable in the neighborhood- delivered over 500 hours of direct techincal assistane to businesses. 75% of hours delivered were to immigrant-owned businesses- distributed over $50k in faade grants, all to immigrant-owned busineses, leveraging an additiona $43,000 in private funding for improvements- supported businesses in receiving over $150k in state funding for improvements to their buildings- fundraised and distributed $15k to businesses displaced by a fire
$53,759 spentof which $1,353 as grants$21,823 earned by the program22% of program spendingCollaborations & policywe helped sponsor several community events including the multicultural dinner, women's night out, and youth council programs.
$5,944 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $240,364.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $174k to $240k (+38%).
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: 2021 54% · 2023 76% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Kj Star
Executive director
Board chair
Amano Dube
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $65k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION’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
WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
64% 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 WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 59% · 2022 44% · 2023 77% — 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
58% of WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $246k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k 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
WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION?
- WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $579,646 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($333,896). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $579,646 in grants to WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $333,896 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST BANK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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