Minnesota · Nonprofit
Whittier Alliance
Whittier Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,844 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($155,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $332k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $737k
What Whittier Alliance does
Mission
The Whittier Alliance is dedicated to building a flourishing and distinctive neighborhood.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, Whittier Alliance continued its renter support work, brought neighbors together through a variety of free events, continued the 2116 Nicollet partnership project, and brought on a new Executive Director. WAs renter support work was led by two outreach staff members, one focusing on outreach and support within the Latin community and one focusing on the Somali community. They supported renters in communicating with landlords during disputes, finding new housing, and filing for rental assistance programs. WA hosted free monthly community dinners throughout 2024 with a variety of informational programming, ranging from voting information to addressing community safety concerns. We also co-hosted a series of trainings centered around helping residents better understand development processes, with a ocus on the New Nicollet site. We also continued to support City of Minneapolis staff in their engagement efforts around New Nicollet in 2024. Our work to establish new deeply affordable housing and office space for our organization and Alliance Housing continued with seeking funding for the 2116 Nicollet project. Our former Executive Director departed in early 2024, and staff and…
$243,146 spentof which $6,495 as grants$61,883 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $243,146.
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 $663k to $722k (+9%).
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 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 101% · 2020 65% · 2021 80% · 2022 84% · 2023 65% · 2024 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of Whittier Alliance’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Danny Villars
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $40k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 Whittier Alliance’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
Whittier Alliance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 Whittier Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 82% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
78% of Whittier Alliance'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 $44k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k 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
Whittier Alliance holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Whittier Alliance
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Whittier Alliance: 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 Whittier Alliance?
- Whittier Alliance (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,844 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($155,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Whittier Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $198,844 in grants to Whittier Alliance, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Whittier Alliance?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Whittier Alliance 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.
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 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