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ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST

ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,079 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($204,103). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$265k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$336k
Net assets
$791k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 62%
01What it does

What Zumbrota Community Trust does

Mission

The mission of the Zumbrota Community Trust is to establish, grant aid to, and promote activities, organizations and individuals whose purpose and intent it is to engage in projects of a social, moral, educational and benevolent nature to benefit the citizens of zumbrota, the zumbrota/mazeppa school district and the four contiguous townships. To accomplish these goals the trust will raise, manage and disburse funds consistent with the regulations prescribed by section 501(c)3 of the internal revenue code and consistent with section 12 of the Zumbrota Community Trust bylaws.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Zumbrota-mazeppa public schools education fund- this money was received from the langsdorf fund at minnesota charities and was specifically allocated for the zumbrota-mazeppa public schools to be used for band.

    $16,595 spent
    22% of program spending

  2. Charles buck scholarship - scholarship awards to students from z-m isd #2805 who are involved in music.

    $15,000 spent
    20% of program spending

  3. Zumbrota police department - this grant was for the police memorial built at the city hall/police dept.

    $10,000 spent
    13% of program spending

  4. United redeemer church- this grant is money received from the langsdorf fund at minnesota charities. The grant amount was specifically allocated by the donor.

    $8,297 spent
    11% of program spending

  5. Zumbrota ministerial fund - for resources for assisting community members

    $7,500 spent
    10% of program spending

  6. Frank goplen fund was formed to provide reimbursement to teachers for classroom expenses that they would otherwise need to pay out of their own pockets. The grant is given to the z-m school district and is distributed to the teachers from a special account held by the school.

    $5,000 spent
    7% of program spending

  7. Stabilize families - this grant is made up of public donations that are received for the stabilize families program of zumbrota ministerial assoc.

    $4,500 spent
    6% of program spending

  8. Zumbrota are food shelf - grant for personal hygiene products

    $2,500 spent
    3% of program spending

  9. Z-m isd #2805 - learning readiness preschool scholarship - to provide financial support to preschool students who cannot afford the cost of tuition.

    $1,500 spent
    2% of program spending

  10. Z-m kids in the community- to support a youth volunteer group where students from our communities spend one full day volunteering locally and one day globally.

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  11. Zumbrota-mazeppa isd#2805- grant for primary book vending machine

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  12. Z-m fccla - fall leadership summit 2025

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  13. Zumbrota state theatre - grant for music in the park with the lions club.

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  14. Main st hanging baskets - a $5000 donation was made to the trust to cover expenses for providing hanging flower baskets on main st, zumbrota, mn. To help beautify the downtown area.

    $924 spent
    1% of program spending

  15. Zoom robotics booster club for z-m schools robotics - grant for the first inspire robotics challenge.

    $480 spent
    1% of program spending

The 15 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,296.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($117k) Expenses 100 ($56k) Net assets 100 ($307k)2018 Revenue 61 ($72k) Expenses 111 ($62k) Net assets 99 ($306k)2019 Revenue 103 ($121k) Expenses 103 ($58k) Net assets 120 ($368k)2020 Revenue 76 ($90k) Expenses 99 ($56k) Net assets 129 ($397k)2021 Revenue 177 ($208k) Expenses 249 ($140k) Net assets 151 ($465k)2022 Revenue 184 ($216k) Expenses 154 ($87k) Net assets 193 ($594k)2023 Revenue 90 ($106k) Expenses 101 ($57k) Net assets 209 ($643k)2024 Revenue 108 ($127k) Expenses 294 ($166k) Net assets 197 ($604k)2025 Revenue 226 ($265k) Expenses 139 ($78k) Net assets 257 ($791k)
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Revenue (226)Expenses (139)Net assets (257)Peer revenue range

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 $604k to $791k (+31%).

$307k
$306k
$368k
$397k
$465k
$594k
$643k
$604k
$791k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

66% of ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$61k
’17
$9k
’18
$62k
’19
$34k
’20
$67k
’21
$130k
’22
$49k
’23
−$39k
’24
$187k
’25
29
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed1615141312
Joined·+0+3+0+0
No longer listed·1411
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $38k → $46k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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total
funders
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
1

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST’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

ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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

100% 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 ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST.

61%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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

98% of ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $330k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin71% · top quartile
Months of reserve29.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST

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

Zumbrota Mazeppa Educational Foundation79%Zumbrota State Theatre77%South St Paul Educational Foundation77%Zimmerman Booster Club77%Zumbro Valley Medical Society Foundation77%Zumbrota-Mazeppa Baseball Booster Club77%United Way of Southeast Minnesota76%Mpma Education Foundation76%

Nationally

Zumbrota Mazeppa Educational Foundation79%Greater Delaware County Community Foundation78%Kalamazoo Rotary Club Charities77%Zumbrota State Theatre77%Jaxon Boomsma Memorial Fund77%Zonta Club of Midland77%The Education Foundation of South Brunswick Township Inc77%South St Paul Educational Foundation77%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

79%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST?
ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,079 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($204,103). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $336,079 in grants to ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST?
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $204,103 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ZUMBROTA COMMUNITY TRUST 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 4 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