To strengthen our community, for the benefit of all citizens, especially those who are disadvantaged.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 33 volunteers and 59 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39.8M a year · 24% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.2M
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.06B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $628K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$80.4M
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
31
of 32 voting members
Looks good: 31 of 32 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$193.0M
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$152.4M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$1.1B
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$193.0M
FY2025▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$141.5M
FY2021$200.9M
FY2022$204.4M
FY2023$115.3M
FY2024$146.9M
FY2025$193.0M
Expenses
$152.4M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$106.1M
FY2021$125.7M
FY2022$122.0M
FY2023$122.5M
FY2024$134.2M
FY2025$152.4M
Net assets
$1.1B
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$717.2M
FY2021$975.0M
FY2022$1.1B
FY2023$973.8M
FY2024$1.1B
FY2025$1.1B

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1926.

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Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $141.8M Management & general 5% · $7.0M Fundraising 2% · $3.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

44 people listed on the 990; $2.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$420,545Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Vice President of Impact
$288,507Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Services
$279,705Pt VII · Sec A
$223,270Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Business Development and Philanthropic a
$207,677Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Collective Impact and Giving
$204,150Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Technology and Enterprise Risk M
$195,605Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President for Talent and Culture
$195,090Pt VII · Sec A

Rt Rybak’s $421K as President & CEO is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 129 $100M+ philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rt Rybak$420,545$419,207$405,419$408,757$380,646$360,209
Jo-Anne Stately$288,507$191,696$153,252———
Jean Adams——$186,437$286,254$269,441$256,222
Christopher Beach$279,705$272,576$261,802$251,542$249,124—
Chanda Baker——$272,602$257,053$259,015—
Chanda Smith Baker—$166,147———$224,767
Greg Wenz$223,270$220,988$211,920$187,283$174,825$162,507
William Sternberg$207,677$203,779$195,096$186,172$183,377$194,027

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Partners with donors and nonprofits to invest charitable funds, facilitate grantmaking, and drive advocacy addressing civic, social, and economic needs in the community.

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1 program · $141.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The minneapolis foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. Established in 1915, the foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors…

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 8,773 grants · $624.6M · 2019–2024
Great MN SchoolsMN · FY2024$6,055,000
The Nature ConservancyVA · FY2024$4,315,179
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,197,499
Allina Associated FoundationMN · FY2024$3,967,894
Children's Health Care FoundationMN · FY2024$3,312,113
Minnesota Council on FoundationsMN · FY2024$1,715,000
Tchfh Lending INCMN · FY2024$1,590,000
Dia Center for the Arts INCNY · FY2024$1,491,000
Special School District No 1FY2024$1,407,530
Innercity Tennis FoundationMN · FY2024$1,168,703
Greater Twin Cities United WayMN · FY2024$1,165,338
Guthrie Theater FoundationMN · FY2024$942,450
Unitemized GrantFY2024$928,624
Venn FoundationMN · FY2024$880,000
Pangea World TheaterMN · FY2024$878,500
Greater Good CharitiesWA · FY2024$854,218
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$193.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$59.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Money outPt IX
$152.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$141.8M
Managementcol C$7.0M
Fundraisingcol D$3.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$55.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2B
LiabilitiesLn 26$80.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
44
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a32
IndependentVI 1b31
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$37.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$59.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$231K
Gains on assetsLn 7$32.6M
Total revenueLn 12$193.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$54.7M
SavingsLn 2$255K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$55.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.06B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$834K
Other assetsLn 15$44.8M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2B
LiabilitiesLn 26$80.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.1B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 559
VolunteersI 633
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$45.8M$55.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.03B$1.06B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$834K
Total assetsLn 16$1.13B$1.19B
LiabilitiesLn 26$68.9M$80.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.07B$1.11B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$123.6M$123.6M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5.1M$5.1M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$239K$239K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$733K$331K$362K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.0M$3.6M$1.6M$1.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$493K$213K$169K$110K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$870K$395K$287K$188K
Payroll taxesLn 10$602K$288K$183K$131K
Legal feesLn 11b$274K$232K$13K$29K
Accounting feesLn 11c$124K$124K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$250K$216K$17K$17K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3.0M$3.0M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4.7M$4.4M$110K$148K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$586K$381K$34K$171K
Office expensesLn 13$256K$74K$143K$39K
Information technologyLn 14$681K$303K$217K$162K
OccupancyLn 16$608K$255K$206K$147K
TravelLn 17$102K$80K$10K$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.2M$1.1M$73K$123K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$370K$154K$126K$90K
InsuranceLn 23$177K$177K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$710K$347K$244K$120K
All other expensesLn 24e$91K$90K$589$464
Total functional expensesLn 25$152.4M$141.8M$7.0M$3.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $193.0M$152.4M$40.5M$1.1B 990 PDF
FY2024 $146.9M$134.2M$12.7M$1.1B 990 PDF
FY2023 $115.3M$122.5M−$7.2M$973.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $204.4M$122.0M$82.4M$1.1B 990 PDF
FY2021 $200.9M$125.7M$75.2M$975.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $141.5M$106.1M$35.4M$717.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $192,988,402 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $98,051,635$131,864,412
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,338,208$1,307,931
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $47,460,029$59,584,907
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $51,812$231,152
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $146,901,684$192,988,402
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $113,983,030$128,958,187
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,989,500$10,364,318
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,223,909$13,126,461
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $134,196,439$152,448,966
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,705,245$40,539,436
Part VI · Governance 31 of 32 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body32
VI-1b Independent voting members31
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $192,988,402 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,536,794
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$130,327,618
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$37,755,172
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$131,864,412
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,307,931$1,307,931
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $602,414 · Excluded from tax $26,365,127$26,967,541
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $231,152$231,152
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $32,617,366$32,617,366
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,307,931 · Unrelated business $602,414 · Excluded from tax $59,213,645$192,988,402
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $152,448,966 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $123,593,400$123,593,400
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,126,123$5,126,123
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $238,664$238,664
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $733,086 · Management $330,887 · Fundraising $362,264$1,426,237
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,576,370 · Management $1,624,374 · Fundraising $1,773,197$6,973,941
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $212,927 · Management $169,494 · Fundraising $110,241$492,662
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $394,911 · Management $286,593 · Fundraising $188,212$869,716
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $288,292 · Management $182,857 · Fundraising $130,613$601,762
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $231,698 · Management $13,339 · Fundraising $28,782$273,819
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $124,337$124,337
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $216,056 · Management $16,972 · Fundraising $16,972$250,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,958,795$2,958,795
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,434,041 · Management $109,717 · Fundraising $147,672$4,691,430
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $380,606 · Management $34,152 · Fundraising $170,750$585,508
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $74,210 · Management $143,180 · Fundraising $38,515$255,905
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $302,557 · Management $216,783 · Fundraising $161,759$681,099
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $255,020 · Management $206,010 · Fundraising $147,150$608,180
IX-17 TravelPrograms $80,083 · Management $10,412 · Fundraising $11,030$101,525
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,050,197 · Management $73,355 · Fundraising $123,237$1,246,789
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $153,563 · Management $126,464 · Fundraising $90,331$370,358
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $177,370$177,370
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $346,644 · Management $243,754 · Fundraising $119,541$709,939
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $90,354 · Management $589 · Fundraising $464$91,407
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $141,778,802 · Management $7,049,434 · Fundraising $3,620,730$152,448,966
Part X · Balance sheet $1,185,664,206 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $6,285,342; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $45,564,976$54,727,684
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $250,000$254,932
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,850,000$15,685,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $564,426$375,584
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,161$25,154
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,095,651$834,256
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $585,912,549$631,176,248
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $445,532,105$431,509,944
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $47,711,937$44,790,062
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,134,066,155$1,185,664,206
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,500,249$2,577,059
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $2,944,469$9,544,373
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $14,505,150$19,210,805
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,655,263$13,087,302
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $68,915,805$80,355,721
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $953,152,467$987,133,547
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $111,997,883$118,174,938
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,065,150,350$1,105,308,485
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,134,066,155$1,185,664,206
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,105,308,485 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$192,988,402
XI-2 Total expenses$152,448,966
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$40,539,436
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,065,150,350
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$782,015
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,163,316
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,105,308,485

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