Public Charity

INITIATIVE FOUNDATION

INITIATIVE FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in LITTLE FALLS, MN. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $15.2M revenue, $15.7M expenses, $114.7M total assets. 80 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363451562 LITTLE FALLS, MN Business & Industry NTEE: S40 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$15.2M
Total Expenses$15.7M
Total Assets$114.7M
Grant Records80
Funding Total$5.5M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND A VIBRANT REGION ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

Where $100 goes at Initiative Foundation

How Initiative Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$22
Generositypartner funds
27% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 351 grants
$21
Communitychildcare solutions
25% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 80 businesses; 260 organizations; 457 participants
$20
Economylending
24% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 loans; 5,700 entrepreneurs; 3,600 hours of free

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Brett Anderson
PRESIDENT Brian Voerding
TRUSTEE Carrie Willis
TRUSTEE Dan Weber
TRUSTEE/CHAIR David Monroy
VP FOR COMMUNITY & WORKFORCE (FORMER) Don Hickman

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,981,651 46 grants
Youth Development
$142,777 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$105,000 4 grants
Education
$95,100 4 grants
Economic Development
$90,000 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $15.2M $15.7M $114.7M
2023 $10.0M $9.4M $109.0M
2022 $18.8M $16.3M $98.8M
2021 $30.8M $9.4M $108.3M
2020 $21.8M $15.3M $95.6M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $21.8M to $15.2M (-30%), with total assets most recently reported at $114.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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