TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund

TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund sponsors the research performed by TakeAction Minnesota.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Formation:

1989

Location: St Paul, MN View on map
Tax ID: 41-1635130
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2025): Assets: $10,437,368 Revenue: $5,502,286 Expenses: $11,579,371

TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund sponsors the research performed by TakeAction Minnesota.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $10,437,368 $5,502,286 $11,579,371
2024 $18,143,764 $3,153,547 $6,111,961 View
2023 $20,287,254 $4,146,228 $8,373,271 View
2022 $25,551,717 $7,192,773 $7,455,134 View
2021 $26,702,116 $8,738,055 $16,591,895 View
2020 $33,377,331 $35,819,141 $5,291,609

Prior year filings: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Amanda OteroCO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$148,974
Elianne FarhatCO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$146,403
Marcie MoravecOPERATIONS & FINANCE DIRECTOR$135,253

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $37,281,362
  • Number of Grants: 391
  • Number of Funders: 129

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,660,9362021 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$1,500,0002022 The Clara Lionel FoundationTO SUPPORT THE WORK OF BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.
$1,001,5002021 New Venture FundENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
$620,0002020 New Venture FundENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
$550,0002020 ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INCGENERAL SUPPORT
$525,0002025 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to organize individuals and other organizations for a gender-inclusive, multiracial, cross-class democracy grounded in racial, economic, and gender equity
$500,0002024 McKnight Foundationfor general operating support – TakeAction serves as a key organizing hub in the state, focusing on uniting the power of diverse individuals, communities, and organizations in active grassroots democracy that builds racial, social, and economic justice.
$500,0002024 McKnight Foundationto identify, support, and amplify the role of organizational and movement culture and the culture bearers who advance it
$500,0002022 McKnight Foundationfor general operating support
$450,0002023 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to organize individuals and other organizations for a gender-inclusive, multiracial, cross-class democracy grounded in racial, economic, and gender equity.
$400,0002022 McKnight Foundationto build a mandate for and the capacity to advance equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$400,0002021 McKnight FoundationTo build a mandate for and the capacity to advance equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$400,0002021 The Ford FoundationGeneral support for Takeaction Minnesota to organize individual people and other organizations across race, gender, and class to fight for a government and an economy that works for all people
$400,0002020 McKnight FoundationTo build a mandate for equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$380,0002022 McKnight Foundationto support environmental justice organizing work and program development
$350,0002023 Telescope FundGENERAL SUPPORT
$350,0002022 Telescope FundGENERAL SUPPORT
$335,0002024 McKnight Foundationto build organizing staff capacity and advance worker-led campaigns and support electoral programming
$324,7502022 TIDES FOUNDATIONHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
$310,0002024 Climate and Clean Energy Equity FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$310,0002022 New Venture FundENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
$306,8442020 TIDES FOUNDATIONEQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
$300,0002020 Public Welfare FoundationSupport for Black Visions Collective
$275,0002021 TIDES FOUNDATIONHEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
$255,0002024 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support and project support

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $5,026,423
  • Number of Grants: 100
  • Number of Recipients: 72

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,325,0002024 Black VisionsOPERATING FUNDS FROM FSO BALANCE
$250,0002023 Little Earth Residents Association IncWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY CONVERSATIONS
$188,3332023 Isaiah100% CAMPAIGN SUPPORT, GREEN NEW DEAL ORGANIZING, MCKNIGHT REGRANT
$150,0002023 Awood CenterGREEN NEW DEAL ORGANIZING
$148,3332020 IsaiahAdvocacy
$100,0002023 Bryant Neighborhood OrganizationBLACK COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
$80,0002023 Access Philanthropy CharitiesGREEN NEW DEAL ORGANIZING FOR AAOP
$80,0002023 Community PowerGREEN NEW DEAL ORGANIZING FOR MNEJT
$80,0002023 White Earth Land Recovery ProjectGREEN NEW DEAL ORGANIZING FOR RISE
$80,0002022 Access Philanthropy CharitiesCOMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT FROM BLACKVISION/RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$80,0002022 Community PowerMNEJT CLIMATE JUSTICE
$75,0002023 Minnesota Prison Writing WorkshopCIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORK FOR TONE UP
$58,3332020 MN350Advocacy
$52,5002020 Alliance for a Just SocietyAdvocacy
$50,0002024 Little Earth Residents Association IncOPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$50,0002022 Minnesota Prison Writing WorkshopCOMMUNITY PARTNER GRANT FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$50,0002022 Take Action MinnesotaHENS CAMPAIGN
$35,0002024 FAMILY TREE INCREP FOR MN OPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$35,0002024 Southside Harm Reduction ServicesOPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$30,0002022 Minnesota Training Partnership IncCLIMATE JUSTICE
$30,0002020 Juxtaposition Arts IncAdvocacy
$25,0002024 1 Day at a TimeIWOC OPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$25,0002024 Dakota Child and Family ClinicASPIRING ABOLITIONISTS OPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$25,0002024 Yes 4 Minneapolis Education FundGROUND COVER OPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK
$25,0002022 612 Mash IncorporatedCOMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT FROM BLACKVISION/RECLAIM THE BLOCK