Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$14,042,992

Total expenses

$11,406,033

Contributions and grants received

$7,167,067

Grants paid

$5,624,213

Program service revenue

$443,937

Investment income

$6,429,147

Other revenue

$2,841

Total assets, end of year

$124,680,871

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,688,174

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$120,992,697

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$9,720,483

Management and general expenses

$1,488,060

Fundraising expenses

$197,490

Program service expenses (Part III)

$9,720,483

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES TO TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFITS AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WITHIN THE NORTHEAST MINNESOTA REGION. OUR PRIORITY AREAS ARE: 1) CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES; 2) INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING; AND 3) MAADA'OOKIING, TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION ALSO ACTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY GRANTOR WHERE MISSION AND PRIORITIES ALIGN. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, NORTHLAND AWARDED 203 GRANTS TOTALING $5.3 MILLION AND DISTRIBUTED $359 THOUSAND IN MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.

  Expenses $6,539,579 · Grants $5,624,213

• THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD. PROGRAMS PROVIDE: 1) EARLY CHILDHOOD EFFORTS ENCOMPASSING EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, INFANT/EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH, EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP OUTREACH, AND INCREASED ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE; 2) YOUTH PROGRAMS INCLUDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPY ENGAGEMENT; AND 3) INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADULTS 55+. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, PROGRAMS ENGAGED 1,358 PEOPLE IN 58 TRAININGS AND CONVENINGS, SUPPORTED 134 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND 940 CHILDREN THROUGH EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS ADMINISTRATION; AND ENGAGED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THE REGION.

  Expenses $1,596,497

• THE BUSINESS SERVICES PROGRAM OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FLEXIBLE FINANCING TO ASSIST WITH BUSINESS START-UP AND EXPANSION WITHIN OUR 7-COUNTY REGION, IN ORDER TO BOLSTER THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND PROMOTE JOB CREATION - CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THRIVING COMMUNITIES. FINANCING IS OFTEN IN THE FORM OF GAP LENDING MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BANKS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT LENDERS. BORROWERS MAY BE FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT ENTITIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, NORTHLAND CLOSED 17 LOANS TOTALING $3 MILLION WHICH HELPED CREATE LEVERAGE OF $21.6 MILLION IN OTHER INVESTMENTS. NORTHLAND FOUNDATION HOSTS THE REGIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (SBDC). THE SBDC'S MISSION IS TO "HELP ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES GROW AND SUCCEED" BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTING SERVICES TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES AT NO COST TO THE CLIENT. THE REGIONAL CENTER IS LOCATED IN DULUTH; THERE ARE ALSO FIVE OTHER SATELLITE OFFICES SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. THE REGIONAL FOOTPRINT OF THE SBDC MATCHES THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION FOOTPRINT.

  Expenses $1,584,407 · Revenue $443,937

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• DEPOT ON CENTRAL LLC

  $750,000

  TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

• THE NORTHSPAN GROUP INC

  $300,000

  TO SUPPORT WORK IN RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TO FOSTER BELONGING AND ADDRESS STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES & TO SUPPORT CAPITAL ACCESS ACROSS THE REGION TO STABILIZE ECONOMIES TO IMPACT SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS

• ELY HARDWARE

  $199,000

  TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHLAND

  $100,000

  TO SUPPORT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AGES 6-18 IN THE DULUTH AREA COMMUNITY; TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMING THAT PROVIDES A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE OUT-OF-SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH IN THE HIBBING COMMUNITY; TO SUPPORT OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AND GREENWAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

• ROOTS AND WINGS EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC

  $100,000

  IN SUPPORT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM EXPANSION WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITH SUPPORT OF THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION.

• YWCA OF DULUTH

  $85,000

  TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO YWCA DULUTH'S MISSION TO ELIMINATE RACISM, EMPOWER WOMEN, AND PROMOTE PEACE, JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM FOR ALL.

• FOND DU LAC BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA

  $75,000

  IN SUPPORT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM EXPANSION WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITH SUPPORT OF THE NORTHLAND FOUNDATION.

• NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

  $70,000

  TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

• UNITED WAY OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

  $55,000

  TO SUPPORT DATA GATHERING EFFORTS THAT SUPPORT FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR FAMILIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SUPPORT PROGRAMMING & INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY, COMMUNITY HEALTH & RESILIENCE.

• SMART NORTH

  $50,749

  TO SUPPORT AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS FEEL WELCOME, INSPIRED, AND COMFORTABLE AND TO FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY SKILLS & DIGITAL LITERACY FOR GRAND RAPIDS & DEER RIVER YOUTH.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523519349300627

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