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MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS

EIN 41-1269275 SAINT PAUL, MN

Revenue 2023
$2,992,673
Expenses 2023
$1,799,884

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2550 UNIVERSITY AVE W STE 200N

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Connecting, strengthening & mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity & equity

  • Supporting Minnesota Communities: The Minnesota Council on Foundations engaged nonprofit organizations and communities of color to strengthen the practice of philanthropy, build relationships between philanthropy and the community, and promote community engagement in democracy. This included grant support for organizations advancing racial justice and supporting disaster relief in Minnesota communities.

    Expenses $60,000 · Grants $60,000

  • Membership Services:MCF conducts a wide range of training and professional development opportunities for grantmakers, and creates opportunities for peer networking and learning within the field. Programs include: grantmaking skills; briefings on current events and issues; foundation type and issue based peer networks; and trends in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. MCF provides programming and peer learning opportunities in a range of issues related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. MCF's government relations and public policy program provides education, training and peer networks to its members, encouraging the incorporation of public policy and advocacy into grantmaking, in adherence with professional and legal practices. MCF responds to public policy issues related to the field of philanthropy, and advances public policy issues related to strengthening democracy.

    Expenses $748,155 · Revenue $216,396

  • Public Awareness:MCF educates the public, nonprofit organizations, the media, government and elected officials about philanthropy, trends in the field, and the grantmaking process. This occurs through the publication of MCF Notes, MCF Giving Memo, CEO Chats, Giving in Minnesota report, and working directly with the media and the interested public.

    Expenses $604,506

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jenny Johnson

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcus Pope

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Flor Trevino Frey

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Stowell

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Jefferson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Cameron

    Member (Until May 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Mayotte

    Member (Until June 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lulete Mola

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Berger

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Friesz

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Bennett

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mai-Anh Tran

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nate Dorr

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dominic Papatola

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catie Bitzan Amundsen

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Wasescha

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambar Hanson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Zimmerman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Higgins

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Link

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Wilgers

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Brown

    President

    Total calculated
    $187,821
    From this org
    $163,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,557
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,264
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,032
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,218
    Filer's total
    $188,514

  • Paul Masiarchin

    VP & Director of Member Services

    Total calculated
    $121,158
    From this org
    $106,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,037
    Hours/week
    37.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,992,673
    Expenses
    $1,799,884
    Contributions
    $2,753,875
    Grants paid
    $60,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,511,463
    Expenses
    $3,340,550
    Contributions
    $3,318,930
    Grants paid
    $1,691,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,242,767
    Expenses
    $6,960,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,698,240

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,250,561
    Expenses
    $2,352,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,666,356

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,143,159
    Expenses
    $2,185,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,773,314

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,018,250
    Expenses
    $2,487,469
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,051,851

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,020,873
    Expenses
    $2,808,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,757,603

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,273,650
    Expenses
    $3,005,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,922,894

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.