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MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND

EIN 51-0166951 ST PAUL, MN

Revenue 2024
$1,771,507
Expenses 2024
$2,087,961

Program services were 76.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B124
Classification
1000
Street
BREMER TOWER 445 MINNESOTA ST 500

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 · 2024

Mission

THE MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND SERVES THE SHARED NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS BY SEEKING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THE STUDENTS THEY EDUCATE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND SERVES THE SHARED NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS BY SEEKING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND THE STUDENTS THEY EDUCATE.

  • DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE 17 MEMBER PRIVATE COLLEGES, THEIR STUDENTS, AND FUND-OPERATED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS AT MEMBER PRIVATE COLLEGES. EVERY DOLLAR CONTRIBUTED TO THE FUND IS DISTRIBUTED AS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE 17 MEMBER PRIVATE COLLEGES, NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AT MEMBER COLLEGES, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR FUND-OPERATED SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS AT MEMBER COLLEGES. EACH MEMBER INSTITUTION PAYS ANNUAL DUES TO MPCF, WHICH COVER ALL THE FUND'S GENERAL OVERHEAD, FUNDRAISING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Expenses $918,864 · Grants $918,864 · Revenue $339,577

  • THE INNOVATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM OFFERING SELECTED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH START-UP AND EARLY-STAGE MEDICAL COMPANIES AND THE MAYO CLINIC. INNOVATION SCHOLARS PROGRAMMING EXPOSES STUDENTS TO THE AMBIGUITIES OF "REAL WORLD" INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE ROLE OF TEAMWORK, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION, IN-DEPTH RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND CREATIVITY. TWELVE INSTITUTIONS AND 55 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN FISCAL 2025.

    Expenses $202,799

  • TRAILBLAZERS OFFERS A UNIQUE TWO-YEAR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AT OUR MEMBER COLLEGES. THE PROGRAM COMBINES A TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP WITH COMPREHENSIVE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISING, INDIVIDUALIZED MENTORING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMMING, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS, AND CAREER PREPARATION.

    Expenses $481,610

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • PAUL D CERKVENIK

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $500,717
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $395,628
    Other
    $105,089
    Hours/week
    3 + 52 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $380,056 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $15,572 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $61,050 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,039 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $500,717 related

  • BARBARA MCDONALD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TOM MORIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GENE PFEIFER

    TREASURER & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ROSS ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SARINA BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ALISON BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRIAN BURESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • REV JAMES P BURNS IVD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ALISON BYERLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • CHRISTOPHER DOLAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GWENDOLYN FREED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BRIAN FRIEDRICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • AJAY GUPTA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • NATALIA HERNANDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • COLINE IRVINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ETHAN KELLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ANTHONY KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • REBECCA KOENIG ROLOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAN LORITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KATHLEEN MURRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GREGG PETERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PATRICIA PRATT-COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • PAUL PRIBBENOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SUZANNE RIVERA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,771,507
    Expenses
    $2,087,961
    Contributions
    $1,428,377
    Grants paid
    $918,864
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,909,121
    Expenses
    $2,217,233
    Contributions
    $1,581,533
    Grants paid
    $969,082
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,966,152
    Expenses
    $1,992,508
    Contributions
    $1,647,654
    Grants paid
    $978,862

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,274,894
    Expenses
    $1,822,850
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,737,886

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,797,155
    Expenses
    $1,599,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,269,188

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,588,501
    Expenses
    $1,739,003
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,248,438

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,875,164
    Expenses
    $1,495,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,206,447

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,526,788
    Expenses
    $1,447,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,021,195

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,014,398
    Expenses
    $1,214,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,061,276

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $969,725
    Expenses
    $1,393,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,197,261

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,151,971
    Expenses
    $1,280,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,584,435

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $869,881
    Expenses
    $1,148,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,640,888

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,403,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,905,746

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.