Protect Minnesota

Analysis

Protect Minnesota is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Protect Minnesota reported income of $582k and spending of $491k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $369k to $582k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Protect Minnesota sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund ($582k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Mississippi ($582k) and Friends of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County ($581k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $30k. At year end it held assets of $178k against liabilities of $3,187, net assets of $174k. It reported 3 employees.