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Century College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker White Bear Lake, MN EIN: 23-7401534 Website

The Century College Foundation actively supports century college through strategic collaborations, providing student scholarships, emergency grants, and crucial program support to enhance student success and workforce development.

Century College Foundation at a glance

In short: Century College Foundation gave $884K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $884K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$884,135
+52.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$884,135
+52.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$884,135
Total assets
$8,254,857
+13.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Minnesota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Century College Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Century College: $884KCentury College$884K

The largest 2025 recipient was Century College ($884K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

How Century College Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 99% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $228K (2020) to $1.5M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $884K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Century College White Bear Lake, MNTo support the educational purposes, programs, and activities that benefit century college.$884,135
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$8,254,857$2,001,696$1,515,024$884,1351$224,816
2024$7,267,287$1,983,774$1,214,077$581,3051$247,195
2023$6,171,976$1,266,898$2,014,256$1,498,3371$112,140
2022$6,516,249$2,262,212$936,342$443,8011$127,966
2021$6,044,237$1,032,595$610,221$233,7071$282,776
2020$4,949,867$1,277,747$607,394$228,1971$369,662
2019$4,750,379$1,688,652$1,619,838$1,220,0811$149,850

About Century College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Century College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in White Bear Lake, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $8.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $884K. Net investment income was $225K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Century College Foundation is led by Nora Slawik, Executive Director since 2021 (on filings since 2019); none of the 23 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Nora Slawik

    Executive Director

    Board Member → Secretary, 2020

    Secretary → Executive Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Russell Fleming

    President

    Treasurer → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg Mueller

    Vice President

    Board Member → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Channon

    Board Member

    Board Member → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Barton

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Liz Moscatelli

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Johnson

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle Gathje

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Berg

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Wortman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Klopp

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sami Swanson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tammey Busch

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carrie Cunningtom

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hannah Johnson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Kelly

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Corblick

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hugh Alan Kantrud

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Prindle

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Josephine Kuntz

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosa Rodriquez

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shelly Straus

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vicki Greene

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (29)
  • Former: Melissa Martyr-Wagner (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Steve Schad (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Kim Bowman (2020–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Kevin Donovan (2021–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Melissa Martyr Wagner (2021–2023) — President
  • Former: Jessica Walton (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Hannah Barton (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Kate Christopher (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Laura Keithahn (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Russ Fleming (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Shari Wilson (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Steve Ritt (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Barb Sheldon (2021–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Elizabeth Murry (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Jewelie Grape (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Josie Trobec (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Mary Maccarthy (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Dick Brainerd (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Barbara Sheldon (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Kay Baker (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Michele Jersak (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Michele Whyle (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Mike Bromelkamp (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Richard Brainerd (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: Rick Lucio (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Tracy Uttley (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Rebecca Otto (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Karen Kepple (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Ling Becker (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Century College Foundation

How much does Century College Foundation give each year?

Century College Foundation gave $884K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $581K across 1 grant.

How large is Century College Foundation?

Century College Foundation reported $8.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.

What is Century College Foundation?

Century College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in White Bear Lake, MN. It holds $8.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Century College Foundation operate?

Century College Foundation has awarded grants in Minnesota.

What is Century College Foundation's EIN?

Century College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7401534. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 30, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 23, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 17, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 30, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 30, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 14, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 3, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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