Minnesota MHA Alumni
Minnesota MHA Alumni is a private foundation based in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Its 2025 filing reports grants for scholarships to individual recipients under named MHA award programs.
Minnesota MHA Alumni at a glance
In short: Minnesota MHA Alumni gave $15K across 14 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $15,000
- Grants made (2025)
- 14
- Average grant
- $1,071
- Median grant
- $1,000
- Total assets
- $443,093
- +4.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Minnesota (60% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Minnesota MHA Alumni
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Contact
Mailing address: 420 Delaware St Se - Mmc 510, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-0333
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Minnesota MHA Alumni funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
32 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 32 grants of 32 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 filing reports that grant dollars went to recipients in Minnesota (60%), Indiana (13%), North Dakota (7%), California (7%), and Maryland (7%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 14 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Minnesota MHA Alumni gives
- Giving grew 50% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 99% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2021) to $55K (2020). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $15K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 14 individual scholarships Recipients not named | — | $15,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $443,093 | $19,561 | $25,591 | $15,000 | 14 | $21,030 | $9,286 | $21,175 |
| 2024 | $425,720 | $22,808 | $10,903 | — | — | $6,783 | $18,804 | $19,684 |
| 2023 | $395,289 | $6,456 | $14,954 | $4,500 | 5 | $11,158 | $8,358 | $19,045 |
| 2022 | $382,824 | $16,945 | $20,290 | $10,000 | 7 | $16,115 | $12,936 | $21,118 |
| 2021 | $451,338 | $15,758 | $15,428 | $4,000 | 6 | — | $11,919 | $21,102 |
| 2020 | $402,011 | $18,320 | $64,060 | $54,500 | 5 | — | $14,489 | $20,457 |
| 2019 | $438,897 | $7,078 | $10,988 | — | — | — | — | — |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Minnesota MHA Alumni reported a distributable amount of $21K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The MHA Alumni Association’s stated mission is to promote excellence in healthcare leadership by assuring the MHA Program’s success and cultivating a satisfying lifelong alumni network. The 2025 filing lists scholarship grants under the Bright M. Dornblaser, Stewart C. Thomson MD Memorial, James A. Hamilton, and Robert Douglass Associates awards.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 14 grants totaling $15,000. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $2,000, with a median of $1,000. The listed awards include a $2,000 scholarship grant to an individual recipient in Minnesota for the Bright M. Dornblaser Award and Stewart C. Thomson MD Memorial Award, and several $1,000 scholarship grants to individual recipients in multiple states.
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Margaret Van Bree as chair, Kenneth Jones as past chair, Gladys Chuy as vice chair, Maura Hamilton as treasurer, and JC Buswold and Jeni Hallet as directors at large.
Minnesota MHA Alumni is led by Margaret Van Bree, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Margaret Van Bree
Chair
Director at Large → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jc Buswold
Director at Large
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeni Hallet
Director at Large
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Jones
Past Chair
Chair → President, 2024
President → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gladys Chuy
Vice Chair
Director At-Large → Director at Large, 2024
Director at Large → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maura Hamilton
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Chris Meyers Janda (2019–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Jeni Hallatt (2019–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Patrick Hays (2019–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Rachael McKinney (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Robert Sabina (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Tony Kouba (2019–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Bill Santulli (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Debbie Schuhardt (2020–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Emily Levin (2021–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Mark Enger (2021–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Michael Sharpe (2021–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Michele Patherick (2021–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Sally Wahman (2021–2024) — Director at Large
- Former: Brenda Johnson (2021–2023) — Executive Student Representative
- Former: Priya Gupta (2021–2023) — Student Representative
- Former: Andre Leblanc (2023) — Executive Student Representative
- Former: Jacob Ford (2023) — Student Representative
- Former: Karen Larson (2022) — Executive Student Representative
- Former: Geri Carroll (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Peg Van Bree (2019–2021) — Past-Chair
- Former: Andre Le Blanc (2020–2021) — Executive Student Representative
- Former: Trygve Jensen (2020–2021) — Student Representative
- Former: Donald Moore Jr. (2019–2020) — Director at Large
- Former: Giles Caver (2019–2020) — Director at Large
- Former: Greg Hart (2019–2020) — Director at Large
- Former: Alison Page (2020) — Director at Large
- Former: Colleen Reitan (2020) — Director at Large
- Former: Jamie Walski (2020) — Executive Student Representative
- Former: Ross Pickett (2020) — Student Representative
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 Minnesota MHA Alumni
How much does Minnesota MHA Alumni give each year?
Minnesota MHA Alumni gave $15K across 14 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
What is Minnesota MHA Alumni's typical grant size?
Minnesota MHA Alumni's median grant in 2025 was $1,000, and its average grant was $1,071, across 14 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Minnesota MHA Alumni give grants?
Minnesota MHA Alumni gives mostly in Minnesota: 60% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Indiana (13%) and North Dakota (7%).
Does Minnesota MHA Alumni give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 14 grants with a stated purpose on Minnesota MHA Alumni's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Bright M. Dornblaser Award - Scholarship" (7 grants) and "James a. Hamilton Award - Scholarship" (3 grants).
How large is Minnesota MHA Alumni?
Minnesota MHA Alumni reported $443K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $21K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $21K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Minnesota MHA Alumni fund?
The MHA Alumni Association’s stated mission is to promote excellence in healthcare leadership by assuring the MHA Program’s success and cultivating a satisfying lifelong alumni network. The 2025 filing lists scholarship grants under the Bright M. Dornblaser, Stewart C. Thomson MD Memorial, James A. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Minnesota MHA Alumni?
Minnesota MHA Alumni does not accept unsolicited proposals, according to Grantable's research on its published guidelines.
What is Minnesota MHA Alumni's EIN?
Minnesota MHA Alumni's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1298126. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Minnesota MHA Alumni accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 27, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 21, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 1, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 28, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 26, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 2, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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