The Family Partnership
The Family Partnership's mission is building strong families, vital communities, and a better future for children. We work to clear the path to success for families experiencing deep poverty and trauma, often for generations.
The Family Partnership at a glance
- Total assets
- $12,942,727
- +3.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $11,047,121
- +38.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $1,494,981
- +3475.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $9,320,103
- -9.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who The Family Partnership funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
7 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 7 (71%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2021) to $148K (2023). In 2024 it reported $5K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking Free Inc St. Paul, MN | General Support | $58,630 |
| The Link Minneapolis, MN | General Support | $54,229 |
| Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center Minneapolis, MN | General Support | $23,705 |
| Advance Consulting LLC Minneapolis, MN | General Support | $11,250 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $12,942,727 | $11,047,121 | $9,320,103 | — | — | $1,494,981 |
| 2024 | $12,530,657 | $7,991,961 | $10,328,424 | $5,349 | Total only | $41,818 |
| 2023 | $14,639,241 | $7,636,695 | $9,748,195 | $147,814 | 4 | $84,360 |
| 2022 | $17,337,411 | $7,780,733 | $8,312,710 | $54,603 | 3 | $16,486 |
| 2021 | $15,766,567 | $10,031,298 | $8,032,972 | $1,044 | Total only | $791,333 |
| 2020 | $24,462,850 | $11,214,117 | $7,891,206 | — | — | $48,737 |
| 2019 | $11,089,497 | $11,194,216 | $8,247,389 | — | — | $14,088 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The Family Partnership
Based on IRS filings
The Family Partnership is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Minneapolis, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $12.9M in total assets. Net investment income was $1.5M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Family Partnership is led by Emily Larson, President & CEO on the 2025 filing; 3 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Emily Larson
President & CEO
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$85K (2025)
Kathryn Briem
Former Interim President & CEO
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$32K (2025)
Nima Desai MD
Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gleason Glover
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diego Borgert
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sydney Wittmier
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meshach Weber
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Briana McBride
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karise Gaynor-Morgan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Battin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Hippert
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Pickering
CFO
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$96K (2025)
Danielle Warren
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Dayton
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jolene Hart
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Kate K. Bruce (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Molly Schlobohm (2019–2024) — Chair
- Former: Paul D. Melchert (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Hedi Moussavi (2022–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Vinodh Kutty (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Art Rolnick (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kit Briem (2023–2024) — Interim President & CEO
- Former: Dianne Haucley (2024) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Christian Erickson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Kelly Drummer (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Neely Snyder (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Thomas J. Woessner (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Dianne Haulcy (2022–2023) — President & CEO
- Former: John Till (2022–2023) — Senior Vice President of Strategy & Innovations
- Former: Ying Vu (2022–2023) — Vice President of Finance & Administration
- Former: Jackie Perez (2023) — Vice President of Community Programs
- Former: Laurell Myher (2023) — Director
- Former: Bruce A. Lilly (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Claire Ruebeck (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: David C. Brackett Sr. (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Julia Morrison Palmer (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Molly Greenman (2019–2022) — President & CEO
- Former: Tommy Hillman (2019–2022) — Chair
- Former: Clark Nordberg (2022) — Vice President of Finance & Administrator
- Former: Eduardo Barrera (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Nancy A. Nelson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Grant Kamin (2019) — Director
- Former: Jodi Sandfort (2019) — Director
- Former: Margie Soran (2019) — Director
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $96K, to Robert Pickering (CFO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Family Partnership
How large is The Family Partnership?
The Family Partnership reported $12.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.0M.
What is The Family Partnership?
The Family Partnership is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Minneapolis, MN. It holds $12.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Family Partnership operate?
The Family Partnership has awarded grants in Illinois, Minnesota.
What is The Family Partnership's EIN?
The Family Partnership's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-0693858. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 10, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 27, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 18, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 13, 2023)
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