Top-Rated Nonprofits in Minnesota 2026
Minnesota has 29 nonprofits with $47.3B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Ucare Minnesota with an Efficiency Score of 85/100.
Minnesota has 29 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 20 of 29 Nonprofits in Minnesota
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ucare Minnesota | Health | $6.2B | $168K | A (85) |
| 2 | Neighborhood Recycling Corporation | Environment & Animals | $22.7M | $537K | A (80) |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic Group Return | Health | $14.0B | $102.9M | B (79) |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic | Health | $2.0B | $1.2M | B (79) |
| 5 | Hennepin Theatre Tr | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $45.1M | $608K | B (78) |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services | Health | $4.7B | $19.5M | B (76) |
| 7 | Allina Health System | Health | $5.4B | $22.8M | B (75) |
| 8 | Scholarship America Inc | Education | $240.3M | $634K | B (75) |
| 9 | Minnesota Land Trust | Environment & Animals | $18.9M | $525K | B (75) |
| 10 | Minnesota Public Radio | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $114.0M | $2.3M | B (73) |
| 11 | Twin Cities Public Television Inc | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $57.8M | $2.6M | B (70) |
| 12 | Center For Energy And Environment | Environment & Animals | $24.5M | $1.3M | B (69) |
| 13 | Borealis Philanthropy | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $39.4M | $648K | B (66) |
| 14 | University Of St Thomas | Education | $537.1M | $5.5M | B (65) |
| 15 | Ecmc Group Inc | Education | $5.0B | $5.2M | C (59) |
| 16 | University Of Minnesota Foundation | Education | $428.1M | $3.6M | C (59) |
| 17 | Minnesota Historical Society | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $91.5M | $692K | C (58) |
| 18 | Carleton College | Education | $296.5M | $2.8M | C (56) |
| 19 | St Catherine University | Education | $129.6M | $1.5M | C (56) |
| 20 | Walker Art Center Inc | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $60.7M | $1.5M | C (56) |
Nonprofit financial data for Minnesota is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ucare Minnesota is the top-rated nonprofit in Minnesota with an Efficiency Score of 85/100 (Grade A) and $6.2B in annual revenue.
Minnesota has 29 nonprofits in our database with a combined $47.3B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.