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What the state paid

Minnesota's own payment records show who was paid, how much, and in which years for the two largest nonprofit meal sponsors. A payment is not a fraud finding, and some of this money reached real meal sites. What prosecutors say was stolen is on the next page.

What the state paid, year by year

The state checkbook records payments by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), the agency that ran the child-nutrition programs. It shows the rise from budget year 2019 to 2021 and the stop after the January 2022 FBI raids. This site has not verified the federal-to-state amount, so none is shown.

What the state paid Feeding Our Future, from the checkbook

This chart shows total state payments to the payee “Feeding Our Future” (dark) in Minnesota's own accounting system, by state budget year. Partners in Nutrition (light), the other large nonprofit sponsor, is shown for scale. Feeding Our Future went from $1.4M in FY2019 to $140.4M in FY2021. Payments stop entirely after the January 2022 FBI raids. Across all years the checkbook shows $245.1M paid to the organization. Checkbook payments and charged fraud amounts measure different things. Payments include money that reached legitimate sites. The amounts prosecutors charged are on their own page.

State payments to the two largest nonprofit meal sponsors, by budget year$0$4.7MFY2018$1.4M$5.2MFY2019$4.8M$6.3MFY2020$140.4M$96.4MFY2021$98.6M$102.1MFY2022$0$0FY2023
These are payments to the sponsor, not fraud amounts, and some funds reached legitimate meal sites. Partners in Nutrition is shown only for scale. It has never been criminally charged. In September 2026 it settled a civil False Claims Act suit by the Minnesota Attorney General for about $18.5 million and agreed to dissolve, denying the allegations. FBI search warrants in 2022 alleged fraud by vendors that worked with it.Primary source:MN Open CheckbookDerived source:All-years total (our sum)

The payments, in a table

This table shows the same payments, one row per payee and year, exactly as recorded. Partners in Nutrition is here for comparison as a sponsor of the same size in the same years.

Checkbook payments by payee and state budget year. Payments, not fraud amounts. Primary source:Minnesota Management and Budget

PayeeBudget yearAmount
Feeding Our FutureFY2018$0
Partners in NutritionFY2018$4,729,684
Feeding Our FutureFY2019$1,366,056
Partners in NutritionFY2019$5,203,960
Feeding Our FutureFY2020$4,807,265
Partners in NutritionFY2020$6,293,418
Feeding Our FutureFY2021$140,352,496
Partners in NutritionFY2021$96,360,451
Feeding Our FutureFY2022$98,562,581
Partners in NutritionFY2022$102,074,702
Feeding Our FutureFY2023$0
Partners in NutritionFY2023$0
Totals, all yearsFOF / PIN$245.1M / $214.7M

Totals as shown by the state checkbook on July 11, 2026, all agencies combined. If a closer look at individual transactions changes a total, the sources page will record the correction. Primary source:Minnesota Management and Budget

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