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Scheels All Sports Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$279k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
57%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$278,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$278,500
Organizations funded a year
20 to 35
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Scheels All Sports Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Recreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$279k100%
FY202335$6.0M57%
FY202229$4.1M62%
FY202120$2.6M60%
FY202020$2.9Mn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$5.3MRecreation & Sports$4.4MYouth Development$1.0MArts & Culture$659kHealth$500kHuman Services$494kPublic Benefit$395kFood & Nutrition$270kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
ND
MN
WI
SD
IA
CO
NE

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Dakota State University Foundation$2,100,00024%
Park Christian School Inc$606,6662n/a
Hospice of the Red River Valley$500,00011%
Harrisburg Baseball Association Inc$396,000224%
City of Great Falls$395,0001n/a
Malcolm Youth Sports Association$371,250238%
Camp Sonshine$360,00038%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$270,00030%
Bethany Lutheran College Inc$270,00030%
Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc$247,500111%
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All grantees of Scheels All Sports Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Dakota State University Foundation$2,100,00024%
Park Christian School Inc$606,6662n/a
Hospice of the Red River Valley$500,00011%
Harrisburg Baseball Association Inc$396,000224%
City of Great Falls$395,0001n/a
Malcolm Youth Sports Association$371,250238%
Camp Sonshine$360,00038%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$270,00030%
Bethany Lutheran College Inc$270,00030%
Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc$247,500111%
Montana Rescue Mission$243,75013%
United Heroes League$237,50014%
Minot Gun Club Incorporated$237,5001n/a
South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation$237,500117%
Children's Museum of Minot Inc$225,000121%
Minot Park District Foundation$225,000227%
UND Alumni Association and Foundation$150,00010%
Southeast Nebraska Youth for Christ$148,500110%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$148,5001n/a
Children's Museum of Eau Claire Inc$135,00036%
Red River Zoological Society$135,00033%
Moorhead Youth Hockey Association$133,00019%
Lincoln Youth Complex$123,75012%
Fox Valley Pop Warner Football Inc$121,875120%
Billings American Legion Baseball$121,875115%
American Gold Gymnastics$118,80014%
Anne Carlsen Center$112,50010%
Peace Academy Inc$99,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County$97,50011%
The Miracle League of Sioux City$90,000228%
Canton-Inwood Area Youth Organization Inc$90,0001n/a
United Way of Cass-Clay$90,00011%
Cedars Youth Services Inc$90,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc$77,08312%
FM Rotary Foundation$66,000211%
Westside Christian School Inc$59,400118%
Haley's Hope Inc$49,50014%
Let's Skate$49,500111%
Mankato Ballet Company$22,50015%
BIO Girls Inc$13,05012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Scheels All Sports Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $2,100,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetHospice of the Red River Valley: $500,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHarrisburg Baseball Association Inc: $396,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetMalcolm Youth Sports Association: $371,250 over 2y, 38% of budgetCamp Sonshine: $360,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetFood Bank of Lincoln Inc: $270,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBethany Lutheran College Inc: $270,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc: $247,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $243,750 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Heroes League: $237,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSouth Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation: $237,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetChildren's Museum of Minot Inc: $225,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMinot Park District Foundation: $225,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSoutheast Nebraska Youth for Christ: $148,500 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetChildren's Museum of Eau Claire Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetRed River Zoological Society: $135,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMoorhead Youth Hockey Association: $133,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetLincoln Youth Complex: $123,750 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFox Valley Pop Warner Football Inc: $121,875 over 1y, 20% of budgetBillings American Legion Baseball: $121,875 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmerican Gold Gymnastics: $118,800 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetAnne Carlsen Center: $112,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County: $97,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Miracle League of Sioux City: $90,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $90,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCedars Youth Services Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc: $77,083 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFM Rotary Foundation: $66,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetWestside Christian School Inc: $59,400 over 1y, 18% of budgetHaley's Hope Inc: $49,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLet's Skate: $49,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetMankato Ballet Company: $22,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $13,050 over 1y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation CorporationND25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Scheels All Sports Foundation

How much does Scheels All Sports Foundation give?
Scheels All Sports Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $278,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Scheels All Sports Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (27%), Youth Development (6%).
Who are Scheels All Sports Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: North Dakota State University Foundation ($2.1M), Park Christian School Inc ($607k), Hospice of the Red River Valley ($500k).
Does Scheels All Sports Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Scheels All Sports Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Scheels All Sports Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation, Dakota Medical Foundation.
Where is Scheels All Sports Foundation based?
Scheels All Sports Foundation is based in ND.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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