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Scheels All Sports Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$279k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% 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
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$278,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
West Fargo Youth Baseball$278,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $550k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Haley's Hope: $50k → 12%Hospice of the Red River Valley: $500k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
ND
MN
WI
SD
IA
CO
NE
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 22 repeat orgs$7.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
48

Total granted

$8.4M
$7.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $279k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ND
    North Dakota State University Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2.1M · revenue +245%
  • HB
    HARRISBURG BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $396k · revenue +5%
  • MY
    MALCOLM YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $371k · revenue +31% · 38% of their budget

Funded once

  • HO
    Hospice of the Red River Valley
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +13%
  • RR
    Red River Marksmanship Center
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $495k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Canyon Lake Little League Baseball

Little league baseball for youth

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2
Mandan Baseball Club Inc

To operate baseball program for the benefit of youth and their families so they may enjoy growth through recreational and competitive baseball.

Youth Development
3
Dakota United Soccer Club

The purpose for which this association is organized is to foster, encourage and promote the development of the soccer skills of players living in central north dakota under the age of 20.

Recreation & Sports
4
Minnetonka Diamond Club

The minnetonka diamond club seeks to encourage the minnetonka community to enjoy tonka diamond sports, teach young players and coaches how to play and enjoy diamond sports, and to enhance tonka baseball and softball facilities.

Education
5
Ice Sports Association Dba Scheels Iceplex

Operate and program an ice arena providing public and private ice rental facilities to the community and region with an emphasis on serving and growing youth ice sports.

Youth Development
6
South Des Moines Girls Amateur Softball

Provide the opportunity for girls ages 4 through 19 to learn and play the game of fast pitch softball

Recreation & Sports
7
Omaha Sports Commission

The mission of the omaha sports commission is to foster a positive socio-economic impact on and a heightened awareness and image of omaha by attracting, hosting, & supporting amateur sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
8
Missouri Valley Family Ymca

To put Christian principles into practices through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
9
Sw Michigan Miracle League

Our mission is to provide opportunities for kids, regardless of their abilities, to compete and experience the joy and benefits that come from playing sports.

Recreation & Sports
10
Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland Inc

To inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
11
Fargo Park District Foundation

The purpose of the Foundation is to pursue unique fundraising opportunities and increase private sector support to further the development, growth, and excellence of the Park District in providing modernized facilities and quality…

Recreation & Sports
12
North Liberty Youth Baseball & Softball

To organize and govern youth baseball and softball in North Liberty, Iowa as a non-profit, volunteer run, development, recreational league.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anne Carlsen Center; the most unlike its peers is Let's Skate. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
22/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $606,666 · OtherPARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCRed River Marksmanship Center: $500,000 · OtherRed River Marksmanship CenterIndividual grant recipient: $495,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUND Business School: $450,000 · OtherCity of Great Falls: $395,000 · OtherMSU Mankato Sports Dome: $360,000 · OtherCity of West Des Moines: $300,000 · Other+33 more: $4,190,761 · Other+33 moreNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $2,100,000 · EducationNorth Dakota State Uni…CEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $390,000 · EducationCEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FO…BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $270,000 · EducationBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLE…UND Alumni Association and Foundation: $150,000 · EducationANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $112,500 · Education+2 more: $158,400 · EducationHARRISBURG BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC: $396,000 · Recreation & SportsHARRISBURG BA…SIOUX CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC: $247,500 · Recreation & SportsSIOUX CITY PA…UNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $237,500 · Recreation & SportsUNITED HEROES…MINOT PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Recreation & SportsMINOT PARK DI…MOORHEAD YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $133,000 · Recreation & SportsMOORHEAD YOUT…LINCOLN YOUTH COMPLEX: $123,750 · Recreation & SportsLINCOLN YOUTH…FOX VALLEY POP WARNER FOOTBALL INC: $121,875 · Recreation & SportsFOX VALLEY PO…BILLINGS AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: $121,875 · Recreation & SportsBILLINGS AMER…American Gold Gymnastics: $118,800 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Gold…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY: $90,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $49,500 · Recreation & SportsMALCOLM YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $371,250 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Sonshine: $360,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $97,500 · Youth DevelopmentCANTON-INWOOD AREA YOUTH ORGANIZATION INC: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $77,083 · Youth Development+1 more: $13,050 · Youth DevelopmentHospice of the Red River Valley: $500,000 · Human ServicesHALEY'S HOPE INC: $49,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MINOT INC: $225,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC: $135,000 · Arts & CultureCEDARS YOUTH SERVICES INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureMinot Gun Club Incorporated: $237,500 · Community ImprovementFM Rotary Foundation: $66,000 · Community ImprovementFALL CREEK AREA FOUNDATION: $49,500 · Community Improvement
Other$8,797,427Education$3,180,900Recreation & Sports$1,864,800Youth Development$1,008,883Human Services$549,500Arts & Culture$450,000Community Improvement$353,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetCEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $390,000 over 2y, 13% 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 budgetFALL CREEK AREA FOUNDATION: $49,500 over 1y, 36% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 F…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Dakota Medical Founda…Midcontinent Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationOffutt Family Foundat…Sanford Group ReturnNorth Dakota Communit…Otter Tail Corporatio…The Barry FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Dakota Medical Charit…
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation CorporationND25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Offutt Family Foundation · Sanford Group Return · North Dakota Community Foundation · Otter Tail Corporation Foundation · The Barry Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dakota Medical Charities

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Scheels All Sports Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scheels All Sports Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Scheels All Sports Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Scheels All Sports Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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