Wisconsin · Nonprofit
AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC
AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,830,368 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($899,590). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $9.9M
What American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to promote and conduct the world's finest cross country ski competition, to serve as good stewards of the american birkebeiner ski trail and to promote healthy and active lifestyles for people of all ages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The 54-kilometer american birkebeiner, 29-kilometer kortelopet and 15-kilometer prince haakon cross country ski races and related events conducted in february each year. In addition to handling all of the logistics for skiers prior to and on race day (registration, transportation, security, sanitation, food, medical, timing, etc.), the organization is also responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the race course known as the american birkebeiner ski trail. This includes mowing, brushing, fallen tree removal, etc. During the summer months and snow grooming during the winter months; and to provide access amenities on a year-round basis...parking lots, lights, shelters, sanitation, signs, etc. The 107-kilometer trail network is utilitized by skiers, hikers, runners and mountain bikers and requires the organization to work directly with bayfield county, sawyer county, the national park service, the city of hayward and several private landowners.
$1,463,270 spent$2,293,503 earned by the program43% of program spendingThe fat bike birkie is a march snow-bike race meant to promote a healthy lifestyle and showcase the american birkebeiner ski trail to a potentially new audience. It is the only day of the snow season when bicycles are allowed on the ski trail.
$104,690 spent$153,110 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe birkie trail run & trek is a september running/walking race/tour meant to promote a healthy lifestyle and showcase the american birkebeiner ski trail to a potentially new audience. There were approx 1,000 individuals registered for this year's events held in september.
$52,790 spent$56,274 earned by the program2% of program spendingAll other outdoor events, biking skiing and multiuse trail maintenanceand promoting healthy lifestyle activities.
$1,807,027 spent$644,844 earned by the program53% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,427,777.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $9.9M to $13M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2020 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 18% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ben Popp
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $33k → $427k.
14 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $132k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Foundation for the Endowment of the American Birkebeiner Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 37% · 2019 67% · 2020 42% · 2021 78% · 2022 32% · 2023 71% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
21% of AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $716k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Birkie Enterprises Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC?
- AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,830,368 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($899,590). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,830,368 in grants to AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $899,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER SKI FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing