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BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB

BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,807 to it, the largest being GEORGE W NEILSON FOUNDATION ($168,137). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$58k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$174k
Net assets
$210k
1/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Bemidji Area Cross-Country Ski Club does

Mission

Promote xcountry skiing

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Maintained and developed x country ski trails in the area grooming, cleaning, maintaining etc

    $44,622 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,622.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($35k) Expenses 100 ($43k) Net assets 100 ($61k)2018 Revenue 123 ($43k) Expenses 117 ($51k) Net assets 88 ($53k)2019 Revenue 195 ($69k) Expenses 126 ($55k) Net assets 111 ($67k)2020 Revenue 111 ($39k) Expenses 93 ($40k) Net assets 109 ($66k)2021 Revenue 78 ($28k) Expenses 86 ($37k) Net assets 93 ($56k)2022 Revenue 203 ($71k) Expenses 90 ($39k) Net assets 147 ($89k)2023 Revenue 158 ($56k) Expenses 106 ($46k) Net assets 163 ($98k)2024 Revenue 361 ($127k) Expenses 82 ($35k) Net assets 314 ($190k)2025 Revenue 178 ($63k) Expenses 111 ($48k) Net assets 337 ($204k)2026 Revenue 165 ($58k) Expenses 122 ($53k) Net assets 347 ($210k)
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Revenue (165)Expenses (122)Net assets (347)Peer revenue range

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 $98k to $190k (+93%).

$61k
$53k
$67k
$66k
$56k
$89k
$98k
$190k
$204k
$240k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
−$7k
’18
$14k
’19
−$1k
’20
−$10k
’21
$32k
’22
$10k
’23
$91k
’24
$15k
’25
$6k
’26
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $100k.

Funder
'17
'18
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 433 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 433 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

Organizations like BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB?
BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,807 to it, the largest being GEORGE W NEILSON FOUNDATION ($168,137). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $173,807 in grants to BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB?
GEORGE W NEILSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $168,137 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BEMIDJI AREA CROSS-COUNTRY SKI CLUB find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing