Minnesota · Nonprofit
DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC
DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $676,307 to it, the largest being LAKES AREA NONPROFIT SUPPORT FOUNDATION ($195,342). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $676k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Detroit Mountain Recreation Area Inc does
Mission
Promote sound environmental recreation and education programming to develop the health and wellness of children, families and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide winter recreation 5 days a week beginning after thanksgiving thru march, nordic ski and bike trails accessible 7 days per week dawn to dusk; military discounts for active service members and their families; targeted programs for school age children; lessons; host site for detroit lakes high school nordic ski and alpine ski teams; host minnesota high school alpine ski meets; ski angel program provides families with financial need to obtain passes, rentals and instructions at reduced cost; partner with local non-profits to provide access; free lessons for first time skiers and snowboarders.
$1,428,025 spent75% of program spendingOffer 20 miles of biking and hiking trails open 7 days a week dawn to dusk mid may through october; ages 2 and up; open access for non profit groups to participate in badge achievement; open access for detroit lakes high school cross country running practice; outdoor summer recreation at no charge, teaching mountain biking skills and proper nutrition for active living.provide scholarship program that allows access to all activities the mountain provides to at risk, underprivileged and special needs children and families at low or no cost; hosts citizen mountain bike race with minnesota mountain bike series and high school race with minnesota high school cycling league.
$476,089 spent25% of program spendingOpen access for detroit lakes community and cultural center programming for yoga on the mountain and boot camp; women's mountain bike skill development clinics, mountain bike skill development clinics; open access for minnesota high school cycling league;offer a natural play setting at no cost with rock and log interactive features that allow for curiosity and exploratory play for any age.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,904,114.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $3.6M to $2.8M (−22%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Mike Allmendinger
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $117k → $21k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC’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
DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 85% · 2022 69% · 2023 73% — growing more concentrated.
“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
33% of DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
94% of DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $308k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC's revenue grew 22% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC?
- DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $676,307 to it, the largest being LAKES AREA NONPROFIT SUPPORT FOUNDATION ($195,342). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $676,307 in grants to DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC?
- LAKES AREA NONPROFIT SUPPORT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $195,342 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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