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EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON

EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $718,117 to it, the largest being BLOOMING PRAIRIE CANCER GROUP ($548,840). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$718k
Net assets
$72k
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Eagles Fifth District Cancer Telethon does

Mission

Raise funds in support of cancer research.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization holds an annual cancer telethon. Proceeds are given to the following organizations to be used for cancer research: the university of minnesota, the mayo clinic, and the hormel cancer research institution.

    $870,000 spentof which $870,000 as grants$1,080,487 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $870,000.

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 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($21k)2018 Revenue 99 ($1.1M) Expenses 98 ($1.1M) Net assets 98 ($21k)2019 Revenue 94 ($1.0M) Expenses 98 ($1.1M) Net assets -139 ($-29276)2020 Revenue 91 ($998k) Expenses 87 ($969k) Net assets -3 ($-649)2021 Revenue 38 ($415k) Expenses 37 ($405k) Net assets 44 ($9k)2022 Revenue 93 ($1.0M) Expenses 91 ($1.0M) Net assets 97 ($20k)2023 Revenue 103 ($1.1M) Expenses 103 ($1.1M) Net assets 22 ($5k)2024 Revenue 102 ($1.1M) Expenses 95 ($1.0M) Net assets 342 ($72k)
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Revenue (102)Expenses (95)Net assets (342)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 2021 to 2022, from $382k to $884k (+132%).

$1.0M
$957k
$872k
$796k
$382k
$884k
$998k
$949k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,632 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
−$384
’18
−$50k
’19
$29k
’20
$10k
’21
$11k
’22
−$16k
’23
$67k
’24
10
months of
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

Brett Carlson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed91010999810
Joined·+2+4+0+0+1+2+2
No longer listed·1410130
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $170k.

5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON’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

EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

99% 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 EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON.

76%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 84% · 2022 85% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.

“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

50% of EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

99% of EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
WI

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

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’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve10.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 3%Fundraising 14%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON?
EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON (Minnesota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $718,117 to it, the largest being BLOOMING PRAIRIE CANCER GROUP ($548,840). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $718,117 in grants to EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON?
BLOOMING PRAIRIE CANCER GROUP is the largest funder on record, with $548,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAGLES FIFTH DISTRICT CANCER TELETHON 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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