Minnesota · Nonprofit
FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC
FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,441,558 to it, the largest being USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($296,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center Inc does
Mission
To bring people together of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to embrace the lifelong game of tennis while serving under-resourced youth with the support of the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tennisworks: our free tennisworks youth development programs advance the physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being of youth who have less access to resources through supportive relationships and on- and off-court experiences. Full-time experienced staff engage youth through school and community partnerships as well as independently run leadership programming, tennis play opportunities, and camps. In 2024, there were 2,002 unique tennisworks program participants.
$779,323 spent32% of program spendingJunior programs: our fee-based junior programs offer age and ability-based classes as well as match play opportunities for ages 5 to 18. Certified tennis professionals lead all junior tennis programming with a focus on skill development, confidence, and finding enjoyment and connection through the sport of tennis. In 2024, 1,281 unique players participated in fwtec junior tennis programs. Combined with tennisworks participation, there were over 30,000 junior tennis play experiences on our courts in 2024. 93 unique players received a total of $90,870 in scholarship assistance to remove financial barriers to participation in our fee-based programs. An additional $12,817 was disbursed to cover tournament-related expenses for youth in need. 10 students also received $1,000 scholorships to support college start-up expenses.
$852,384 spentof which $110,071 as grants$1,148,392 earned by the program35% of program spendingAdult programs: adult tennis programming includes ability-based drills and clinics, in-house and usta league play, senior drills, and private lessons. Adult tennis offerings reinforce tennis as a lifelong sport that promotes health, wellness, and community connection for all ages. In 2024, 1,450 unique adult players participated in fwtec programs.2,826 unique players of all ages also hit the courts to share the game with friends and family or practice with the ball machine.all programs and court rentals are open to the public. While not required to participate, patron memberships are available to support our mission and access select benefits. At the end of 2024, 599 families, 391 juniors, 525 adults, and 465 seniors/senior couples (ages 62+) held active patron memberships.
$803,676 spent$1,148,392 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,435,383.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.6M to $4.0M (+11%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER 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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Christine Nickels
Executive director
Board chair
Andrea Boado
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $19k → $267k.
13 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
72% 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 FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 46% · 2019 24% · 2020 26% · 2021 43% · 2022 30% · 2023 30% — 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
38% of FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $431k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,441,558 to it, the largest being USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($296,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,441,558 in grants to FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $296,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 34 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