Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC
MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,460 to it, the largest being THE IRONMAN FOUNDATION INC ($182,460). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $222k
- Net assets
- $409k
What Madison Area Sports Commission Inc does
Mission
Promote sports travel within dane county and promote youth sports activities.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Sports marketing - market madison and dane county as a potential venue for organizers of sporting events through direct sales, financial sponsorship of events, and promotion of madison as a community that has an active fan and participant base for event organizers. Events include the 2017 reebok crossfit games, the continuation of ironman wisconsin and several other regional and national sporting tournaments and competitions including cycling, tumbling, disk golf, and roller derby events.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $65k → $38k.
From the IRS filings of MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION 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
MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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
82% 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 MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 88% · 2019 88% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Madison Events LLC · disregarded
- Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc (Gmcvb) · exempt
- Spirit of Greater Madison Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC?
- MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,460 to it, the largest being THE IRONMAN FOUNDATION INC ($182,460). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $222,460 in grants to MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION INC?
- THE IRONMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $182,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MADISON AREA SPORTS COMMISSION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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