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Minnesota Youth Athletic Services
Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,561 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,656). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Minnesota Youth Athletic Services does
Mission
To improve the delivery of youth sports services to athletes, coaches, parents, officials, and the associations that serve them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
There was one new event added this fiscal year: Gopher State Football League. MYAS joined forces with the North Metro Football League and Twin Cities North Football League, developing the community-based youth football league to unite, strengthen, and elevate youth football across the Twin Cities metro area and throughout Greater Minnesota.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS) provides statewide youth sports programming and safety services that promote positive experiences for young athletes.Youth Sports ProgramsMYAS operates a comprehensive, multi-sport youth sports program across Minnesota, including basketball, baseball, football, wrestling, and swimming. During the fiscal year, MYAS served an estimated 91,000 youth through athletic programs.- Basketball: Offers the flagship Grade State event, community-based leagues, and seasonal tournaments.- Baseball: Operates the Gopher State Baseball League, competitive tournaments, and developmental clinics focused on skill building and sportsmanship,- Football: Manages the Gopher State Football League and supports community associations with scheduling, league administration, and safety training.- Wrestling: Hosts the Midwest Wrestling Tour, providing athlete development, competitive experience, and community engagement.These programs advance MYAS's mission by providing structured athletics, building teamwork and character, and strengthening youth sports communities statewide.
$3,287,983 spent$4,083,084 earned by the program90% of program spendingCoach & Official Development Services (Trusted Coaches and Trusted Officials)MYAS operates two education-focused platforms to support safe and high-quality youth sports experiences.- Trusted Coaches: Conducted background checks, abuse-prevention education, and safety training for approximately 16,000 coaches, helping ensure a secure environment for youth athletes.- Trusted Officials: Trained and certified approximately 700 officials through rules education, mechanics training, and youth-specific conduct modules. These efforts improve officiating quality, ensure safe and fair competition, and support the longevity of youth sports education.
$190,671 spent$388,530 earned by the program5% of program spendingCommunity Impact FundThe MYAS Community Impact Fund directly supports youth athletes and local organizations by distributing grants based on the core values of safety, access, equity, recognition, education, and opportunity. During the fiscal year, the MYAS Community Impact Fund awarded $78,200 in grants to 53 organizations, $10,150 to assist 40 individuals with free or discounted registration, and $1,087 in gear to new umpires.
$174,495 spentof which $98,663 as grants$59,025 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,653,149.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $2.7M to $3.5M (+31%).
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: 2020 16% · 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of Minnesota Youth Athletic Services’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. 0 of the last 6 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
Dawson Blanck
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $13k → $2k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Minnesota Youth Athletic Services’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
Minnesota Youth Athletic Services leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 Minnesota Youth Athletic Services.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 73% · 2022 89% · 2023 72% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Minnesota Youth Athletic Services's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Minnesota Youth Athletic Services holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Minnesota Youth Athletic Services
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Minnesota Youth Athletic Services: 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 Minnesota Youth Athletic Services?
- Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,561 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,656). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Minnesota Youth Athletic Services have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $28,561 in grants to Minnesota Youth Athletic Services, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Minnesota Youth Athletic Services?
- MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,656 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Minnesota Youth Athletic Services 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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