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PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC

PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $282,216 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND JUNE BLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($132,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.8M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$282k
Net assets
$9.1M
7/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Pettit National Ice Center Inc does

Mission

To promote, offer, and support recreational, instructional, competitive ice skating-related activities, and programs for the well being of its users and community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Speed skatingthe pettit national ice center has been an elite training site for olympic-level speedskaters since its opening 12/31/92. By agreement with us speedskating (uss), national governing body under the usoc, the pettit center provides free or discounted on-ice and off-ice training facilities for qualified uss and high potential athletes. In addition, the pettit center hosts regional and national competitions as may be designated by uss.

    $1,903,601 spent$902,299 earned by the program
    61% of program spending
  2. Hockey, public use and figure skatingthe pettit national ice center services the community with daily skating sessions. These sessions support and promote skating as a healthy and fun activity for the whole family. They are also popular for youth and adult group recreational activities including but not limited to kids on ice school field trips and outings by the boy scouts of america and girl scouts of america. Additionally, the pettit center's indoor 450-meter running track is utilized almost daily by individuals and groups such as high schools, colleges and running clubs.

    $870,190 spent$2,419,275 earned by the program
    28% of program spending
  3. Skating schoolthe pettit national ice center offers programs of instruction at introductory, basic skills and development levels for recreational skating, figure skating, speed skating and hockey. The introductory programs include the schools on ice skating instruction for area school - and home-school students. Pettit center skating school follows the usa hockey and u.s. Figure skating skills standards. The pettit center skating school is recognized by u.s. Figure skating as one of the largest programs in the nation. The basic skills programs also encourage participants to continue their development by joining local figure, hockey and speed skating clubs. The development programs include camps, leagues and special emphasis training for the three ice sports and recreational skaters. The facility also hosts regional, national and international competitions and events.

    $352,271 spent$251,040 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,126,062.

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 ($2.8M) Expenses 100 ($2.4M) Net assets 100 ($7.3M)2018 Revenue 101 ($2.8M) Expenses 105 ($2.5M) Net assets 104 ($7.6M)2019 Revenue 99 ($2.7M) Expenses 106 ($2.5M) Net assets 108 ($7.8M)2020 Revenue 87 ($2.4M) Expenses 106 ($2.5M) Net assets 106 ($7.7M)2021 Revenue 75 ($2.1M) Expenses 84 ($2.0M) Net assets 107 ($7.8M)2022 Revenue 101 ($2.8M) Expenses 99 ($2.3M) Net assets 113 ($8.2M)2023 Revenue 92 ($2.5M) Expenses 99 ($2.3M) Net assets 116 ($8.4M)2024 Revenue 103 ($2.8M) Expenses 107 ($2.5M) Net assets 121 ($8.7M)2025 Revenue 137 ($3.8M) Expenses 144 ($3.4M) Net assets 126 ($9.1M)
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Revenue (137)Expenses (144)Net assets (126)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 2018 to 2019, from $8.5M to $8.1M (−5%).

$8.5M
$8.5M
$8.1M
$8.1M
$8.3M
$8.4M
$8.6M
$8.9M
$9.3M
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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
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2021
2022
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2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2021 8% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

4% of PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$404k
’17
$322k
’18
$223k
’19
−$92k
’20
$112k
’21
$456k
’22
$203k
’23
$316k
’24
$397k
’25
5.2
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.

Board chair

Charles I Henderson

President/chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed989888988
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0+1+0+0
No longer listed·20100010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $55k → $17k.

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER 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

PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

32% 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 PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC.

47%
largest funder
78%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 72% · 2019 63% · 2020 42% · 2021 44% · 2022 38% · 2023 59% — 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 PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.

IL
WI

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

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Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve5.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 7%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC?
PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $282,216 to it, the largest being GEORGE AND JUNE BLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($132,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $282,216 in grants to PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC?
GEORGE AND JUNE BLOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $132,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing