North Dakota · Nonprofit
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,390,704 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($1,329,631). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Special Olympics North Dakota Inc does
Mission
To provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities by giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sond is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the state of north dakota to enable children and adults with intellectual disabilities to become a more accepted and integral part of the communities in which they reside. The programs offered by sond create an environment in which persons with intellectual disabilities will be prepared to participate in the community at large through activities that will (1) better enable them to be independent, productive members of society; (2) assist them in improving their overall health and safety through healthy athlete initiatives and volunteer training/education; (3) eliminate barriers to support and other assistance through community education; (4) enhance individual, family and citizen participation and involvement; and (5) increase economic opportunities to more people with intellectual disabilities. Additionally sond does not, nor cannot, assess any fees to the participants or their families for the programs provided; therefore, financial support from foundations, businesses and individuals is critical to sustaining programs for the people in nd. Education and youth leadership is what supports the year round mission of special olympics…
$569,676 spent58% of program spendingCompetition and training is the vehicle widely used to provide people with intellectual disabilities opportunities for fitness, inclusion, acceptance and leadership. Approximately, 1,907 people in north dakota participated in either a sanctioned training or competition event sponsored by sond and supported by 267 volunteer coaches. The power of sport shifts focus to what our participants can do, not what they can't. Attention to disabilities fades away. Instead, we see our athletes' talents and abilities. Our sports and competition events traditionally bring together a large and inclusive community of athletes, supporters and families, coaches, volunteers and many others. At each of these events, the experiences demonstrate purity of sports and real athletic pursuits all based upon true olympic ideals. Sond provides year-round training and competition in 11 official sports. Unified competitions are offered in the sports of bocce, soccer, volleyball and flag football. Unified sports combine people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. Special olympics north dakota has 26 unified schools across the state engaging in unified champion school strategies.
$404,643 spent42% of program spendingSond offers healthy athlete initiatives dedicated to providing health services and education to special olympics athletes, and changing the way health systems interact with people with intellectual disabilities. Through free health screenings, training for healthcare professionals, and evaluation of the health status of people with intellectual disabilities, healthy athletes has become a powerful public health organization. Since 2003, 1,930 athletes have been screened in opening eyes, special smiles, strong minds, and fun fitness and health promotion.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $974,319.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.5M (+26%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Nancy Hanson
President/CEO
Board chair
Kaia Watkins
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $176k → $306k.
9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 52% · 2019 56% · 2020 51% · 2021 61% · 2022 51% · 2023 69% — 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
40% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside North Dakota, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k 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.
Against its field
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA 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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,390,704 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($1,329,631). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,390,704 in grants to SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,329,631 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH DAKOTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 24 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