Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC
THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,942 to it, the largest being THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,100,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $700k
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $319k
What The Hendrickson Foundation Inc does
Mission
The hendrickson foundation seeks to enrich the lives or individuals with disabilities, and their families, through the game of hockey. Our focus is to make hockey accessible for all who want to play the game.by supporting adaptive and warrior hockey programs' growth and participations nationwide, we aim to break barriers and promote inclusivity in the game.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The hendrickson foundation funds and supports programs that empower children, adults, and u.s. Military veterans to experience the physical, social, and emotional benefits of hockey in an inclusive, welcoming environment. We support individuals with developmental, behavioral, cognitive, medical, and/or physical disabilities, as well as veterans with combat-related injuries and/or who are otherwise disabled. Our focus includes five adaptive disciplines of hockey: sled hockey, special hockey, warrior hockey, blind hockey, and deaf/hard-of-hearing hockey. By removing barriers such as cost, access, and awareness, we help ensure everyone, regardless of ability, has the opportunity to play the game of hockey.
$577,815 spentof which $374,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $577,815.
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 $147k to $258k (+75%).
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.
72% of THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Daniel Hendrickson
Executive director
Board chair
Dave Lenzmeier
Board chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $27k → $364k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 48% · 2019 50% · 2020 51% · 2021 48% · 2022 40% · 2023 82% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
84% of THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $278k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC?
- THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,942 to it, the largest being THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,100,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,745,942 in grants to THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION INC?
- THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION 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.
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 32 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