Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC
THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,681 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($93,766). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $250k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $367k
What The Shooting Star Foundation Inc does
Mission
We are dedicated to helping children with special needs receive early-interventional therapy that can change their lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We give financial scholarships to select therapy providers working with children age 0-8 with developmental delays; to help pay for early-interventional therapy needed to help them reach their full potential. By enhancing their access to therapy at a critical period in their development, we offer children the best opportunity to engage in school programs and beyond. 2023 key accomplishments we provided scholarships and grants to four leading providers of therapy for children with special needs. 1) st. David's center, 2) fraser, 3) sora pediatric therapy, and 4) sunnydays therapy. St. David's center: during 2023, we awarded 14 new scholarship grants for $42,320 to david's center. We expect to award additional scholarships in 2024 to st. David's center and renew scholarships for 2024 for families that still qualify. Fraser: during 2023, we awarded 15 new scholarships for $34,800 to fraser. We expect to award additional scholarships in 2024 to fraser and renew scholarships for 2023 for families that still qualify. Sora pediatric therapy: during 2023, we awarded 19 new scholarships total $65,193 however, they were purchased by ivy rehabilitation in the last quarter of 2023, and…
$226,170 spentof which $194,128 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $226,170.
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 2020 to 2021, from $216k to $415k (+92%).
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.
71% of THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $49k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION 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
THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 50% · 2019 54% · 2020 49% · 2021 50% · 2022 51% · 2023 41% — 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
67% of THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION 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
86% of THE SHOOTING STAR 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 $37k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION 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 THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,681 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($93,766). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $264,681 in grants to THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHOOTING STAR FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $93,766 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHOOTING STAR 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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