Minnesota · Nonprofit
US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC
US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,948 to it, the largest being AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $226k
What US Backgammon Foundation Inc does
Mission
Provide and advance the education of the skill-based game of backgammon to institutions, clubs and individuals
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Backgammon For Everyone offers new players the opportunity to learn the game in a 2 day workshop, and experience tournament play in a non-threatening environment. Workshops are held concurrently with major US tournaments.
$5,000 spent50% of program spendingNational Championship -
$5,000 spent50% of program spendingWomen in Backgammon - The Federation works with Women's World of Backgammon to establish and promote women-only competitions, both online and at major tournaments. This effort is backed primarily with volunteers.
$100 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,100.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Karen Davis
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $600.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 US BACKGAMMON 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
US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 89% · 2022 99% · 2023 83% — 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
94% of US BACKGAMMON 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 $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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.
Against its field
US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $54k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like US BACKGAMMON 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.
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC?
- US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,948 to it, the largest being AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $53,948 in grants to US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US BACKGAMMON FOUNDATION INC?
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US BACKGAMMON 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.
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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 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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