North Dakota · Nonprofit
WF Events Inc
WF Events Inc (North Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $385,500 to it, the largest being HERMAN ROBERT E CHARITABLE TR MAIN ($360,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $386k
- Net assets
- $769k
What WF Events Inc does
Mission
Provision of services to the City of West Fargo, North Dakota, its school district and park district to promote the quality of life and events for its citizens and children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization promotes and assists in the management of the West Fargo Sports Arena. WFE rents out facility space to teams and groups within the West Fargo and surrounding communities on behalf of our school district.
$387,043 spent$372,950 earned by the program18% of program spendingStage West is a community theatre project began by West Fargo Events in summer 2021. We give local artists an opportunity to perform, and our community has a chance to engage in entertainment and hands on activity surrounding the arts and culture scene. These events take place at locations all over our community.
$361,792 spent$111,031 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe organization creates, organizes, promotes, and implements public events for all ages in the surrounding communities of West Fargo. The organization utilizes 2 different City owned plazas. Examples of events include Cruise Night, Summer Concert Series, Movie Nights, Treat Street (Halloween event) and our annual community celebration WestFest. In 2024, the organization hosted 244 events.
$1,237,708 spentof which $24,613 as grants$615,766 earned by the program58% of program spendingThe organization assists in management and upkeep and also subsidizes the Plaza 32 Parking Garage near the Sheyenne 32 Plaza, to provide parking for community events that are organized, and promoted by West Fargo Events.
$149,544 spent$142,084 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,136,087.
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 2019 to 2020, from $64k to $867k (+1264%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of WF Events Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Mike Amundson
Executive Director/Secretary
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $35k → $50k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 WF Events 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
WF Events Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
WF Events Inc draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside North Dakota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WF Events Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WF Events 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WF Events 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 WF Events Inc?
- WF Events Inc (North Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $385,500 to it, the largest being HERMAN ROBERT E CHARITABLE TR MAIN ($360,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WF Events Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $385,500 in grants to WF Events Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WF Events Inc?
- HERMAN ROBERT E CHARITABLE TR MAIN is the largest funder on record, with $360,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WF Events 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.
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 3 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