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WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION

WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being The Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$241k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$200k
Net assets
$166k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 93%
01What it does

What Word Game Players Organization does

Mission

Educational

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Current Year - We organized and ran word game educational events where hundreds of players demonstrated their skills and progress in maintaining and improving their word game abilities.

    $157,448 spentof which $90,000 as grants$240,589 earned by the program
    80% of program spending

  2. Current Year - Our second largest program service was to develop and assist in running a School Scrabble(R) program where students have in-school and after school opportunities to improve vocabulary and skills and to compete with their peers.

    $40,000 spentof which $40,000 as grants
    20% of program spending

  3. Current Year - Our third largest program service was to help to establish and maintain local word game clubs where players can create and use word lists and other educational materials to develop the various skills needed for tournament competition.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,448.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($108k) Expenses 100 ($5k) Net assets 100 ($103k)2022 Revenue 154 ($166k) Expenses 2912 ($135k) Net assets 131 ($134k)2023 Revenue 186 ($200k) Expenses 4476 ($207k) Net assets 127 ($131k)2024 Revenue 224 ($241k) Expenses 4452 ($206k) Net assets 161 ($166k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (224)Expenses (4452)Net assets (161)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $131k to $166k (+27%).

$103k
$134k
$131k
$166k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

56% of WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$103k
’21
$31k
’22
−$6k
’23
$35k
’24
9.7
months of
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.

20232024
Listed87
Joined·+3
No longer listed·4
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $100k.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION’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.

Where its funders are

WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.

DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve9.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)31% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION

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In Minnesota

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION: 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 WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION?
WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being The Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $200,000 in grants to WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION?
The Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WORD GAME PLAYERS ORGANIZATION 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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