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THIELEN FOUNDATION INC

EIN 82-5085997 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Revenue 2024
$1,203,423
Expenses 2024
$597,634

Program services were 92.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
314 1ST AVE N STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE THIELEN FOUNDATION HAS BEEN FORMED TO HELP SERVE, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE THOSE IN NEED. WITH AN OVERARCHING THEME ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, THE THIELEN FOUNDATION AIMS TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT WILL EQUIP AND EMPOWER KIDS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADAM THIELEN IS AN AMERICAN FOOTBALL WIDE RECEIVER WHO PLAYS IN THE NFL FOR THE CAROLINA PANTHERS. TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE, CAITLIN, AND SONS, ASHER AND HUDSON, THE THIELEN FOUNDATION HAS BEEN FORMED TO HELP SERVE, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE THOSE IN NEED. WITH AN OVERARCHING THEME ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, THE THIELEN FOUNDATION AIMS TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT WILL EQUIP AND EMPOWER KIDS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN LIFE.

  • HERE AT THE THIELEN FOUNDATION, WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF SPORT. THE POWER OF SPORT CAN CHANGE OUR SOCIETY BY SHOWCASING OUR DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES AND HOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO ACHIEVE A GREATER GOAL. WE ALSO BELIEVE THE ZIP CODE YOU ARE BORN IN SHOULD NOT DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE POTENTIAL WHICH IS WHY WE DEVELOPED THE #CHANGETHRUSPORT CAMPAIGN. THE #CHANGETHRUSPORT PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED IN 2020 TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE THIELEN FOUNDATION BOLDLY PUTS ITS PASSION INTO ACTION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, MUCH NEEDED SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND APPAREL, ALONG WITH HOPE AND INSPIRATION FOR YOUTH TO DREAM BIG AND ATTAIN THEIR GOALS ON AND OFF THE PLAYING FIELD AND SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE. IN 2024, THIELEN FOUNDATION TOOK ON TWO NEW PARTNER HIGH SCHOOLS, ONE IN ST. PAUL, MN (COMO HS) AND ONE IN CHARLOTTE, NC (MALLARD CREEK HS) -- AND DID A COMPLETE MAKEOVER OF THEIR WEIGHT ROOMS AND ADDED THEIR SCHOOLS TO OUR LEGACY PROGRAM OF GIVING $50,000 IN 5 - $1,000 STUDENT ATHLETES SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUALLY, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. TO DATE, THE THIELEN FOUNDATION HAS DONATED TO YOUTH ATHLETIC TEAMS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE IN DIRE NEED OF FUNDING AND EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THEIR PROGRAMMING UP AND TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT TRAINING, DISCIPLINE AND POSITIVE CHARACTER BUILDING THROUGH COACHING

    Expenses $406,971 · Grants $315,182

  • THIELEN FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY IN CHARLOTTE, NC TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TOWARDS RENT AND ALSO A CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE WHERE FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO 'SHOP' FOR COATS AND TOYS. THIELEN FOUNDATION DONATED $45,000 TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN NEED IN PARTNERSHIP, INCREASING THE THIELEN FOUNDATION'S HOLIDAY GIVING PROGRAM THAT IS RAN ANNUALLY IN MINNESOTA WITH SALVATION ARMY (AN ADDITIONAL $10,000) FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.

    Expenses $45,000 · Grants $45,000

  • TF DONATED $100,000 TO THE COMPLETION OF ZANEWOOD YOUTH RECREATION CENTER. THE BROOKLYN PARK COMMUNITY DID NOT HAVE A FACILITY FOR YOUTH TO EXIST IN AND HAVE PROGRAMS FOR RECREATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THIS DONATION FROM THIELEN FOUNDATION WILL OFFER FINISHING TOUCHES SUCH AS BLEACHERS IN THE GYM SPACE AND MORE AREAS FOR YOUTH TO GATHER IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Adam Thielen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Caitlin Thielen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Lukas Inveiss

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,203,423
    Expenses
    $597,634
    Contributions
    $846,427
    Grants paid
    $460,182
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,223,984
    Expenses
    $441,040
    Contributions
    $891,346
    Grants paid
    $348,603
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,495,703
    Expenses
    $1,615,253
    Contributions
    $1,639,396
    Grants paid
    $1,503,460

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,149,824
    Expenses
    $573,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,164,292

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,893
    Expenses
    $560,465
    Assets (EOY)
    $357,010

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $592,956
    Expenses
    $272,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $492,582

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $248,893
    Expenses
    $76,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $171,989

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • V3 SPORTS

    $250,000

    2022 V3 CENTER, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FACILITY IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS

  • MASONIC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

    $200,000

    2022 TO UPGRADE WORKOUT ROOM FOR BEHAVIORAL YOUTH HEALTH PATIENTS

  • HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL

    $169,293

    2022 AID TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

  • URBAN VENTURES

    $150,000

    2022 AID TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

  • NEXUS-GERARD FAMILY HEALING

    $150,000

    2022 HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND RECREATION INITIATIVES

  • SALVATION ARMY - NORTHERN DIVISION HQ

    $105,064

    2022 AID TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

  • SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND

    $100,000

    2022 AID TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

  • NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE

    $100,000

    2022 OFFERS SUPPORT TO CHILDREN OF COLOR AND THEIR FAMILIS ON THE NORTHSIDE TO ENSURE SCHOLARS GRADUATE FROM HS AND READY FOR COLLEGE

  • CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK

    $100,000

    2024 TEEN CENTER - EQUIPMENT AND PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH THAT PROMOTE PHYSICAL FITNESS

  • JOHNSON FITNESS & WELLNESS

    $59,582

    2023 FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR A NEWLY RENOVATED WEIGHT ROOM AT RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TO ASSURE SAFETY AND WELLNESS OF STAFF, ATHLETES, COACHES, AND STUDENT BODY

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.