OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL

EIN 41-1538896 ST JOSEPH, MN

Revenue 2024: $250,620
Expenses 2024: $248,724

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 04
Classification: 3000
Street: 134 9TH AVE SE

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL (EIN 43-0443279). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ST CLOUD OPTIMIST CLUB IS TO DEVELOP OPTIMISM AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE; TO PROMOTE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN GOOD GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC AFFAIRS; TO INSPIRE RESPECT FOR THE LAW; TO PROMOTE PATRIOTISM AND WORK FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCORD AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG ALL PEOPLE; TO AID AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH, IN THE BELIEF THAT GIVING OF ONE'S SELF IN SERVICE TO OTHERS WILL ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF HUMANKIND, COMMUNITY LIFE AND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND YOUTH PROGRAMS AROUND THE ST. CLOUD AREA.

THE ORGANIZATION ACTIVELY SUPPORTED APPROXIMATELY 5,705 YOUTH THROUGH AREA YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Expenses $248,724 · Grants $236,582

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.

Don BergerDON BERGER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Caroline LinzCAROLINE LINZ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jacki TemplinJACKI TEMPLIN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dale OklandDALE OKLAND

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jim GasperlinJIM GASPERLIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marge BatesMARGE BATES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kevin HansonKEVIN HANSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nicole Blake-BradleyNICOLE BLAKE-BRADLEY

CO-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
Buddy KingBUDDY KING

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Wanita ParkerWANITA PARKER

CO-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
Renee DingmannRENEE DINGMANN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$5,340

From this org

$5,340

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

1
Dottie SeamansDOTTIE SEAMANS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Denny HummelDENNY HUMMEL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sarah DrakeSARAH DRAKE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mark EmersonMARK EMERSON

GAMBLING MANAGER

Total calculated

$36,000

From this org

$36,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

15

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

$250,620

Expenses

$248,724

Contributions

$9,178

Grants paid

$236,582
2023

Revenue

$191,107

Expenses

$189,850

Contributions

$7,964

Grants paid

$179,131
2022

Revenue

$164,714

Expenses

$163,590

Contributions

$7,769

Grants paid

$154,030

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$250,620	$248,724	$9,178	$236,582
2023	$191,107	$189,850	$7,964	$179,131
2022	$164,714	$163,590	$7,769	$154,030

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

$179,738

Expenses

$177,273

Assets (EOY)

$106,686
2020 · 990

Revenue

$195,443

Expenses

$150,017

Assets (EOY)

$103,483
2019 · 990

Revenue

$125,568

Expenses

$124,199

Assets (EOY)

$56,559
2018 · 990

Revenue

$92,870

Expenses

$74,085

Assets (EOY)

$51,663
2017 · 990

Revenue

$121,801

Expenses

$119,450

Assets (EOY)

$33,927
2016 · 990

Revenue

$19,286

Expenses

$22,126

Assets (EOY)

$30,117
2015 · 990

Revenue

$77,649

Expenses

$75,089

Assets (EOY)

$32,957
2014 · 990

Revenue

$80,973

Expenses

$82,982

Assets (EOY)

$30,397
2013 · 990

Revenue

$121,315

Expenses

$118,146

Assets (EOY)

$41,318
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$10,062

Assets (EOY)

$37,860

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$179,738	$177,273	$106,686
2020	990	$195,443	$150,017	$103,483
2019	990	$125,568	$124,199	$56,559
2018	990	$92,870	$74,085	$51,663
2017	990	$121,801	$119,450	$33,927
2016	990	$19,286	$22,126	$30,117
2015	990	$77,649	$75,089	$32,957
2014	990	$80,973	$82,982	$30,397
2013	990	$121,315	$118,146	$41,318
2012	990	not reported	$10,062	$37,860

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

COMMUNITYGIVING

$43,500

2022 CHARITABLE PURPOSES
COMMUNITYGIVING

$41,450

2023 CHARITABLE PURPOSES
COMMUNITYGIVING

$31,800

2024 CHARITABLE PURPOSES
GREAT RIVER EDUCATIONAL ARTS THEARE

$12,100

2024 MUSICAL IN A WEEK FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH
SALVATION ARMY - ST CLOUD

$7,750

2024 SUPPORT FOOD SHELF, HOMELESS SHELTER & RED KETTLE
CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL

$7,640

2022 SUPPORT YOUTH SPORTS
GREATER ST CLOUD PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION

$7,000

2023 SUPPORT FOR BACKPACK PROGRAM
SARTELL SCHOOL DISTRICT - OAK RIDGE EARLY LEARNING CENTER

$6,000

2024 LITERACY EVENTS & LEARNING MATERIALS
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MN

$6,000

2024 SUPPORT IMAGINATION LIBRARY
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD

$5,600

2024 SUPPORT LOCAL FOODSHELF

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.