SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

625 MARQUETTE AVE STE 900

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Mission and programs · 2025

• SPORTS AND TRAINING: IN 2025, MORE THAN 6,900 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA ATHLETES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN 21 SPORTS AT 23 INVITATIONAL, 31 REGIONAL, AND 20 STATE MEETS AND TOURNAMENTS, TOTALING MORE THAN 20,000 COMPETITION EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ATHLETES TRAIN EIGHT WEEKS FOR COMPETITIONS AND COMPETE IN SKILLS-BASED COMPETITIONS AND FULL SPORTS. ADDITIONALLY, SPECIAL OLYMPICS OFFERS UNIFIED COMPETITIONS WHICH PAIR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES WITH PARTNERS WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. MORE THAN 1,000 UNIFIED PARTNERS COMPETED ALONGSIDE TEAMMATES - ATHLETES WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN 2025.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ATHLETES ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND TRAIN USING EXTENSIVELY CODIFIED RULES AND REGULATIONS. DUE TO A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITIES, ATHLETES ARE DIVISION INTO CATEGORIES OF SIMILAR SKILL LEVEL AND ARE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE. ATHLETES WHO MAY NOT BE READY OR ABLE TO COMPETE IN FULL SPORTS COMPETITIONS, PARTICIPATE IN SKILLS-BASED COMPETITIONS WHICH BREAK SPORTS DOWN INTO BASIC COMPONENTS.RECREATIONAL SPORTS CONTINUES TO GROW AS AN EIGHT-WEEK TRAINING MODEL. THIS ALLOWS TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SOCCER, WALKING CLUB, AND CORNHOLE THAT MAY INTEREST THE TEAM BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITION THAT SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA OFFERS WHILE STILL HAVING THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA STAFF. IN 2025 THERE WERE OVER 11,200 RECREATIONAL SPORT EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $6,842,955

• YOUTH AND SCHOOLS: YOUNG ATHLETES IS AN INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE SPORTS PLAY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE WORLD OF SPORTS PRIOR TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS ELIGIBILITY AT AGE EIGHT. SPECIAL OLYMPICS NOW WELCOMES FUTURE ATHLETES AGES 2-7 THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND INCLUSIVE PLAY PROGRAM BY PURSUING THESE GOALS: ENGAGE CHILDREN THROUGH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FOSTER PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; WELCOME FAMILY MEMBERS OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS NETWORK OF SUPPORT; RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES THROUGH INCLUSIVE PEER PARTICIPATION, DEMONSTRATIONS AND OTHER EVENTS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN 2025 YOUNG ATHLETES REACHED 4,000 PARTICIPANTS IN MINNESOTA, RESULTING IN OVER 33,000 EXPERIENCES FOR THESE PARTICIPANTS.SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING THE UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AT THE END OF 2025, SOMN WAS WORKING WITH 418 SCHOOLS CONSIDERED "UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS" - A NUMBER THAT IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING. SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS PROGRAM IS AN EDUCATION AND SPORTS BASED STRATEGY POWERED BY AN ENGAGED YOUTH COMMUNITY THAT INCREASES ATHLETIC AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, WHILE CREATING COMMUNITIES OF ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL. IT IS A STRATEGY TO ACTIVATE YOUTH, ENGAGE EDUCATORS AND PROMOTE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OF ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION WHERE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE.THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF A UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOL. UNIFIED SPORTS ALLOW SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN INCLUSIVE SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES. INCLUSIVE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH VOICES TO BE HEARD THROUGH ENGAGING TOGETHER IN AN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL-RECOGNIZED CLUB AND BY PARTICIPATING IN YOUTH SUMMITS. WHOLE SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT PROVIDES BULLYING PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS AND INCLUSIVE PROMOTION INITIATIVES THAT REACH ENTIRE SCHOOL POPULATIONS THROUGH ENGAGING, INSPIRING AND OPTIMISTIC EVENTS. ALL THREE AREAS ARE CRUCIAL TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF A SCHOOL TOWARDS INCLUSION. IN 2025, SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA'S UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS PROGRAMMING RESULTED IN 852,000 EXPERIENCES!

  Expenses $1,442,358

• HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP: THE HEALTH PROGRAMS INITIATIVE WAS CREATED TO INCLUDE THE THREE ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS WITHIN SPECIAL OLYMPICS. FIRST, THE HEALTHY ATHLETES INITIATIVE, WHICH OFFERS HEALTH AND NUTRITION SCREENINGS AND EDUCATION TO PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA HEALTHY ATHLETES PROGRAM COMPLETED 2,836 SCREENINGS (FIT FEET, FUN FITNESS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTHY HEARING, OPENING EYES, MED FESTS, STRONG MINDS AND SPECIAL SMILES). THE SECOND ASPECT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS IS THE PERFORMANCE STATION INITIATIVE, WHICH OFFERS NEW EDUCATIONAL AND FITNESS EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ATHLETES, COACHES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS; EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELLNESS AND SPORT PERFORMANCE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE FINAL COMPONENTS OF HEALTH PROGRAMS IS THE SOFIT & FIT 5 HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVES. SOFIT IS A REPEATABLE, EIGHT WEEK, UNIFIED TEAM APPROACH TO WELLNESS THAT AIMS TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. SOFIT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY AND SPACE FOR EDUCATION ABOUT, AND PRACTICE OF, WELLNESS IN ALL FORMS. FIT 5 IS A TOOL AND RESOURCE COACHES CAN INCLUDE DURING THEIR PRACTICES TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND FOR ATHLETES TO USE AT HOME TO PRACTICE POSITIVE HEALTH BEHAVIORS, TRACK THEIR PROGRESS & FEEL EMPOWERED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH. IN 2025 THESE FITNESS PROGRAMS HAD 6,331 EXPERIENCES. ATHLETES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ATHLETE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WHERE ATHLETE VOICES ARE NOT ONLY HEARD, BUT THEY ARE AMPLIFIED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MN ORGANIZATION. THROUGH THE ATHLETE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, ATHLETES TAKE ON A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. EXAMPLES OF THOSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS INCLUDE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, ASSISTANT COACHES, A MEMBER OF A BOARD/COMMITTEE, AND VOLUNTEERING.

  Expenses $570,693

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $13,208,237

  Expenses

  $12,100,218

  Contributions

  $12,952,225

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $10,865,342

  Expenses

  $10,575,898

  Contributions

  $10,647,086

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,699,700

  Expenses

  $9,138,410

  Contributions

  $9,233,277

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,481,322

  Expenses

  $7,700,568

  Contributions

  $10,669,536

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $6,797,730

  Expenses

  $5,063,245

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,674,309

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,995,227

  Expenses

  $5,483,520

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,485,125

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,579,996

  Expenses

  $7,434,889

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,835,978

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,970,187

  Expenses

  $6,995,700

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,188,758

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,818,440

  Expenses

  $6,699,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,440,858

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,124,191

  Expenses

  $6,344,691

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,908,837

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,587,481

  Expenses

  $6,399,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,349,897

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,175,478

  Expenses

  $5,750,502

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,382,514

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,634,834

  Expenses

  $5,198,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,890,649

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC

  $1,831,179

  2024 · PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC

  $1,439,775

  2022 · PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC

  $1,375,612

  2023 · PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $199,957

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $156,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $149,872

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $138,900

  2022 · HEALTH

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $137,618

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $130,160

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $128,870

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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