Duluth Heritage Sports Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Duluth, MN EIN: 26-3455739

To support the mission of the Duluth Heritage Sports Center, a multi-sports complex, by granting financial assistance to the Duluth Heritage Sports Center and to our areas qualifying children. The foundation will focus on eliminating barriers of participation in organized youth sports and thereby help to create equal access to organized youth sports by offsetting the cost of the related expense of participation.

Duluth Heritage Sports Center at a glance

In short: Duluth Heritage Sports Center gave $50K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $50K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$49,924
+5.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$49,924
+5.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$49,924
Total assets
$9,277,988
+10.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Minnesota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Duluth Heritage Sports Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Duluth Heritage Sports Center: $50KDuluth Heritage Sports Center$50K

The largest 2025 recipient was Duluth Heritage Sports Center ($50K).

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Duluth

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 Total only2021 Total only2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $729 (2021) to $50K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $50K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Duluth Heritage Sports Center Duluth, MNOperations$49,924
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$9,277,988$959,686$83,490$49,9241$3,970
2024$8,401,792$120,426$73,676$47,3271$7,151
2023$8,359,241$73,881$45,314$7,0841$-123
2022$8,320,964$50,566$21,172$9,394Total only—
2021$8,296,626$35,686$4,706$729Total only—
2020$8,265,646$60,160$35,147$13,6081—
2019$8,275,577$42,724$83,292$5,5451$76

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Duluth Heritage Sports Center

Based on IRS filings

Duluth Heritage Sports Center is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Duluth, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $50K. Net investment income was $4K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Duluth Heritage Sports Center is led by Jeff Stark, CEO & President on every filing since 2024; none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jeff Stark

    CEO & President

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Francisco

    Chair

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Aamodt

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Harold

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Becky McCall

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Fellman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Russel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris McMahon

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deb Messer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Demeo

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shannon Cornelius

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $8K (2019) → $0 (2025)

  • Ray Peterson

    Secretary

    Secretary → Trustee, 2023

    Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terry Scott

    Treasurer

    Treasurer → Trustee, 2023

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Chris Trapp (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Shari Olson (2020–2023) — Trustee & General
  • Former: Chelly Townsend (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Steve Kirk (2023) — General Mana
  • Former: Dave Goldberg (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Kristi Plante (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jerry Fryberger (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Mitchell Sill (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Anita Stech (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Gerald Demeo (2019–2020) — Prior President
  • Former: Richard Loraas (2019–2020) — Prior President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

No officer or director reported compensation in the available filings.

Frequently asked questions about Duluth Heritage Sports Center

How much does Duluth Heritage Sports Center give each year?

Duluth Heritage Sports Center gave $50K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $47K across 1 grant.

How large is Duluth Heritage Sports Center?

Duluth Heritage Sports Center reported $9.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $960K.

What is Duluth Heritage Sports Center?

Duluth Heritage Sports Center is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Duluth, MN. It holds $9.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Duluth Heritage Sports Center operate?

Duluth Heritage Sports Center has awarded grants in Minnesota.

What is Duluth Heritage Sports Center's EIN?

Duluth Heritage Sports Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-3455739. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 28, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 15, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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