Never Surrender Inc
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Never Surrender Inc at a glance
In short: Never Surrender Inc gave $953K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $476K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $952,997
- -52.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- -50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $476,499
- -5.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $476,499
- Total assets
- $2,763,898
- +30.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (98% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Never Surrender Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Massachusetts General Hospital ($932K). Together the top 2 received $953K.
Grant Size Distribution
11 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 3 grants of 11 (27%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Never Surrender Inc gives
- Giving fell 29% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $371K (2023) to $2.0M (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $953K.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | — | $932,000 |
| Essentia Health Minneapolis, MN | — | $20,997 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,763,898 | $2,818,004 | $2,172,872 | $952,997 | 2 | $58,046 |
| 2024 | $2,117,580 | $2,699,557 | $3,084,120 | $2,022,000 | 4 | $29,573 |
| 2023 | $2,533,337 | $2,821,582 | $1,496,725 | $371,035 | 3 | $18,404 |
| 2022 | $1,169,992 | $2,541,000 | $2,265,031 | $1,335,000 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | $900,085 | $1,724,534 | $1,653,475 | $1,126,000 | 1 | — |
| 2020 | $821,848 | $1,857,739 | $1,068,657 | $400,000 | Total only | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Never Surrender Inc
Based on IRS filings
Never Surrender Inc is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Hermantown, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $953K. Net investment income was $58K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Never Surrender Inc is led by David Kolquist, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
David Kolquist
President
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Hartel
Board
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Solon
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Thoreson
Secretary
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Herrold
Board
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Jensen
Board
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristen Thoen-Hrbek
Board
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Rostad
Board
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (6)
- Former: Amber Erickson (2023–2024) — Board
- Former: Blake Kolquist (2020–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Cullen Flaherty (2020) — Board
- Former: Dale Klapmeier (2020) — Board
- Former: Pete Gassert (2020) — Board
- Former: Terry Steinbach (2020) — Board
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Never Surrender Inc
How much does Never Surrender Inc give each year?
Never Surrender Inc gave $953K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.0M across 4 grants.
How large is Never Surrender Inc?
Never Surrender Inc reported $2.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.8M.
What is Never Surrender Inc?
Never Surrender Inc is a public charity focused on Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, based in Hermantown, MN. It holds $2.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Never Surrender Inc operate?
Never Surrender Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts, Minnesota.
What is Never Surrender Inc's EIN?
Never Surrender Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-4092520. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 15, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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