Optimist International
EIN 41-1538896 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 4 grants · $34.8k
Who it funds most
3 of its 15 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Optimist International's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 15 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202530279349301468
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $106.1k | — | $189.8k |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $110.8k | — | $163.6k |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202620449349300802 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202530279349301468 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202420799349300617 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202330819349300303 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202210469349300701 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202130429349300813 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202030299349300428 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201920329349300917 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Optimist International made 26 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $331.4k as filed.
- Grants
- 26
- Total, as filed
- $331.4k
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITYGIVING | 8 | $199.6k |
| ST CLOUD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 742 | 1 | $18.0k |
| CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL | 2 | $14.2k |
| GREAT RIVER EDUCATIONAL ARTS THEARE | 1 | $12.1k |
| ST CLOUD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC | 1 | $10.0k |
| SALVATION ARMY - ST CLOUD | 1 | $7.8k |
| GREATER ST CLOUD PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION | 1 | $7.0k |
| SAUK RAPIDS-RICE SCHOOL DISTRICT ISD47 | 1 | $6.4k |
| LOCAL EDUCATION & ACTIVITIES FOUNDATION | 1 | $6.1k |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | 1 | $6.0k |
| SARTELL SCHOOL DISTRICT - OAK RIDGE EARLY LEARNING CENTER | 1 | $6.0k |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MN | 1 | $6.0k |
| CENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | 1 | $5.7k |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD | 1 | $5.6k |
| ANNA MARIES SHELTER | 1 | $5.5k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | $35.0k |
| 2018 | 2 | $11.2k |
| 2019 | 1 | $25.5k |
| 2020 | 3 | $34.4k |
| 2021 | 7 | $51.0k |
| 2022 | 2 | $51.1k |
| 2023 | 2 | $48.5k |
| 2024 | 7 | $74.7k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-411538896. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified