Special Olympics Minnesota Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

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!

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
• Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings