2025-09-26T10:59:34-05:00 2024-12-31 411360831 OLSEN THIELEN & CO LTD 2675 LONG LAKE ROAD ROSEVILLE MN 551131117 990EZ 2024-01-01 411928659 LEWIS SPORTS FOUNDATION LEWI 9529412791 10116 IVYWOOD COURT EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347 LEO E LEWIS III PRESIDENT 9529412791 2025-09-15 1 0 RYAN VETTRUS CPA P01243596 6514834521 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X HTTP://LEWISSPORTSFOUNDATION.COM/ X X 130499 X 68714 800 73 54981 41636 13345 5931 88863 16967 24909 204 26103 68183 20680 67864 0 88544 67864 88544 67864 88544 0 0 67864 88544 X TO PROVIDE YOUTH WITH THE TOOLS TO DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. WITH THE HELP OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, THE LEWIS SPORTS FOUNDATION EXPERIENCED REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN 2024. CONSEQUENTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO FOSTER NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH DONORS AND FRIENDS. WE GREW WITH OUR INITIATIVE AND REACHED MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS, WE CARRIED OUT OUR MISSION THROUGH OUR YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND OUR PROGRAMS. WE MANAGED A FOOTBALL CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION. FIFTY YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOYED A GREAT DAY OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE SKILLS MANAGED BY FORMER PROFESSIONALS AND COLLEGE PLAYERS. WE RAN OUR CROSS SKILLS CHALLENGE AT FIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUPPORT ITS PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. THIS CO-EDUCATIONAL AND MULTI-SPORT EVENT SET THE STAGE FOR STATE-WIDE COMPETITION TO BE SCHEDULED IN 2025.ONCE AGAIN, WE MANAGED THE CHURCH OLYMPICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION TO OFFER SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES TO OVER 100 CHURCH MEMBERS REPRESENTING OVER 10 CHURCHES IN THE TWIN CITIES. PARTICIPANTS FROM 5-75 YEARS OLD APPEARED TO VALUE THE TIME SPENT DEMONSTRATING GOOD EFFORT AND FUN ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHURCH. OVER 70 STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATED IN OUR ACADEMIC COACH PROGRAM LOCATED AT ST. PAUL JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IN WOODBURY. OUR ACADEMIC COACHES SUPPORT THE LIFE SKILLS AND ACADEMIC NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS WORKING PRIMARILY ON GRADUATION GOALS.OUR GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTED OVER 45 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE ATTRACTION TO OUR SUPPORT PROGRAM RESULTED IN MEETING THE OVERWHELMING NEEDS OF OUR RECIPIENTS. OVER $16,000 WAS DEDICATED TO THESE PROGRAMS.LSF HELD ITS ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER AND GOLF EVENT AT MINNESOTA VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB. THE DINNER RECOGNIZED PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMS AND HONORED INDIVIDUALS WHO DEMONSTRATED STRONG COMMITMENTS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WAS GIVEN TO AUTHOR FRANK WHITE FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE RONDO AREA OF ST. PAUL AND HIS PUBLICATION CHRONICLING AFRICAN AMERICAN BASEBALL IN MINNESOTA. THE 22ND YEAR OF THE LEO LEWIS CELEBRITY GOLF CLASSIC HOSTED 150 GOLFERS INCLUDING SEVERAL RETIRED MINNESOTA VIKINGS. INCLUDED IN OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, WE ENJOYED VISITING WITH MINNESOTA VIKINGS FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE WATCH PARTIES WITH FOOTBALL FANS ENABLED US TO MARKET THE SUCCESS OF THE FOUNDATION TO POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS RESULTING IN EARNING MORE RAISING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OUR GRANTS AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING. THE LEWIS SPORTS FOUNDATION IS EXCITED TO SECURE DATES FOR THE 2025 PLANNING YEAR. AFTER A PROSPEROUS 2024, PLEASE CONSIDER US IN YOUR YEAR-END GIVING AND/OR PLANNED BUDGETING. WITH YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR EFFORTS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE AND EXPANDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS! 16967 44566 44566 LEO E LEWIS PHD PRESIDENT 5.00 0 0 0 DENNIS WARE DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 CATHERINA KIPPER DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 ERIC BERG DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 KRISTIN ROGERS DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 CEDRIC KEY DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 MARC LEWIS DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 PAUL STONE DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 STACY LEWIS VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS 5.00 0 0 0 JOHN BENNETT SENIOR DIRECTOR 2.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN LEO E LEWIS III 10116 IVYWOOD COURT EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347 9529412791 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 9836 57622 77575 56246 68714 269993 360 990 68260 55781 125391 9836 57982 78565 124506 124495 395384 0 0 0 395384 9 84 11 73 177 9 84 11 73 177 950 2286 5931 9167 10786 57991 78649 126803 130499 404728 0.97690 0.78070 0.00040 0.00030 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED GOLF 72181 17200 54981 41636 72181 17200 54981 41636 41636 13345 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INTEREST INCOME. AMOUNT: 73. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 - OTHER REVENUE DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 5,931. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: GRANT. GRANTEE NAME: SPORTS RELATED GRANTS UNDER $5000 EACH. GRANTEE RELATIONSHIP: NONE. AMOUNT GIVEN: 16,967. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 2,560. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 5,969. DESCRIPTION: SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 351. DESCRIPTION: BUSINESS FEES. AMOUNT: 14,711. DESCRIPTION: FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT. AMOUNT: 292. DESCRIPTION: APPAREL. AMOUNT: 2,047. DESCRIPTION: TECHNOLOGY. AMOUNT: 173. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 26,103. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.