North Star Community Rowing
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
North Star Community Rowing empowers individuals, transforms lives and builds community through the sport of rowing. NSCR promotes diversity and inclusion in the sport of rowing by expanding access to two populations who traditionally have been excluded from the sport. Our programs create recreation opportunities for Minneapolis youth and adults beyond those that are currently available, particularly youth from under-served communities and individuals with physical disabilities.
- Income
- $55,214
- Spending
- $64,790
- Reserves
- 13.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
- Highest pay
- $10,147, program director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (youth development, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 13.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 7% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 17% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ North Star Community Rowing (NSCR) provided adaptive and community rowing programming to 37 individuals through 99 total enrollments across five program offerings in 2025: three Indoor Rowing sessions, one Race Training session, and one Summer on-the-water Rowing session. Approximately 70% of participants were Adaptive athletes or U.S. Veterans; core constituencies included older adults with disabilities and individuals lacking financial access to private rowing clubs. Indoor Rowing was held at Base Camp in Fort Snelling/Bloomington, MN, in partnership with Northern Star Scouting, totaling 29 weeks and 664 programming hours (up 62% from 2024). On-the-water and Race Training programs were held at Silverwood Park/Silver Lake in St. Anthony, MN, in partnership with Three Rivers Park District, serving 9 athletes at the Minneapolis Sprints Regatta and generating 233 training hours. NSCR expanded its equipment inventory with a donated trailer and five rowing shells, and added a half-time Program Director effective July 1, 2025. Volunteers contributed 486 hours of program support.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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