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“Help us Put More Sticks in Kids Hands and Make the sport
more accessible.”
We are the only Minnesota nonprofit to offer financial grants to grow new youth programs! People also praise our “Thank and Recruit A Referee” campaign, and annual “Awards Ceremony Gala”.
DONATE
Help Us Honor & Grow The Game In Minnesota
SPONSOR
Support Our Programs, Events and Youth Grants
VOLUNTEER
Give Of Your Time. There Are So Many Ways To Help
WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING…
YOU
The Minnesota lacrosse community
You, the entire lacrosse community supports our mission to honor and grow lacrosse in Minnesota. We are funded entirely by the generous donations received from club, college, high school and youth lacrosse alumni, players, their parents, coaches, officials, umpires, retailers, and really anyone who wants to see the sport grow and be honored in Minnesota. We do not count on membership fees to fund our mission.
SPONSORS
Companies that support our mission
We depend on sponsor and advertising funding to help support our missions through partnerships that are mutually beneficial and provide brand loyalty, awareness and return on investment within the lacrosse community, while helping to impact the affordability of the sport for low income kids, growing the game and honoring our best players, coaches, refs and contributors to the growth of lacrosse.
FOUNDATIONS
Charitable foundations that provide grants
There are several foundations that provide grants to nonprofits that align with their values and mission to:
1. Removed financial barriers to participation for low income kids, making sports more accessible.
2. Assist in providing sports programs and access to sports in marginalized or low income communities, making sports more equitable and divers
3.Boost self esteem, teamwork, social skills and a healthy lifestyles through sports, more opportunities to be active, play and learn the life lessons sports participation can provide in child’s development.
If you own a business. We would love for you to consider this $300 Table Sponsor donation option. it helps support our entire mission.
This is a low cost high value advertising opportunity that helps support our charity in a big way. In return for your donation, you will receive:
– a full page 8″ x 11″ color ad in the award ceremony program.
– a 8 x 11 table top ad at the table(s) you sponsor. You can sponsor more that one.
– logo recognition on the website as a supporter.
– Company name or your name on the website’s Donor Wall of Thanks.
– logo recognition on all promotional emails and social media related to the event
If you also donate a product or service for our silent and live auction, you will receive even more brand recognition as the silent auction will be viewed by the entire Lacrosse community in Minnesota.
This not a big ask and it’s quite affordable to most. We anticipate 25 tables with 150 guests attending this year’s ceremony. If we sell all 25 $300 table sponsorships, we stand to make $7,500 in donations, which is a large chuck of our projected 2026 budget.
For more information about donating or becoming a Sponsor/Advertiser, please contact Minnesota Hall of Fame, president, Mark Hellenack at 952-457-4515 or mnlaxhalloffame@gmail.com
1) New Youth Program Builder Grant …
Description: Provides funding for equipment, intro clinics and mentoring of coaches and admins.
2026 GOAL – Looking for two $1,000 grants = $2,000 total in grant money
2) Coaches Training Grant…
Description: Provides funding for coaches training at all levels.
2026 GOAL = Looking for $1,000 in grant money
3) Official & Umpire Training, Mentoring, Evaluating and Recruiting Grant…
Description: Provides a pool of fundinding for micro grants in the anount of $100 -$200 to address referee training and other needs.
2026 GOAL = Looking for $1000 in grant money
1) Awards Ceremony Gala, Hotdish, Ref Appreciation & Admin Expenses …
Description: Funds to cover printed program, award plaques, advertising/marketing expenses, facility & AV equip rental fees/food & Bev deposit, inductee & 1 guest meals, photographer and videographer.
2026 Goal – $8,000 (especially because we are adding HS and All-Americans and a National Championship College team)
2) Website, Admin & Operations Expenses..
Description: Funds to cover website annual fees and updates, volunteer staff education, marketing & travel, office supplies, bank fees, consulting fees, advertising/marketing expenses, software fees.
2026 Goal $1,400
Upper Midwest Coaches & Referee Convention – Jan 2027…
PLL Coaches Clinic in August 2026…
Sticks for Kids Equipment Drive 2026…
Description: All of these programs and events ar still in the planning stages. We know we will need funds to cover all the facility rental, advertising and marketing, and other expenses associated with a large teaching event (AV equip rental fees/food & Bev deposit, instructor meals, hotels rooms, stopends, photographer and videographer. The Equipment Drive is the leas expensive program and involves purchasing pals to store the equipment and effort to transport it.
2027 Goal – $8,000
2026 Projected Budget...
$4,000 New Program Builder grants, coaches and Referee Training grants
$1,400 website, admin & operations
$8,000 events & programs – Award Ceremony Gala, Hotdish Fundraiser Tournament, Ref Appreciation events & programs.
Total Donor Funding Needs for 2026 are $15,400
$8,000 2027 future events & programs – Coach & Ref Convention, Sticks for Kids, PLL Coaches Clinic.
Total Donor Funding Needs for 2027 are $23,400
Ways To Give:
Donations of Money, Time, Product & Service:
Give a one time or monthly donation ($5 a month equals $60 a year). Donations can be in the form of checks, credit card payments, products or services, and matching gift donations through your employer.
Be Recognized For Your Donation…When donation indicate if you would like to be recognized for your generosity on our website’s Donor & Sponsor list or you can choose to donate anonymously.
Donate $5 or more and be recognized as a “Player Level Donor”. Help fund grants awards and events.
Donate $25 or more “Team Player Level Donor”. Help fund grants, awards and events.
Donate $100 or more “All-Star Level Donor”.Help fund a Player Participation grant and have it named after you. your family or your firm.
Donate $300 or more “Table Sponsor Donor”. Help fund the Award Ceremony and our other programs and youth grants, Plus receive logo recognition for your business and ads on both our website and Award Ceremony program
Donate $500 or more “MVP Level Donor” You we receive all the benefits of a Table Sponsor Donor” plus two guest invites to the award ceremony. Your generosity helps fund the Award Ceremony, Coach and Referee Training and Recruiting, youth grants.
Donate $1,000 or more “Founders Club Level Donor”. Help fund the mission in a bigger way and have a grant or event named after you, your family or your firm along with logo, ads and max exposure all over our social media, website and printed material.plus two guest invites to the award ceremony.
Volunteer your time staffing our awards ceremony other events, be a board member or an advisor to our board, help with your legal, fundraising or marketing advise, help run a intro clinic, be a hall of fame rep for your team or association and amplify our mission, help with office work, social media posts, updating info on our website, etc.
In some cases your volunteer hours can be turned into a donation when employers have a volunteer wage give-back program like Benevity, Example: you work 10 hours on a weekend at a concessions stand at the All-Star game and your company’s giving program donates the 10 hrs x $20 an hour ($200) to the charity you worked for.
We need legal, video, photography, social media assistance, graphic design, accounting, apparel, facilities, prizes for our golf outing and all sorts of items for our silent & live auction at the awards banquet. Examples include vacation packages, lacrosse equipment, tickets to events, gift cards, golf equipment. ect.
Double your donation with A matching
Donation from your Company
How Matching Donations Work...
When someone makes a donation to an organization and has a matching gift program through their employer, the following general process typically occurs:
1. Donation Made: The individual donates to the organization
2. Matching Gift Request: After making the donation, the donor submits a request to their employer’s matching gift program. This usually involves filling out a form, which can often be done online.
3. Employer Review: The employer reviews the request to ensure that it meets their criteria (e.g., verifying that the donation was made, checking the organization’s eligibility).
4. Matching Funds Granted: If approved, the employer issues a matching gift to the organization. This matching amount is usually a percentage or up to a specific limit of the original donation.
5. Receipt and Acknowledgment: The organization typically acknowledges both the original donation and the matching contribution in their records and may send thank-you notes to the donor for the total amount received.
Planned Giving Options:
Call Hall of fame president, Mark Hellenack to discuss any of these Planned Giving Options at 952-457-4515.
(Tax Benefits) – normally when one sells securities (especially donors 70 1/2 plus) can make a donation up to 111,000 1 year tax fee with no capital gains taxes. By donating the securities directly, they have no tax liability and its considered to be a tax deductible donation
Donate a Living Legacy Gift to an event, grant or award with your family, or business name attached to it. We want to provide you with something you would be proud to associate with? Aligning with partners and donors to reach our funding goals and drive systemic change for good in the lacrosse community, we built this legacy option with leaders like you in mind. Here are some examples of things you can donate to
Grants…We are looking to fund our Youth Participation grants for low income kids ($100 ea.) and New Youth Program Builder grant ($1,000 ea.) to start youth teams. We are looking for a total of $6,000 to support these two grants in 2026.
Awards Ceremony Event… We offer naming rights/sponsorships to donors for events like the award ceremony to cover meals for all the inductees (+1) and paid guests, facility rental, award plaques, printed program, videographer, slide- show production, photographer and catering service fees. We’re looking for a total of $10,000 to cover the cost of the award ceremony in fiscal year 2026. We can offer individual event title or supporting donor options as well at a lower cost or you can support the entire event for $10,000.
Website & Administrative Expenses…. We offer website and social media exposure/sponsorship to donors in exchange for supporting our $4,000 website and administrative expenses to run the organization, ref appreciation week, hotdish, administer the grants and other programs in fiscal year 2026?
For more details contact Mark Hellenack, Hall of Fame President, at 952-457-4515.
Often referred to as a planned contribution made to a charitable organization through a person’s estate after their passing. This type of gift allows individuals to leave a lasting impact on a cause they care about, even if they may not have the means to donate significant amounts during their lifetime. If interested, please contact HOF president, Mark Hellenack at 952-457-4515. Here’s how it typically works:
1. Planning: Individuals can include a legacy gift in their estate planning documents, such as a will or trust. This can be a specific amount, a percentage of the estate, or specific assets, such as property or investments.
2. Designation: The donor designates the charitable organization to receive the gift upon their death. This is often facilitated through a legal document, ensuring that the intent is clear.
3. Impact: After the individual passes away, the estate is settled, and the designated funds or assets are transferred to the charity, providing financial support that can help the organization achieve its mission.
Legacy gifts can provide significant resources for charities and are crucial for long-term funding and sustainability. Individuals interested in making such donations often consult financial advisors or estate planners for guidance.
For more details contact Mark Hellenack, Hall of Fame President, at 952-457-4515.
This is Endowment Fund is considered a large legacy gift of $10,000 or more and usually naming rights are attached to a particular Hall of Fame grant, award, or event. Your endowment donation allows us to use the interest and or annual return on investment to fund things in perpetuity (annually).
For example a $100,000 endowment provides on average of $10,000 a year in funding assuming a 10% return on yearly investment.
For more details contact Mark Hellenack, Hall of Fame President, at 952-457-4515.
We can discuss where to invest it and the amount to be endowed.
ROUND UP PROGRAM…if you are a retailer, you can run a round up program, where customers are asked to round up their purchase to the next dollar amount at check-out. That change is then calculated at the end of each month and donated to our charity. Some grocery
For more details contact Mark Hellenack, Hall of Fame President, at 952-457-4515.
stores are able to raise $34,000 a moth for a different charity each month. The best aspect of this program is that it cost the retailer nothing and has a huge impact on the charity.
PULL TABS…If you own a restaurant or bar nad you have pull tabs yo can designate us as one of the nonprofit charities you raise money for.
For more details contact Mark Hellenack, Hall of Fame President, at 952-457-4515.
Make Checks payable To:
MN Lacrosse Hall of Fame Foundation
Mail To:
MN Lacrosse Hall of Fame Foundation
138 14th Ave. No
Hopkins, MN 55343
The Tax ID/EIN # for the Hall of Fame is 39-2176231
Use this ID # on your Tax Return when you itemize your charitable donations
For Donations over $1000 we suggest writing a check and mailing it to the address on the left or a wire transfer direct to our bank. For more details contact Hall of Fame president, Mark Hellenack at 952-457-4515
Donor Wall of Thanks…
A Big Thank To Our Donors For Supporting Our Mission…Here’s To All Our Donors, Auction Item Donors, And Winning Bidders!!!
2025 Donors…
Steve Jensen
Scott Hugdahl
Jason Severson
Rich Limpert
Judy Baxter
J Alan Childs
Linda Christensen
Jamie Kuntz
Justin Reisinger
Darcy Brenicker
Northland Lacrosse Officials Association
Upper Midwest Men’s Official Association
James Erickson
2026 Donors…
2026 List of Lax Affiliated Businesses Donors…
Tony Neumen – Dale Feste Automotive
Troy Reding – Rock Elm Tavern & Holman’s Table
2025 Auction Winners…
Ben Uzlik
Andy Kershner
Julie Carlson
Matt Dunbar
Katie Mochoruk
Evan Tornell
Dan Lescarbeau
Rick Limpert
Michael Radecki
Steve Jensen
J Alan Childs
2025 Auction Item Donors…
Marshall Moorehead – In-Play Fundraisers, bag of sweatshirts
Sam Swanson – Swannies Golf Apparel
Colin Achenbach (Golf outing)
Tony Librea – Duke Cannon (men’s toiletries)
Reed Family (Mexican vacation condo)
Lax.com (gift cert)
J Alan Childs – Flamethrower Productions (Lax History books)
Ian Flam – Northstar Lacrosse (Cascade helmet)
Mark Hellenack (Native wood sticks, old Helmet, girl’s stick & goggles and Native lax post cards)
Tom Baker – (custom Artwork)
Mark Erickson (Native stick)
Jeff Rogers – Wrecktangle Pizza (gift cert)
Harold Buck (umpire gear and pair of sticks)
Home Depot (gift card)
Capelli Sportswear ( 2 team USA jerseys)
Dawg Pack (leashes & collars)
Luke Foslien (Blanton’s bottle of bourbon)
TopGolf (prizes)
O’Shaughnessy Distillery (gift basket)
Target (gift card)
Dick’s Sporting Goods (2 gift cert)
Streaker Sports (US Lax trucker hat)
2025 Founder’s Club Donors…
Dustin Clark – Clark Financial Group (Northwest Mutual)
Kevin Dooley Family
Dave Alkire Family
Dan Pitzl – Pitzl & Pitzl CPA
Adam Falkauff Family
Mark Hellenack (board)
J. Alan Childs (board)
2026 Friends of the Hall of Fame Pledges…
Jim Reilly Former UST Coach/Dir Piper Sandler
Ian Flam (board) – Northstar Lacrosse & Pickleball
Jon Harris (board) – Apex Performance
Philip Reim – Alliance Banks
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES…
* Social Media Interns (2)
* Staff a Youth Intro to lacrosse Clinic in the inner city or outstate MN
* Be a Regional Contact Person in Minnesota and identify and let us know about folks that want to start a new youth lacrosse association in your area and help communicate with area teams about our grants and college scholarships.
* Be a Hall of Fame Representative for your team, league or association and pass on our emails and social media posts. We call this position a Communications Amplifier and need your help spreading the word about our mission with all your teammates, associates, family and friends.
* Event Coordinators for various events.
* Event Sponsorship & Marketing Coordinators for all events.
* Team Check-In Mgr for the Hotdish.
* Team Liaison & Recruiter for the Hotdish
* Announcer for Hotdish.
* Facility Liaison for events
* Registration Coordinator for Awards Ceremony, or PLL on Field Inductee honors event
* Scorekeepers for Hotdish
* Officials & Umpires for Hotdish.
* Concession workers for Hotdish.
* Serve on our Board of Directors or one of our many Committees: Inductee Selection & Voting, Hotdish, Referee Appreciation Week, and Awards Ceremony.
* General Interns (learn how a nonprofit functions). website updates, data entry, event management, ect
If you would like to help volunteer for any of these positions please fill out the online form on the right. QUESTIONS: Contact HOF President, Mark Hellenack at 952-457-4515 c or mnlaxhalloffame@gmail.com
