The state Attorney General’s office announced Friday that the youth soccer charity All In Minnesota in Vadnais Heights had violated several state laws and will dissolve under a settlement.
“Irresponsible financial management and conflicted transactions of the kind we saw at All In Minnesota are extremely disappointing and risk eroding public trust in the important work done by nonprofits,” said Attorney General Keith Ellison, in a statement.
All in Minnesota was founded in 2017 by the organization’s former president, Mark Bigelbach, to help soccer players on the Minnesota Eclipse youth soccer team. After a complaint was filed, the attorney general’s office began to investigate the nonprofit charity.
In the settlement, Ellison said that the charity’s board “failed to adequately supervise the business and affairs of the organization, resulting in violations of Minnesota charities laws.”
The tax-exempt charity provided help for soccer players on the Minnesota Eclipse youth soccer team from 2017 to 2022. During that time only one board meeting was held, Ellison said.
In addition, the charity “failed to appoint a treasurer, maintain adequate books and records, or create policies and procedures to protect charitable assets as required by Minnesota law,” according to Ellison’s office.
The nonprofit also entered into conflicted transactions with Bigelbach, Ellison said, and entities founded by him, including his for-profit sports facility management company.
Ellison said the group failed to register with the attorney general’s office and in 2022, it ended charitable activities without formally dissolving.
