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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREAT NORTHERN WINTER FESTIVAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,027,648
Total expenses
$1,214,885
Contributions and grants received
$763,389
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$259,086
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$5,173
Total assets, end of year
$230,207
Total liabilities, end of year
$230,203
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$909,112
Management and general expenses
$164,372
Fundraising expenses
$141,401
Program service expenses (Part III)
$909,112

Program services were 74.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $126,625

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $636,764

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $34,600

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $186,686 · related or exempt $186,686

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $72,400 · related or exempt $72,400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,417

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,874

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $2,543 · excluded $2,543

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,630 · excluded $2,630

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,630

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $258,899 · program services $153,584 · management and general $29,153 · fundraising $76,162

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $186,534 · program services $110,656 · management and general $21,004 · fundraising $54,874

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,697 · program services $20,194 · management and general $3,571 · fundraising $9,932

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,890 · management and general $2,890

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,870 · management and general $36,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $184,169 · program services $164,462 · management and general $19,707

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,730 · program services $28,730

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,615 · program services $25,242 · management and general $1,373

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,263 · program services $864 · management and general $16,100 · fundraising $299

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,134 · program services $17,694 · management and general $2,440

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,676 · program services $8,652 · management and general $2,024

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $313 · management and general $179 · fundraising $134

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,298 · management and general $5,298

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM FEES

    total $191,748 · program services $191,748

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS

    total $69,495 · program services $69,495

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY RENT

    total $58,202 · program services $58,202

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSE

    total $32,265 · program services $11,134 · management and general $21,131

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $51,087 · program services $48,455 · management and general $2,632

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,143 · end of year $3,679

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $163,059 · end of year $226,528

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,961 · end of year $230,203

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $87,241 · end of year -$84,996

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $85,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GREAT NORTHERN CELEBRATES OUR COLD, CREATIVE WINTERS THROUGH TEN DAYS OF DIVERSE PROGRAMMING THAT INVIGORATE MIND AND BODY. IN AN ERA OF CHANGING CLIMATE THAT THREATENS OUR SIGNATURE SEASON, WE SEEK TO CREATE COMMUNITY, INSPIRE ACTION, AND SHARE THE RESILIENT SPIRIT OF THE NORTH WITH THE WORLD.

  • IN FY25 THE GREAT NORTHERN (TGN) CONTINUED ITS MISSION TO HOST AN ANNUAL WINTER FESTIVAL ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES, INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS, FOSTERING COMMUNITY, AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER DURING THE MOST ISOLATING TIME OF THE YEAR: MINNESOTA'S LONG, COLD WINTERS. TGN ENCOURAGES OUR AUDIENCE TO GET OUTDOORS, BUILD CONNECTIONS, STAY ACTIVE, AND CELEBRATE THE PERSPECTIVES, COMMUNITIES, CULTURES, AND ECOSYSTEMS THAT MAKE THIS REGION SPECIAL. THROUGH MULTIDISCIPLINARY EVENTS, TGN HIGHLIGHTS THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENCOURAGING AWARENESS, ACTION, AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. BY CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC, RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR AUDIENCE AND PARTNERS, WE CONTRIBUTE TO A BROADER CULTURAL SHIFT TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND COLLECTIVE CARE. TGN'S 2025 FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO CELEBRATE WHAT WINTER GIVES US, WHILE EXPLORING OUR CHANGING CLIMATE THROUGH THE LENSES OF CULTURE/HERITAGE, THE ECONOMY, AND SOCIAL EQUITY. TGN HOSTED DOZENS OF FESTIVAL EVENTS INCLUDING MEANINGFUL ARTS PRESENTATIONS, INVIGORATING OUTDOOR EVENTS, AND UNIQUE DINING EXPERIENCES. MORE THAN 50% OF THESE EVENTS WERE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE GREAT NORTHERN PRODUCED AND COPRODUCED EVENTS THAT DREW OVER 10,000 ATTENDEES INTO THE COLD TO EXPERIENCE THE FESTIVAL. THE WAY THE GREAT NORTHERN COMBINES ARTS EVENTS WITH A CLIMATE FOCUS IS UNIQUE AND TRANSFORMATIVE. OUR ATTENDEES CAN EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF WINTER ON A CELLULAR LEVEL AND BE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO PRESERVE IT. THE FESTIVAL'S CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SERIES FEATURED A DOZEN IN-PERSON CONVERSATIONS THAT INVESTIGATED CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVOCACY FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES. THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE ATTENDED BY OVER 1,500 PEOPLE. OUR OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING REMAINS THE MOST POPULAR WITH MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. IN 2025, IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE INCREASED OUR FAMILY PROGRAMMING WITH FAMILY PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE FESTIVAL. TGN'S FAMILY PROGRAMMING DREW OVER 1,500 ATTENDEES AND WILL BE A MAINSTAY OF THE FESTIVAL. OUR DANCE PERFORMANCES, LIVE MUSIC, AND VISUAL ART EXPERIENCE DREW NEARLY 2,000 ATTENDEES. IN THE LEAD-UP TO AND DURING THE GREAT NORTHERN'S 2025 FESTIVAL, WE SECURED DOZENS OF PIECES OF COVERAGE THAT GARNERED MILLIONS OF ESTIMATED VIEWS.

    Expenses $909,112 · Revenue $259,086

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kate Nordstrum

    CHIEF PROG.

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jovan Rebollar

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $135,000
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eric Dayton

    PRESIDENT/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Maxine Bedat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carson Kipfer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jothsna Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Newsom Joined 1124

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Zimmern Joined 1124

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202620489349301707

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