Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$2,472,629

Total expenses

$1,106,088

Contributions and grants received

$2,420,284

Grants paid

$102,440

Program service revenue

$47,679

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$4,666

Total assets, end of year

$2,941,438

Total liabilities, end of year

$88,810

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,852,628

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$984,297

Management and general expenses

$84,919

Fundraising expenses

$36,872

Program service expenses (Part III)

$984,297

Program services were 89.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• ACTIVATE STRATEGY AREA IS TO ACTIVATE RURAL COMMUNITY ASSETS. THE YES HOUSE IS A MULTI-USE COMMUNITY SOCIAL AND CREATIVE GATHERING SPACE CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION THROUGH AN ARTIST-LED COMMUNITY DESIGN AND BUILD PROCESS. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED AND/OR COLLABORATED ON OVER 80 EVENTS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, AND GATHERINGS. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2025. THE YES HOUSE ALSO HOSTED THE RIVER VALLEY RIPPLE ARTIST RESIDENCY, FOCUSED ON UPLIFTING AND SUPPORTING RURAL ARTISTS WITH TIME, SPACE, AND RESOURCES TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND/OR EXPAND THEIR ARTISTIC PRACTICE. ACTIVATE RURAL USES A COHORT-BASED LEARNING LAB TO CULTIVATE AND INCREASE WELCOMING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES USING AN ARTIST-LED ASSET ACTIVATION FRAMEWORK. FIVE BUILDING ACTIVATION PROJECTS IN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES WITH A POPULATION UNDER 10,000 WERE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURAL 2023-2025 PROGRAM CYCLE. ACTIVATE RURAL ALSO LAUNCHED A SERIES OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND COACHING SESSIONS TO SUPPORT CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN MINNESOTA AND BEYOND. THE ACTIVATE RURAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP SERIES SERVED OVER 1,000 UNIQUE BUSINESSES OR ENTREPRENEURS DURING 2025.

  Expenses $525,913 · Revenue $7,375

• SUPPORT STRATEGY AREA IS TO SUPPORT RURAL ARTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS. IGNITE RURAL SUPPORTS RURAL ARTISTS AND CULTURE BEARERS TO IMPLEMENT CREATIVE PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE 2025 IGNITE RURAL ARTIST COHORT SUPPORTED SIX ARTISTS AND CULTURE BEARERS BASED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 20,000 OR LESS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THE 23 NATIVE NATIONS THAT SHARE THE SAME GEOGRAPHY. FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SUPPORTS SMALL, START-UP ARTS GROUPS AND PROJECTS WORKING IN OR WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT WANT (OR ARE NOT READY) TO BECOME TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. DOPT MANAGED 63,269 IN FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FUNDS DURING 2025.

  Expenses $260,274 · Grants $102,440 · Revenue $225

• NURTURE STRATEGY AREA IS TO NURTURE THE RURAL ARTS AND CULTURE FIELD. BEYOND THE CLOCK IS A SERIES OF VIRTUAL LEARNING EXCHANGES CONNECTING AND LIFTING UP RURAL ARTISTS, CULTURE WORKERS, AND CONNECTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DOPT HOSTED 9 VIRTUAL EVENTS AND 2 IN-PERSON EVENTS AS PART OF BEYOND THE CLOCK THROUGHOUT 2025, ENGAGING OVER 180 ATTENDEES. DOPT ENGAGED IN MENTORSHIP, COACHING, AND KEYNOTE/BREAKOUT PRESENTATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. DOPT ALSO FACILITATED AND/OR PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS, COHORTS, PROGRAM DESIGN SESSIONS, ROUND TABLES, EXCHANGES, COALITIONS, AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.

  Expenses $124,758 · Revenue $36,834

• CONNECT STRATEGY AREA IS TO CONNECT RURAL MUNICIPALITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, ARTISTS, AND SYSTEMS. ENGAGE RURAL IS A DYNAMIC PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES, GUIDANCE, AND CONNECTION FOR RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AS THEY DEVELOP CREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. SUCH STRATEGIES CAN BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND STRENGTHEN LOCAL LEADERSHIP. DURING 2025, DOPT DOCUMENTED, EXPANED, AND UPDATED THE PROGRAM WITH AN EYE TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY AND APPROACHABILITY. THROUGH THE DISCOVER, CONNECT, AND DESIGN TRACKS, ENGAGE RURAL IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 20,000 OR LESS, OFFERING SERVICES THAT WILL BENEFIT PARTICIPANTS AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THEIR ARTS-BASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT JOURNEY.

  Expenses $73,352 · Revenue $7,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• MANOOMIN ARTS INITIATIVE

  $85,500

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• TREE RING RECORDS

  $10,450

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• EPHEMERAL COLLECTIVE

  $5,250

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

15 May 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202641989349300029

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