Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,296,796

Total expenses

$757,204

Contributions and grants received

$1,244,325

Grants paid

$74,166

Program service revenue

$51,526

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$945

Total assets, end of year

$1,561,854

Total liabilities, end of year

$75,767

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,486,087

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$615,410

Management and general expenses

$94,031

Fundraising expenses

$47,763

Program service expenses (Part III)

$615,410

Program services were 81.3% 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 · 2024

• 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 EVENTS AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN STAFF CAPACITY AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, INCLUDING ORGANIZING AND/OR COLLABORATING ON OVER 50 EVENTS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, AND GATHERINGS. CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2024. THE YES HOUSE ALSO LAUNCHED THE INAUGURAL 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 HAD OVER 980 REGISTRATIONS DURING 2024.

  Expenses $347,483 · Revenue $2,130

• 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 2024 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 3,188 AND 177,341 IN FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FUNDS DURING 2023 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY.

  Expenses $196,640 · Grants $74,166

• 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 11 BEYOND THE CLOCK EVENTS THROUGHOUT 2024, ENGAGING OVER 175 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 $62,352 · Revenue $42,396

• CONNECT STRATEGY AREA IS TO CONNECT RURAL MUNICIPALITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, ARTISTS, AND SYSTEMS. RURAL CIVIC ARTS PARTNERSHIP IS A DYNAMIC PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS RURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COLLABORATE ON CREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR STRONGER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TRANSFORMATIVE SYSTEMS CHANGE. DURING 2024, DOPT WAS ENGAGED BY THE SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE A CONSULTATION AND A CURATED WORKSHOP SERIES TO ADAPT ARTS-LED APPROACHES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE/AFFORDABLE HOUSING SECTOR. ADDITIONALLY, DOPT WORKED TOWARD DOCUMENTING, EXPANDING, AND UPDATING THE PROGRAM WITH AN EYE TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY AND APPROACHABILITY. THE PROGRAM WILL BE REBRANDED AS ENGAGE RURAL IN 2025 TO BETTER REFLECT ITS FOCUS ON ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT, AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $8,935 · Revenue $7,000

As filed on the 2024 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MANOOMIN ARTS INITIATIVE

  $66,500

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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