Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$616,920

Total expenses

$637,017

Contributions and grants received

$517,083

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$99,089

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$748

Total assets, end of year

$295,148

Total liabilities, end of year

$236,143

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$59,005

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$509,031

Management and general expenses

$119,688

Fundraising expenses

$8,298

Program service expenses (Part III)

$509,031

Program services were 79.9% 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 · 2023

• FOUNDED IN 2011, THE SOMALI MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA OPENED THE DOORS OF ITS PUBLIC GALLERY IN 2013 AS NORTH AMERICA'S FIRST AND ONLY MUSEUM DEVOTED TO SOMALI CULTURE. AT LAST UPDATE, THE SOMALI MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA WAS THE ONLY MUSEUM OF SOMALI CULTURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THE SOMALI MUSEUM IS THE HOME OF TRADITIONAL SOMALI ARTS IN MINNESOTA. WE ARE A 501C3 ORGANIZATION DISPLAYING A COLLECTION OF OVER 1000 PIECES, AND OFFERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT SOMALI TRADITIONAL CULTURE THAT ARE NOT OFFERED ANYWHERE ELSE. THE SOMALI MUSEUM OFFERS AN UNRIVALED OPPORTUNITY FOR MINNESOTANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS TO ENCOUNTER AND LEARN ABOUT SOMALI TRADITIONAL CULTURE. THE SOMALI MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO USE THIS COLLECTION AS A TOOL FOR EDUCATION: MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR YOUNG SOMALIS WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THE UNITED STATES TO CONNECT WITH THEIR CULTURE, AS WELL AS MINNESOTANS OF OTHER ETHNIC HERITAGE TO ENCOUNTER SOMALI ART AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMS EXPLORE THE CHANGING ROLE OF TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE AS THE SOMALI PEOPLE MOVE ACROSS BORDERS AND TIME. BY PROMOTING THE HIGHEST FORMS OF SOMALI CREATIVITY, THE SOMALI MUSEUM BELIEVES THAT IT CAN ALSO HELP TO DIMINISH HARMFUL PREJUDICE AND MISUNDERSTANDING. THE SOMALI MUSEUM IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION. BY OFFERING CLASSES IN TRADITIONAL SOMALI CRAFTS AND CONTEMPORARY SOMALI CULTURE, THE SOMALI MUSEUM OFFERS MINNESOTA'S PREMIER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT SOMALI HERITAGE.

  Expenses $509,031 · Revenue $99,089

As filed on the 2023 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413209349315166

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