Totals
- Total revenue
- $85,392,186
- Total expenses
- $74,224,936
- Contributions and grants received
- $56,751,467
- Grants paid
- $7,620,941
- Program service revenue
- $9,296,851
- Investment income
- $17,690,979
- Other revenue
- $1,652,889
- Total assets, end of year
- $349,295,518
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $13,947,071
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $335,348,447
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $57,620,625
- Management and general expenses
- $14,201,054
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,403,257
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $57,620,625
Program services were 77.6% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$645,595
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$51,348,817
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,757,055
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$187,225
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $2,952,577 · related or exempt $2,952,577 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2b · Program service revenue: Contract Service Fees
total $2,175,467 · related or exempt $2,175,467 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2c · Program service revenue: Publications
total $1,556,936 · related or exempt $1,556,936 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2d · Program service revenue: Museum Program Fees
total $1,270,045 · related or exempt $1,270,045 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2e · Program service revenue: Memberships
total $657,584 · related or exempt $657,584 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $684,242 · related or exempt $441,026 · unrelated business $243,216 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $3,360,160 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $3,360,160
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $37,163,390 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $22,832,571 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $14,330,819 · other assets $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $14,330,819 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $14,330,819
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$2,528,855
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$1,265,381
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $1,263,474 · related or exempt $1,263,474 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Event Services
total $389,415 · related or exempt $53,585 · unrelated business $335,830 · excluded $0
-
11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$389,415
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $7,620,941 · program services $7,620,941
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $810,390 · program services $237,065 · management and general $573,325 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $26,792,000 · program services $19,760,544 · management and general $5,700,101 · fundraising $1,331,355
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $1,626,872 · program services $1,203,945 · management and general $342,223 · fundraising $80,704
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $6,338,501 · program services $4,623,057 · management and general $1,400,907 · fundraising $314,537
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,992,373 · program services $1,448,303 · management and general $448,131 · fundraising $95,939
-
11a · Fees: management
total $169,450 · program services $169,450 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $132,797 · program services $8,423 · management and general $89,204 · fundraising $35,170
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $46,865 · program services $0 · management and general $46,865 · fundraising $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $50,000 · program services $0 · management and general $50,000 · fundraising $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $275,777 · program services $197,398 · management and general $10,799 · fundraising $67,580
-
11g · Fees: other
total $9,452,247 · program services $7,563,337 · management and general $1,781,179 · fundraising $107,731
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $960,245 · program services $124,699 · management and general $835,546 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $1,357,510 · program services $1,163,890 · management and general $98,988 · fundraising $94,632
-
14 · Information technology
total $1,941,202 · program services $239,814 · management and general $1,701,388 · fundraising $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $111,558 · program services $111,558 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $6,085,575 · program services $5,948,649 · management and general $124,755 · fundraising $12,171
-
17 · Travel
total $507,631 · program services $446,505 · management and general $43,682 · fundraising $17,444
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $609,883 · program services $465,962 · management and general $76,200 · fundraising $67,721
-
20 · Interest
total $648 · program services $74 · management and general $564 · fundraising $10
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,690,994 · program services $2,584,047 · management and general $105,719 · fundraising $1,228
-
23 · Insurance
total $308,963 · program services $0 · management and general $308,963 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Printing
total $958,924 · program services $711,735 · management and general $80,056 · fundraising $167,133
-
24b · Other expenses: Repairs
total $727,329 · program services $586,531 · management and general $140,798 · fundraising $0
-
24c · Other expenses: Buildings & Improvements
total $705,885 · program services $705,885 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24d · Other expenses: Utilities
total $650,913 · program services $571,482 · management and general $79,431 · fundraising $0
-
24e · All other expenses
total $1,299,463 · program services $1,127,331 · management and general $162,230 · fundraising $9,902
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $6,565,226 · end of year $2,184,476
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,387,043 · end of year $4,565,426
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $35,732,670 · end of year $38,328,421
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,958,308 · end of year $1,148,086
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $1,342,362 · end of year $1,490,284
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $342,551 · end of year $663,133
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$161,010,871
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$50,619,175
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $112,665,619 · end of year $110,391,696
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $152,003,496 · end of year $172,960,706
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $23,112,824 · end of year $17,168,146
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $377,721 · end of year $395,144
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $12,871,070 · end of year $12,780,182
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,073,686 · end of year $1,166,889
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $147,898,891 · end of year $144,108,624
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $176,644,173 · end of year $191,239,823
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves, and tells the story of Minnesota's past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and print and online publishing.
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Historic Sites and Museums: MNHS operates 26 historic sites and museums throughout the state that allow people to access history through programs, exhibits, and tours. More than 826,600 visitors explored MNHS sites in FY25. Mill City Museum, Minnesota History Center, and Split Rock Lighthouse were the most-visited sites. The Minnesota History Center welcomed Girlhood (It's complicated), a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution, which showed how girls have spoken up, challenged expectations, and been on the front lines of social change. In addition to the traveling exhibit, the MNHS exhibits department developed a local component focused on girls' basketball called Minnesota (where girls shoot hoops). Split Rock Lighthouse initiated a restoration project to improve accessibility and provide visitors with an enhanced experience at the historic site. The project, which began in April, includes improvements to existing pathways and restoring historic circulation patterns within the historic core.
Expenses $19,761,661 · Revenue $6,821,759
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Education, Outreach, and Content Development: MNHS develops Minnesota history curriculum, provides teacher education, and coordinates the Minnesota History Day Program. Approximately 19,000 students from around Minnesota participated in History Day, with 59 students representing Minnesota in the national competition. Those students were awarded 4 medals, 5 finalists, and 7 honorable mentions. MNHS is making significant progress in the revising of Northern Lights, a print and digital curriculum used by more than 90% of sixth grade students in the state, and expects to publish the third edition of Northern Lights in 2026. MNHS Press published 13 new titles and sold more than 100,000 units in FY25. The Digital Products and Production team received an Upper Midwest Emmy in the Historical/Cultural/Nostalgia - Long Form Content category for the documentary: Music Making History: How a Song Saved a Theater. Fifteen episodes of The Minnesota Unraveled podcast were released and downloaded 38,000 times. MNopedia, the online resource for Minnesota history, topped more than 1 million views for the first time in FY25.
Expenses $14,641,110 · Revenue $1,839,372
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Library and Collections: Our library and collections departments maintain and make available to the public the MNHS's collection of books, newspapers, maps, objects, photographs, works of art, oral history recordings, private manuscripts, and periodicals on Minnesota History. MNHS catalogs, restores, and digitizes documents and records to make them available for public use. MNHS gained 608 new acquisitions in FY25 across manuscripts, fine art, 3D, sound/visual, and maps/rare books. New Acquisitions include the Military Intelligence Service Language School graph collection - a unique set of images documenting the service and activities of numerous Japanese-Americans serving in the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage and Fort Snelling in Minnesota. More than 1.5 million pages of current and historic newspapers were added to the Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub in FY25; more than 8.1 million pages are now available.
Expenses $13,944,188 · Revenue $2,288,609
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Heritage Preservation: The MNHS Heritage Preservation department provides technical assistance and grants for historic preservation, administers grant programs supporting projects in preservation and interpretation of Minnesota history. In FY25, more than $6.8 million was provided by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for 185 Legacy Grants across Minnesota. Demand for these grants outweighs resources 2.6 to 1, and more than 76 counties have received $100,00 or more in Legacy history funds since 2009.
Expenses $9,273,666 · Grants $7,620,941
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
S Kent Whitworth
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $358,199
- From this org
- $310,836
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $47,363
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $310,836
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,375
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $358,199
-
Jennifer Jones
Executive Vice President Strategy
- Total calculated
- $231,645
- From this org
- $209,098
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,547
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $209,098
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,031
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,516
- Filer's total
- $231,645
-
Jennifer Pogatchnik
Vice President Advancement
- Total calculated
- $212,916
- From this org
- $174,093
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,823
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $174,093
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,835
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $212,916
-
Fred Neher
Vice President Finance
- Total calculated
- $211,649
- From this org
- $172,893
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,756
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,893
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,768
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $211,649
-
Brian Juntti
Executive Vice President Mission Enablement
- Total calculated
- $210,376
- From this org
- $171,695
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,681
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $171,695
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,693
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $210,376
-
Kevin Maijala
Senior Vice President Education & Interpretation
- Total calculated
- $206,288
- From this org
- $167,856
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,432
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,856
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,444
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $206,288
-
Brenda Raney
Senior Vice President Library, Research & Collections
- Total calculated
- $206,138
- From this org
- $167,706
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,432
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,706
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,444
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $206,138
-
Benjamin Leonard
Senior Vice President Historic Sites
- Total calculated
- $200,365
- From this org
- $162,275
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,090
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,275
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,102
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,988
- Filer's total
- $200,365
-
Anton Treuer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $12,462
- From this org
- $12,462
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter Reyes
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Hakensen
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thomas Forsythe
Vice President & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ford W Bell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Barbara Burwell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Grant Davis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
M Mitchell Davis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth Driscoll Hlavka
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joanell Dyrstad
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard E Engebretson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn Essig
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephanie L Fehr
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jesse B Gomez
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dustin Heckman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bridget Larson-Linder
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Monica Little
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda B Mona
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer Murray
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard C Nash
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Krista E O'Malley
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Pacheco Jr
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sharon Sayles Belton
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daniel Schmechel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Diana Schutter
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daniel Shogren
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roger Sit
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Tunheim
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Noelle Turner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kyle Ward
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gwen Westerman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim Walz
Ex-Officio Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Peggy Flanagan
Ex-Officio Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Julie Blaha
Ex-Officio Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keith Ellison
Ex-Officio Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Steve Simon
Ex-Officio Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
Answered yes
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
-
$272,500
Legacy Grant for Rehabilitation of Exterior Barn, Carriage House and Greenhouse
-
CITY OF HACKENSACK
$244,761
Legacy Grant for conservation building phase 1 preservation stabilization
-
CITY OF BROWNS VALLEY
$207,744
Legacy Grant for the Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library Preservation Project
-
$198,093
Legacy Grant for the BCHS Comprehensive Inventory Phase 6
-
RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$194,605
Legacy Grant for projects focusing on archival digitization, exhibition planning, facility improvements, and community-centered cultural heritage preservation
-
$186,276
Legacy Grant for Appleton City Hall Phase 1A Masonry, Roof and Foundation
-
$164,500
Legacy Grant for GAI: Accessible Entrance and Bathroom
-
CITY OF SANDSTONE
$159,209
Legacy Grant for Sandstone Public School Building Roof Stabilization
-
$140,018
Legacy Grant for the Wakan Tipi Center Exhibit Fabrication
-
REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF MN
$133,022
Legacy Grant for the set of projects focused on preserving historic structures and collections while expanding access to Minnesota's cultural and healthcare history
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 30 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202621259349301922
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