Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by GREAT NORTHERN WINTER FESTIVAL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $804,005
- Total expenses
- $982,801
- Contributions and grants received
- $636,464
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $165,435
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $2,106
- Total assets, end of year
- $145,399
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $22,239
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $123,160
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $746,904
- Management and general expenses
- $105,986
- Fundraising expenses
- $129,911
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $746,904
Program services were 76.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$30,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$606,464
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2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES
total $165,435 · related or exempt $165,435
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $2,106 · excluded $2,106
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,106
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $141,314 · program services $69,778 · management and general $16,705 · fundraising $54,831
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $149,840 · program services $73,989 · management and general $17,712 · fundraising $58,139
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $22,402 · program services $10,932 · management and general $2,477 · fundraising $8,993
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,738 · management and general $18,738
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11g · Fees: other
total $138,951 · program services $104,636 · management and general $33,315 · fundraising $1,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $57,537 · program services $53,896 · fundraising $3,641
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13 · Office expenses
total $617 · program services $219 · fundraising $398
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14 · Information technology
total $6,112 · program services $1,002 · management and general $5,010 · fundraising $100
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16 · Occupancy
total $32,703 · program services $28,282 · management and general $4,421
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17 · Travel
total $14,253 · program services $11,891 · management and general $1,693 · fundraising $669
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $266 · management and general $266
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23 · Insurance
total $6,446 · program services $2,500 · management and general $3,531 · fundraising $415
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM FEES
total $222,995 · program services $222,995
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24b · Other expenses: MISC PRODUCTION EXPENSE
total $91,004 · program services $91,004
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24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY RENT
total $27,470 · program services $27,470
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24d · Other expenses: COMMISSIONS
total $18,500 · program services $18,500
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24e · All other expenses
total $33,653 · program services $29,810 · management and general $2,118 · fundraising $1,725
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $68,262 · end of year $27,899
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $251,888 · end of year $115,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $2,500
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $17,604 · end of year $22,239
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $106,090 · end of year $38,160
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $196,456 · end of year $85,000
Mission and programs · 2022
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.
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ORIGINALLY FOUNDED TO BRING TOGETHER THREE LEGACY FESTIVALS (THE CITY OF LAKES LOPPET, SAINT PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL, AND CITY OF LAKES LOPPET) WITH ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING, THE GREAT NORTHERN'S BOARD EXPANDED THE ORGANIZATION'S VISION IN 2019 TO INCLUDE A FOCUS ON COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE. KATE NORDSTRUM WAS HIRED IN DECEMBER 2019 AS EXECUTIVE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TO REIMAGINE THE GREAT NORTHERN FESTIVAL (TGN)'S MISSION AND PROGRAMMING. FOR THE 2021, 2022, AND 2023 FESTIVALS, NORDSTRUM INVESTED IN PROGRAMMING THAT EXPLORES OUR CHANGING CLIMATE THROUGH THE LENSES OF CULTURE/HERITAGE, THE ECONOMY, AND SOCIAL EQUITY, IN ADDITION TO INVESTING IN DOZENS OF DEEPLY MEANINGFUL ARTS PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS, INVIGORATING OUTDOOR EVENTS, AND COMPLEMENTARY FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROGRAMMING. TGN BELIEVES THAT THIS APPROACH WILL BROADEN UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, PREPARE MINNESOTANS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY DECISION-MAKING, AND INSPIRE RESIDENTS TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT/ IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.THE WAY THE GREAT NORTHERN COMBINES ARTS EVENTS WITH A CLIMATE FOCUS IS UNIQUE AND TRANSFORMATIVE. WE WANT OUR ATTENDEES TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF WINTER ON A CELLULAR LEVEL AND BE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO PRESERVE IT.THE 2023 FESTIVAL WAS TGN'S MOST AMBITIOUS ONE YET, WITH 70 EVENTS THAT INVIGORATED THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT. THE FESTIVAL'S CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SERIES FEATURED A DOZEN IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT INVESTIGATED CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVOCACY FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES. THE GREAT NORTHERN SAUNA VILLAGE ATTRACTED MORE THAN 3,000 GUESTS TO NEARLY 20 DIFFERENT SAUNA STRUCTURES. THE EXPERIENCE INVITED VISITORS TO INTERACT WITH THERMACULTURE DURING DEEP WINTER. OUR COMMON HOME, AN ARRESTING, INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN ST. PAUL, RAISED AWARENESS AND SPARKED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL SUBJECT OF HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. ASHWINI RAMASWAMY AND KEVORK MOURAD CREATED INVISIBLE CITIES, A REINTERPRETATION OF ITALO CALVINO'S METAPHYSICAL NOVEL THAT INCORPORATED MULTIPLE DANCE FORMS AND LIVE DIGITAL ANIMATION. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE ALARM WILL SOUND INTERPRETED COMPOSER JOHN LUTHER ADAMS' TEN THOUSAND BIRDS DURING A FREE AND OPEN PERFORMANCE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART. POW WOW SINGER JOE RAINEY PERFORMED NIINETA, HIS DEBUT COLLECTION OF SONGS, AT THE CEDAR. TGN'S WEBSITE HAD MORE THAN 126,000 VISITS AND 277,000 PAGEVIEWS. THERE WERE 1 MILLION IMPRESSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND 20,700 FOLLOWERS. TGN AND ITS PARTNERS REACHED NEARLY 200,000 ATTENDEES, WITH THE GREAT NORTHERN'S UNIQUE EVENTS ATTRACTING MORE THAN 21,000 ATTENDEES.
Expenses $746,904 · Revenue $165,435
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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KATE NORDSTRUM
CHIEF PROG.
- Total calculated
- $106,250
- From this org
- $106,250
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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JOVAN REBOLLAR
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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ERIC DAYTON
PRESIDENT/TR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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TORRIE ALLEN
BRD MEMBER T
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MAXINE BEDAT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CARSON KIPFER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOTHSNA HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CLAIRE WILSON
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
- 2022
- Filed
- 15 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202441369349305064
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