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← DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,639,986
Total expenses
$4,507,777
Contributions and grants received
$2,256,959
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,262,874
Investment income
$8
Other revenue
$120,145
Total assets, end of year
$2,076,621
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,111,943
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$964,678
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,637,800

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $400,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $219,159

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $994,875 · related or exempt $994,875

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP

    total $939,600 · related or exempt $939,600

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $328,399 · related or exempt $328,399

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8 · excluded $8

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $302,786

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $182,641

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $120,145 · excluded $120,145

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $263,444

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $913,096

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $35,191

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $140,041

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,879

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,079

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,799

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $25,246

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $59,803

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,527

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,912

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $67,211

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,655

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,949

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,104

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $79,834

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $2,463,716

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,291

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,212,478 · end of year $1,108,725

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,501 · end of year $6,507

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $730,081 · end of year $577,880

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $86,406 · end of year $82,625

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $132,328

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $97,519

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,291 · end of year $34,809

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $25,486 · end of year $18,030

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $322,155 · end of year $248,045

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $752,326 · end of year $294,719

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $357,939 · end of year $420,619

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $139,359 · end of year $124,099

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $347,305 · end of year $272,506

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $731,054 · end of year $679,833

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $101,415 · end of year $284,845

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CREATE AN EXTRAORDINARY DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, APPLYING THE CORE VALUES OF LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION, ADVOCACY AND INNOVATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND ITS BUSINESSES.

  • THROUGH ITS CORE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, THE MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN COUNCIL STRIVES TO ACCOMPLISH ITS STATED GOALS OF 1) ADVANCING THE LONG TERM VISION SET OUT IN ITS DOWNTOWN 2025 PLAN, 2) GROWING MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, 3) ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE, AND 4) FOSTERING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Cramer

    PRESIDENT,CEO THRU 12/1/23

    Total calculated
    $363,119
    From this org
    $362,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,089
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related
  • Kathryn Reali

    COO

    Total calculated
    $217,828
    From this org
    $193,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,862
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,466
    Bonus
    $22,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,862
    Filer's total
    $217,828
  • Leah Wong

    VP EXTERNAL RELATIONS; THRU 11/10/23

    Total calculated
    $184,458
    From this org
    $164,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,131
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,827
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,131
    Filer's total
    $184,458
  • Jesse Osendorf

    DIRECTOR OF DID OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $137,161
    From this org
    $135,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,622
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related
  • Sharae Sledge

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $144,374
    From this org
    $131,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,323
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related
  • Shane Zahn

    DIRECTOR OF SAFETY INITIAT

    Total calculated
    $148,808
    From this org
    $123,081
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,727
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related
  • Shannon Fitzgerald

    DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN PART

    Total calculated
    $118,013
    From this org
    $117,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $850
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ben Shardlow

    DIRECTOR OF URBAN DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $115,714
    From this org
    $115,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related
  • Adam Duininck

    PRESIDENT,CEO

    Total calculated
    $38,290
    From this org
    $38,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related
  • Karin Lucas

    CHAIR; EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • John Marshall

    VICE CHAIR; EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Mike Ryan

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR; EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Laura Day

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR; EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Siyad Abdullahi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Christine Ackerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Troy Blizzard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Katie Bongard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Julia Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Shelley Carthen Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Joseph Cecere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jennifer Christiaansen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • John Conlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Kerry Cooley Bruggemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Anna Coskran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jeffrey Cotter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jay Cowles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Toby Dayton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jennifer Decubellis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Peter Diessner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Louis Dilorenzo Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Lynette Dumalag

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Krista Dusil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Paul Edlund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • David Fhima

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Erin Fitzgerald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Erik Forsberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Mark Gherity

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Michael Goar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jacob Graff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Patricia Grazzini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Andrew Grey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Scott Hagan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Timothy Hager

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Andrew Hansen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Heather Harnisch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Ben Hawn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Meike Hengelfelt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Steve Herron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Sargent Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Trent Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Tom Jollie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Joanne Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Louis King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Deb Kolar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Carrie Kosla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Bella Lam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jay Lindgren

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Brian Mallaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jonathan Marks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • George McCrary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Eric Merriman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Andrew Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Joe Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Adair Mosley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Nick Murnane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • John Ozzie Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Joel Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Brian Pietsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Kevin Quiring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Ronnie Ragoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Matthew Rauenhorst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Brent Robertson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Kathy Rumpza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Steven Ryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Mike Salmen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Tom Schnettler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • David Serrano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Erin Sexton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Ari Silkey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Buffy Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Josh Stowers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Sarah Strehl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Ryan Tanke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Vincent Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Lica Tomizuka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Lonna Torchia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Britt Udesen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Rosemary Ugboajah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Chad Vaske

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • James Vos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Abdi Warsame

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jonathan Wendroff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Meka White Morris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Tom Whitlock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Steve Yaeger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Sarah Anderson

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Michael Clark

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Steve Cramer

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Todd Duesing

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Adam Duininck

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Brent Foerster

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Allison Fraser

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Timothy Hart-Andersen

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Ann Heinzer

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Mark Nerenhausen

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related
  • Jonathan Weinhagen

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7 + 0.3 related

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

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

  • Steve Cramer

    PRESIDENT,CEO THRU 12/1/23

    Schedule J breakdown

    Base
    $266,780
    Bonus
    $47,250
    Other
    $48,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,089
    Filer's total
    $363,119

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS DETERMINED CEO COMPENSATION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY INDEPENDENT PERSONS, COMPARABILITY DATA AND CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED CEO COMPENSATION.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • GREEN CITIES ACCORD

    501(C)(3) · DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, COORDINATION AND OPERATION OF GREEN SPACES · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS

  • MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

    501(C)(6) · TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN AREA · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS

  • VIBRANT & SAFE DOWNTOWN

    501(C)(3) · TO ENHANCE THE VIBRANCY AND SAFETY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA · MN · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MARKETING MINNEAPOLIS LLC

    COMMUNITY EVENTS · DE · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by DOWNTOWN COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349315989

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