Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$323,257

Total expenses

$324,002

Contributions and grants received

$291,830

Grants paid

$20,786

Program service revenue

$31,328

Investment income

$7

Other revenue

$92

Total assets, end of year

$343,177

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,124

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$340,053

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$201,123

Management and general expenses

$66,456

Fundraising expenses

$56,423

Program service expenses (Part III)

$201,123

Program services were 62.1% 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

• THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED ARTISTS FROM MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOTAL ARTISTS SERVED: 91, 66 FROM MN TLC'S SEASON CONSISTED OF 12 PROGRAMMED RESIDENCIES: TLC HOSTED THREE WEEKS OF INDIVIDUAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS FROM ACROSS DISCIPLINES, GEOGRAPHY, BACKGROUNDS, AND STAGES OF CAREER, PROVIDING ARTISTS SPACE AND TIME TO CENTER THEIR CREATIVE PROJECTS, AND PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH THEIR ARTIST COLLEAGUES AND THE LOCAL ELY COMMUNITY. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD, TLC HOSTED THREE FUNDED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. THE FIRST TWO WERE FOR BIPOC ARTISTS AND BIPOC ARTS EDUCATORS FROM AROUND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER COMMUNITY FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR AND ENSURE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME IN NATURE. TLC'S THIRD RESIDENCY FOR PARENT ARTISTS BROUGHT ARTISTS WITH FAMILIES UP TO THE LAKE TO CREATE IN INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY, CONNECT THEIR CHILDREN TO NATURE, AND FOCUS ON THEIR WORK. THE WEEKS FEATURED A DYNAMIC MIX OF PLAYWRIGHTS, DANCERS, WRITERS, VISUAL ARTISTS, AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTISTS. TLC ROUNDED OUT OUR RESIDENCY SEASONS PROGRAMMING WITH THREE ORGANIZATIONAL RETREATS FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS (OCTOPUS THEATRICALS, MCKNIGHT DANCER & CHOREOGRAPHER FELLOWS, AND PLAYWRIGHTS CENTER), AND THREE GROUP RESIDENCIES FOCUSING ON DANCE (APRIL SELLERS), AND FILM (ELY FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKERS) AND AN ALUMNI-LED WORKSHOP ENTITLED SHIFTING THE PARADIGM OF MOVEMENT TRAINING FOR DANCERS. TLC DEEPENED OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ELY COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ELY ORGANIZATIONS, SERVING AS A SPONSOR FOR THE ELY FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE THIRD YEAR (OFFERING A WEEK-LONG RESIDENCY FOR 8 FILMMAKERS AS A PART OF OUR SPONSORSHIP), BRINGING ARTISTS TO CAMP NORTHERN LIGHTS TO LEAD WORKSHOPS FOR VISITING FAMILIES, AND HELD OUR THIRD WINTER RESIDENCY HOSTING 3 TLC ARTISTS AT CAMP DU NORD FOR A WEEK-LONG RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE ENDING IN WORKSHOPS FOR THE FAMILIES AT CAMP, AS WELL AS THE GREATER ELY COMMUNITY. TLC PARTICIPATED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR ELY FOR ELY, A COLLECTIVE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE COLLABORATIVE POTENTIAL OF, BY, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR POSITIVE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPACT IN THE AREA, AND CONTINUED TO EVOLVE THE PROGRAMMING OF THE ELY CULTURAL ALLIANCE, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE PLATFORM THAT EMPOWERS LOCAL ARTISTS, PRESERVES CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND ENCOURAGES COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITYS IDENTITY AND VITALITY. TLC CONTINUED TO BOLSTER OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY NETWORKS OUTSIDE OF ELY, HOLDING OUR FIRST ALUMNI SHOWCASE EVENT IN THE TWIN CITIES WITH AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL MUSICIANS AND POETS AT ICEHOUSE IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND BY PLAYING A CENTRAL ROLE IN TWO DIFFERENT NETWORKS, EACH PROVIDING RESIDENCY SUPPORT FOR PLAYWRIGHTS ACROSS A CALENDAR YEAR (FOUR SEASONS AND FOUR DIRECTIONS PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCIES). IN GOVERNANCE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CREATED TWO NEW COMMITTEES (FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES) IN ADDITION TO THE STANDING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE NEW CONNECTIONS AS TLC PROGRESSES TOWARDS EXPANDED ACCESS AND FULLER SUBSIDIES FOR ARTISTS ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC, RACIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, GENERATIONAL, GENRE, AND ABILITY LINES.

  Expenses $201,123 · Grants $20,786 · Revenue $31,328

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.

Grants on this return

• ST PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $7,386

  DAF: SUPPORT ARTISTS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

31 July 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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