MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

987 IVY AVE E

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Mission and programs · 2022

• THE MISSION OF THE MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER (MHC) IS TO CONNECT OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND SPARK CHANGE. OUR VISION IS A JUST SOCIETY THAT IS CURIOUS, CONNECTED, AND COMPASSIONATE.MHC COLLABORATES WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO BRING TRANSFORMATIONAL HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING INTO THE LIVES OF MINNESOTANS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. USING STORY AS A CATALYST, WE PRODUCE, CREATE, AND SUPPORT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT EXPLORE A RANGE OF SUBJECTS. FOUNDED IN 1971, MHC IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT AFFILIATED WITH AND SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, MINNESOTA GENERAL OPERATING AND LEGACY FUNDING. MHC IS ALSO A GRANT-MAKING ORGANIZATION AND OPERATES A FULL-SERVICE EVENT CENTER IN A HISTORIC BUILDING ON ST. PAUL'S EAST SIDE.DURING FISCAL YEAR 2023, MHC USED OUR FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM AREAS: EDUCATION: MHC'S EDUCATION TEAM HAS WORKED ON LEVERAGING THE HUMANITIES AS A TOOL TO FOSTER MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS. FOCUSING ON THE WISDOM, VALUE, AND HISTORIES OF MINNESOTA'S CULTURAL AND WIDELY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THE EDUCATION TEAM HAS BEEN DOING WORK IN FIVE PRIMARY CATEGORIES: CULTURE CHANGE, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, DIVERSIFYING STAFF, EXPANDING CURRICULUM, AND ELEVATING YOUTH VOICES. IN FY23 MHC HAS WORKED IN SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING INVER GROVE HEIGHTS' ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAFF STORY CIRCLES COHORT, HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ABSENT NARRATIVES EDUCATOR WORKSHOP, CLOQUET PUBLIC SCHOOLS' OJIBWE PLACE-BASED WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS, AND GREENWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS' AMERICAN INDIAN RESOURCES PRESENTATION. THE EDUCATION TEAM ALSO EXPANDED ON SOME EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDING WORKING CLOSELY WITH ISD 917 ON SEVERAL INITIATIVES. NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS HAVE EMERGED SUCH AS HOW MHC IS USING STORY CIRCLE TO HELP ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS BIPOC EMPLOYEES REMEMBER THE VALUE THEY BRING TO THEIR ROLES AND THEIR POWER TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE. MHC HOSTED A STORY CIRCLE: FAMILY STORYTELLING NIGHT AT EDGERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE MHC TRAINED ROSEVILLE STAFF IN STORY CIRCLE APPROACHES TO FACILITATE THE SESSION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES (KAREN, HMONG, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH). A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WORKING TO INCREASE ETHNIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS DEEPEN INSTRUCTION AROUND LGBTQ+, LATINE, AND EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES. AND A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ALLOWED FOR MHC STAFF AND EDUCATORS FROM MINNESOTA TO GO TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE "THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD: HEALING FOR THE EVENTS OF 1963" TO PARTICIPATE IN AN IN-DEPTH, INTERACTIVE FIELD STUDY OF THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES: FY23 MARKS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF LEARNING FROM PLACE: BDOTE, A SIGNATURE PROGRAM OF MHC. SINCE 2013, MHC HAS LED 100 BDOTE TRIPS, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 2,500 PARTICIPANTS. LEARNING FROM PLACE: BDOTE'S ANNIVERSARY HAS PUSHED MHC TO EXPLORE WAYS TO EXPAND THIS GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM. IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT A COMMUNITY AS WELL AS HOLDING SPACE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR OWN STORY AND IDENTITY. IN FY23 MHC HAS EXPANDED THESE EXPERIENCES INTO OTHER COMMUNITIES HOSTING NEW OFFERINGS SUCH AS HMONG ST. PAUL, LITTLE AFRICA, AND LGBTQ+ DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS HISTORY. IN JUNE OF 2023, MHC CREATED A GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVE, "JUNETEENTH: BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE". THIS PROJECT SERVED AS A CONTINUATION OF MHC'S PREVIOUS AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM, "HOW CAN WE BREATHE AND "KUMBAYAH THE JUNETEENTH STORY" BY ENCAPSULATING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES BUILT TO FOSTER HISTORICAL AWARENESS, PROMOTING COMMUNITY COHESION, AND ADVANCING SOCIAL CHANGE. MHC ALSO CONTINUED "KUMBAYAH THE JUNETEENTH STORY" DURING FY23, AND THE PLAY WAS SHOWN IN FIVE CITIES, REACHING 4,000 PEOPLE. THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES TEAM HAS WORKED DURING FY23 TO FURTHER THEIR HEADSCARF STORY CIRCLE INITIATIVE. BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 2023, MHC HOSTED A SERIES OF PROGRAMS AND RETREATS AIMED AT RECOGNIZING THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY OF WOMEN. FOCUSING ON VARIOUS THEMES, SUCH AS WOMEN'S EQUITY DAY, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT ON AUG 18, 1920, GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, EACH EVENT SEEKS TO BRING WOMEN FROM DIVERSE CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES TOGETHER THROUGH THE SHARED CONNECTION OF THE HEADSCARF AND ITS COMPLEXITY. PUBLIC PROGRAMMING: IN FY23, MHC CONTINUES THEIR VETERANS' VOICES EFFORTS IN ADDITION TO PUTTING EMPHASIS ON DEEPENING, AND BROADENING COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED & UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. MHC IS COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN JUSTICE REFORM EFFORTS AND WHO ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING ACCESS & INCLUSION FOR ALL PEOPLE WITHIN THE DEMOCRACY. PARTNERING WITH INDIVIDUALS, CREATIVES, SCHOLARS, AND ORGANIZATIONS, MHC IS SEEKING TO BROADEN HUMANITIES ACCESS, LEARNING, AND IMPACT BY OFFERING INNOVATIVE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING PROGRAMMING ACROSS MINNESOTA. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE IS THE PROGRAMMING CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL FOR THE WAKPA TRIENNIAL ART FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. CIVIC RENEWAL: AS THE OFFICIAL STATE COUNCIL AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, THE MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER TAKES SERIOUSLY ITS OBLIGATION TO ADVANCE NEH'S DEMOCRACY-BUILDING WORK: THAT IS, TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH HUMANITIES TOOLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT EQUIP THEM TO CONCEIVE OF OUR SHARED PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE IN WAYS THAT RESPECT DIVERSE THINKING WHILE STILL EMPHASIZING COLLABORATION ACROSS DIFFERENCES. TO EMPHASIS THE CENTRAL ROLE OF EVERYDAY CITIZENS IN THIS CONCEPTION OF SELF-GOVERNMENTA ROLE OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO THE ROLES OF GOVERNMENT AND MARKET INSTITUTIONSWE USE THE TERM "CIVIC RENEWAL" TO DESCRIBE OUR WORK IN THIS VEIN. DURING THE PERIOD MUCH OF OUR WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH PARTNERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, IN THE FORM OF OUR THIRD WAY CIVICS (3WC) INITIATIVE. THIS EFFORT TO INFUSE CIVIC PURPOSE AND SKILLS-BUILDING INTO UNDERGRADUATE'S EVERYDAY CLASSROOM LEARNING EXPANDED DURING THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR TO INCLUDE PILOT COURSES IN ELEVEN CLASSES SPANNING SEVEN INSTITUTIONS IN MINNESOTA, FLORIDA, AND INDIANA. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR FIRST 3WC FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP IN JULY 2022, DURING WHICH 3WC INSTRUCTORS WERE RIGOROUSLY TRAINED AS WELL AS SUPPORTED IN CREATING THEIR SYLLABI, WHILE ADMINISTRATORS ANALYZED AND BRAINSTORMED POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR FIRMLY IMPLANTING AND EXPANDING 3WC AT THEIR INSTITUTIONS. THE OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVE ACCOUNTING FOR A LARGE SHARE OF OUR CIVIC RENEWAL WORK WAS OUR LONG-RUNNING WE ARE WATER MINNESOTA TRAVELING EXHIBIT, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY RECEIVING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES, THE MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, WE ARE WATER MN WAS HOSTED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ALEXANDRIA, FERGUS FALLS, HASTINGS, EAGAN, BECKER, PINE RIVER, AND MINNEAPOLIS. OUR CIVIC RENEWAL WORK WAS ALSO DEVOTED TO SUPPORTING HOSTS OF ANOTHER LONG-RUNNING TRAVELING EXHIBIT, WHY TREATIES MATTER, WHICH CONVEYS THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE IN MINNESOTA; SUPPORTING OUR PARTNERS AT THE MINNESOTA INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL IN ORGANIZING AND HOSTING A DAKOTA AND OJIBWE LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION CONFERENCE; AND DEVELOPING AND OFFERING 3WC WORKSHOPS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA) AND K12 TEACHERS (IN MINNESOTA AND INDIANA).GRANTS PROGRAM: OVER THE YEAR, MHC HAS DISTRIBUTED NEARLY $5 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS STATEWIDE. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MHC DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 200 GRANTS TOTALING MORE THAN $6.7 MILLION IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTIES ACROSS MINNESOTA. BEGINNING IN FY23, MHC WILL BE PROVIDING GRANTS IN FIVE SUBJECT MATTERS: CULTURAL HERITAGE, CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CIVICS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. MHC STRIVES TO REACH OUT TO SMALL AND LARGE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO FULFILL THE INTENTION OF THE LEGACY AMENDMENT.

  Expenses $7,630,131 · Grants $4,910,538 · Revenue $389,894

• MHC OPERATES A FULL-SERVICE EVENT CENTER, AS CREATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1996. IN ADDITION TO HOUSING MHC'S PROGRAMS, THIS RESTORED ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK SERVES AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR EDUCATORS, SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, OTHER NONPROFITS, STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, STATE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SEEKING TO IMPROVE BOTH THEIR INDIVIDUAL WORK AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL MINNESOTANS, BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, COST EFFECTIVE MEETING AND EVENT SPACE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND STAFF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. IN 2019, THE HUMANITIES CENTER HOSTED 375 MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN ITS MEETING AND EVENT SPACES, SERVING NEARLY 11,000 PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $282,155 · Revenue $245,322

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• JOSHUA NEY

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LYNNE LEAF

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHERRY SANCHEZ TIBBETS

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KIM SCHAUFENBUEL

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• NANCY ARONSON NORR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JESSICA O'BRIEN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHELLE BAUER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JAY SIELING

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• REBECCA LYNN PETERSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• WILL COOLEY

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JULIE BROCK

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DAVID HAMLAR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MATTIE HARPER DECARLO

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARY HILFIKER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• AMINA JAAFAR

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARK KUSKIE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• WARREN LARSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KRISTIE LAZENBERRY

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CAROLYN ROBY

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KEVIN LINDSEY

  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $227,350

  From this org

  $192,569

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $34,781

  Hours/week

  45

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $192,569

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $8,090

  Nontaxable benefits

  $26,691

  Filer's total

  $227,350

• MAYKAO FREDERICKS

  CHIEF HUMANITIES OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $139,370

  From this org

  $108,108

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $31,262

  Hours/week

  45

• ABY JOHN

  CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $150,786

  From this org

  $119,020

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $31,766

  Hours/week

  45

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $119,020

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $5,075

  Nontaxable benefits

  $26,691

  Filer's total

  $150,786

• CASSANDRA DEMARAIS

  DIR OF STRATEGIC PTNRSHPS

  Total calculated

  $126,864

  From this org

  $112,249

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $14,615

  Hours/week

  45

• ROSE MCGEE

  PROGRAM OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $128,503

  From this org

  $113,897

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $14,606

  Hours/week

  45

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2022

  Revenue

  $23,707,380

  Expenses

  $9,405,048

  Contributions

  $23,095,734

  Grants paid

  $4,910,539

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,358,206

  Expenses

  $9,329,918

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,154,392

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,832,976

  Expenses

  $8,259,023

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,466,509

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,258,980

  Expenses

  $8,032,122

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,490,899

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,859,449

  Expenses

  $8,701,854

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,480,825

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,468,573

  Expenses

  $8,962,768

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,244,762

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,604,544

  Expenses

  $7,598,795

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,414,940

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,566,261

  Expenses

  $7,187,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,402,230

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA

  $300,310

  2022 · REGRANT OF MN GENERAL OPERATING GRANT FOR HEALTHY EATING, HERE AT HOME PROGRAM

• MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

  $273,843

  2022 · REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS

  $161,278

  2022 · MHC LEGACY RE-GRANT

• WONDERTREK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

  $154,368

  2022 · REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• DULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

  $103,957

  2022 · REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

  $100,000

  2022 · REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• REVIVING THE ISLAMIC SISTERHOOD FOR EMPOWERMENT

  $99,090

  2022 · LEGACY CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANT

• SPEAKING OUT COLLECTIVE

  $95,665

  2022 · LEGACY CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANT

• AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS

  $83,264

  2022 · APR RELIEF

• ARCATA PRESS

  $82,620

  2022 · MHC LEGACY RE-GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FED OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS

  $220,000

  2025 · MELLON FOUNDATION SUBGRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $41,563

  2024 · EDUCATION

• INITIATIVE FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT THE SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA EVENTS

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $0

  2025 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

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