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TOFTE LAKE CENTER

EIN 13-4359561 ELY, MN

Revenue 2024
$323,257
Expenses 2024
$324,002

Program services were 62.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20
Classification
1000
Street
2209 FERNBERG RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TOFTE LAKE CENTER IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING ARTISTS BY PROVIDING A NURTURING EXPERIENCE ROOTED IN NATURE WHERE ARTISTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES AND BACKGROUNDS FEEL SAFE TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE "WORK" OF ART TO PLAY, FEEL INSPIRED, AND BE REJUVENATED. VISION: TLC ENVISIONS AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD IN HARMONY WITH NATURE, WHERE ARTISTS ARE SUPPORTED AND CELEBRATED AND WHERE TAKING A BREAK IS RECOGNIZED AS INTEGRAL TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ELIZABETH ENGELMAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $36,805
    From this org
    $36,805
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    46.7

  • SHAREE JOHNSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FAYE PRICE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • SARAH BERGER

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MICHAEL KLEBER -DIGGS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DANIEL LEMM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KEVIN BITTERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KIT BRIEM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $323,257
    Expenses
    $324,002
    Contributions
    $291,830
    Grants paid
    $20,786
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $270,494
    Expenses
    $355,453
    Contributions
    $250,361
    Grants paid
    $56,936
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $316,460
    Expenses
    $244,384
    Contributions
    $254,127
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $205,114
    Expenses
    $198,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $353,692

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $170,001
    Expenses
    $140,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $347,806

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008
Principal officer
Elizabeth Engelman
Mailing address
2209 Fernberg RoadEly MN 55731
Website
www.toftelake.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.