NORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B64P

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 759

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 · 2025

• CENTRAL TO NORTH HOUSE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS TO "ENRICH LIVES AND BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH THE TEACHING OF TRADITIONAL NORTHERN CRAFTS" ARE ITS YEAR-ROUND OFFERINGS OF COURSES. IN A TYPICAL YEAR, OVER 400 CLASSES FEATURING THE LEADERSHIP OF 160+ REGIONAL ARTISANS BRING ALIVE THE STORIES AND SKILLS CONNNECTED TO TRADITIONS RANGING FROM MOOSE-HIDE MUKLUK MAKING TO TIMBER FRAME SAUNA BUILDING, INTRO TO BLACKSMITHING TO CEDAR-STRIP CANOE BUILDING, GREEN-WOOD BOWN CARVING TO WOOD-FIRED BREAD BAKING. CLASSES RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 4 HOURS TO TEN DAYS, WITH SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS LEARNING IN COLLABORATION WITH A HIGHLY SKILLED ARTISAN INSTRUCTOR.

  Expenses $1,826,972 · Revenue $1,749,073

• BUILDING COMMUNITY IS ALSO CENTRAL TO NORTH HOUSE'S YEAR-ROUND EFFORTS INCLUE THREE KEY SEASONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS (WOODEN BOAT SHOW IN JUNE, UNPLUGGED & THE FOLK ARTISAN MARKETPLACE IN SEPTEMBER, WINTERER'S GATHERING & ARTIC FILM FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER), FREQUENT PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT KEY EVENTS AND ALIGNED WITH KEY THEMATIC PROGRAM WEEKS, MINI-WORKSHOPS FOR FIRST TIME VISITORS TO CAMPUS, AND AN INSTRUCTOR-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, THESE EFFORTS ARE LARGELY OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE OR AT REDUCED RATES AS PART OF STRENGTHENING NORTH HOUSE'S CONNECTION TO ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY, THESE COMMUNITY EFFORTS ENGAGE 10,000+ INDIVIDUALS IN A TYPICAL YEAR.

  Expenses $163,883 · Grants $145,452 · Revenue $172,025

• NORTH HOUSE IS FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH A KEY FUNDING PARTNER AS PART OF ITS COMMUNTIY OF CRAFT INITIATIVE WHICH ACTIVELY OFFERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TRADITIONAL CRAFT ARTISANS WHO TEACH OR COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOL. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE: AN ANNUAL INSTRUCTOR RETREAT FEATURING COURSES, SEMINARS, PEER ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING SESSIONS; A TEN-MONTH TRADITIONAL CRAFT PROGRAM INTERNSHIP DESIGNED TO ENGAGE POST- COLLEGE PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN EDUCATION AND NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION; A TWO-YEAR ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE POTENTIAL OF EMERGING ARTISANS; AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEADERSHIP FOR BOTH OUR YEAR-ROUND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTOR PARTNERSHIPS. NORTH HOUSE WORKS ANNUALLY WITH 200+ ARTISANS AT ALL LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $295,583 · Grants $38,400

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,604,563

  Expenses

  $3,113,150

  Contributions

  $2,005,943

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,723,002

  Expenses

  $2,692,097

  Contributions

  $2,369,476

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,355,039

  Expenses

  $2,452,401

  Contributions

  $3,129,437

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,952,504

  Expenses

  $2,235,472

  Contributions

  $1,924,932

  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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,869,523

  Expenses

  $1,858,011

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,818,844

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,897,141

  Expenses

  $1,471,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,774,502

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,035,206

  Expenses

  $1,990,115

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,172,807

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,302,018

  Expenses

  $1,686,536

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,159,406

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,088,024

  Expenses

  $1,404,265

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,814,608

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $210,524

  2022 · MUSIC CONNECTIONS FOR COOK COUNTY YOUTH; PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NORTHLAND FOUNDATION

  $140,250

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION OF MAIN STREET CORRIDORS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $52,875

  2024 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $52,200

  2023 · EDUCATION

• AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · PUBLIC PROJECT

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $44,885

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $39,925

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2022 · EDUCATIONAL

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $29,695

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $26,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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