- Revenue 2023
- $734,352
- Expenses 2023
- $876,212
Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A54Z
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 202 1ST AVE N
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 · 2023
Mission
TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET, AND SHARE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF CLAY COUNTY, MINNESOTA.
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WE ARE A MUSEUM INTERPRETING THE VIKING SHIP HJEMKOMST THAT SAILED TO NORWAY IN 1982 AND THE HOPPERSTAD STAVE CHURCH AS PERMANENT EXHIBITS. WE ALSO OFFER QUARTERLY CHANGING TRAVELING EXHIBITS OF INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND WE RESEARCH AND INSTALL A CLAY COUNTY (MN) EXHIBIT EVERY TWO YEARS. WE PRODUCE ONE MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL A YEAR AND PROVIDE HISTORY AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO PRESERVE OVER 12,000 HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOCUSED ON CLAY COUNTY. THE ARCHIVES ARE OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC ALL YEAR LONG FOR RESEARCH.
Expenses $638,432 · Revenue $490,141
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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James SteenJAMES STEEN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Wilhelmina JacobsonWILHELMINA JACOBSON
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Jonell MooreJONELL MOORE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Warren HildeWARREN HILDE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jon EvertJON EVERT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Dr Vijay GabaDR VIJAY GABA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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John HestJOHN HEST
DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Sarah KingSARAH KING
DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Dr Deb WhiteDR DEB WHITE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Diane Wray-WilliamsDIANE WRAY-WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Matt GilbertsonMATT GILBERTSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Paul KrabbenhoftPAUL KRABBENHOFT
COUNTY REP (FROM JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Dr Maureen Kelly JonasonDR MAUREEN KELLY JONASON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $74,449
- From this org
- $67,172
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,277
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dennis HerbransonDENNIS HERBRANSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Gracia Sanchez-DekarskeGRACIA SANCHEZ-DEKARSKE
DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Gloria LeeGLORIA LEE
FORMER DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Gene PrimGENE PRIM
FORMER DIRECTOR (UNTIL JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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Jenna KahlyJENNA KAHLY
FORMER COUNTY REP (UNTIL JUNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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
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2023
- Revenue
- $734,352
- Expenses
- $876,212
- Contributions
- $220,637
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $704,993
- Expenses
- $902,480
- Contributions
- $282,378
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $901,190
- Expenses
- $554,413
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,561,361
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,119,289
- Expenses
- $556,153
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,264,432
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,119,289
- Expenses
- $605,898
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,214,687
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $943,565
- Expenses
- $748,765
- Assets (EOY)
- $672,694
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $654,671
- Expenses
- $695,008
- Assets (EOY)
- $462,843
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $738,540
- Expenses
- $733,134
- Assets (EOY)
- $559,838
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $914,183
- Expenses
- $608,927
- Assets (EOY)
- $566,280
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $472,415
- Expenses
- $471,990
- Assets (EOY)
- $386,116
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $453,820
- Assets (EOY)
- $390,936
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.
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
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$56,500
2024 Legacy Grant for Projects that focus on preserving, digitizing, and documenting diverse historical collections and community legacies through photography, conservation, oral history, and archival work
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$50,000
2022 Legacy Grant for 40th Anniversary of Hjemkomst Voyage: Exhibition Update
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$33,312
2023 Legacy Grant for Projects for Documenting, Interpreting, and Preserving Historical Collections
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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2025 ANNUAL DESIGNATED DISTRIBUTION - GENERAL SUPPORT
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$5,615
2022 Facilitate a hardanger fiddle apprenticeship culminating in a public performance
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$5,500
2024 sporting & recreational opportunities to those with mobility challenges
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$3,150
2023 Mount exhibit of embroiderty embellished clothing
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.