RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A82Z

Classification

2000

Street

75 5TH ST W STE 323

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

• COLLECTIONS & EXHIBITIONS COLLECTIONS ACQUISITIONS: 57 INDIVIDUALS DONATED 890 BOOKS, 86.25 LINEAR FEET OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS, 534 PHOTOS, 42 ARTIFACTS TO THE RCHS COLLECTIONS. A LARGE COLLECTION OF LABOR HISTORY BOOKS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS WERE DONATED BY THE ESTATE OF DAVID J. RIEHLE.MARY LIVINGSTON GRIGGS & MARY GRIGGS BURKE RESEARCH CENTER: 1394 RESEARCHERS WERE ASSISTED IN THE RESEARCH CENTER. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE RCHS WEBSITE: 32,358.EXHIBITIONS: SELMA 70. THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE STORIES OF A GROUP OF 70 PILGRIMS FROM MINNESOTA WHO TRAVELED FROM SAINT PAUL TO SELMA, ALABAMA FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY IN MARCH OF 2015. IN-PERSON AT THE RCHS GALLERY, LANDMARK CENTER, ST. PAUL MN FROM APRIL 2025 THROUGH MAY 2026.MARCH OF THE GOVERNORS. SERIES OF EXHIBIT PANELS ABOUT EACH MINNESOTA GOVERNOR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PODCAST SERIES. IN-PERSON AT THE RCHS GALLERY, LANDMARK CENTER, ST. PAUL MN FROM JULY 1, 2024-MARCH 2025.LINKED IN FRIENDSHIP, CONNECTED IN SERVICE: 50 YEARS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (MN) CHAPTER OF THE LINKS, INCORPORATED 1972-2022. (ONLINE WITH NO END DATE ANTICIPATED.)PERSISTENCE: CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE FOR SUFFRAGE AND EQUALITY, 1848-2020. (ONLINE WITH NO END DATE ANTICIPATED.)PROJECTS OF NOTE: COLLECTIONS GO DIGITAL. ON 12/6/2024, ALL CATALOGED COLLECTIONS (OBJECTS, BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS) WENT ONLINE THROUGH THE SCHNEIDER GEOSPATIAL BEACON SYSTEM. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OFFERED ONLINE. THESE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR ONLINE SEARCHING. HTTPS://RCHS.COM/COLLECTIONS/ ADDITIONALLY, THE ST. PAUL BUILDING PERMIT COLLECTION WAS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AFTER BEING ACQUIRED IN 2003 AND FINALLY BEING FULLY DIGITIZED.

  Expenses $452,082 · Revenue $12,894

• GIBBS FARMAT GIBBS FARM, 12,616 STUDENTS VISITED THE SITE FOR A FIELD TRIP, AND 597 CHILDREN ATTENDED SUMMER CAMP. OFF-SITE AND DIGITAL PROGRAMMING REACHED 1,927 MORE STUDENTS. 2,790 EDUCATORS AND FAMILY CHAPERONES ATTENDED A FIELD TRIP ALONGSIDE STUDENT GROUPS.PUBLIC HOUR TOURS WERE ATTENDED BY 604 ADULTS AND CHILDREN. SEVENTEEN PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED THAT SERVED ADULTS AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL AUDIENCES REACHING 1,557 PEOPLE. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDED WINTER CRAFTING CLASSES, A MINNESOTA SINFONIA CONCERT, APPLE FESTIVAL, A HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL, HOMESCHOOL DAY EVENT, AND SITE GARDENS AND GROUNDS TOURS.VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 2,365 HOURS TOWARDS SITE GROUNDS CARE (GARDENS AND ORCHARD), ANIMAL CARE, INTERNING AT SUMMER CAMP, AND MORE. GIBBS FARM PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO VISITORS INCLUDING THE BELL MUSEUM, MN SEED, THE MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, MINNESOTA SINFONIA, AND DAKHTA IPI OKHDAKIHIYE

  Expenses $577,726 · Revenue $173,904

• MAGAZINE AND PUBLICATIONS: RCHS PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORY MAGAZINE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025. RCHS RECEIVED ONE PUBLISHING AWARD FROM THE MINNESOTA ALLIANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUMS FOR THE A SACRED DAKHTA SITE INSPIRES COMMUNITY RENEWAL: FROM LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT TO WAKA TIPI AWAYAKAPI ISSUE (VOLUME 58, NUMBER 3).THE MAGAZINE INTRODUCED NEW FEATURES LIKE ADDITIONAL READING LINKS AND "IN OUR COLLECTION," FEATURING PIECES CURATED BY DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND COPY FROM YOUA VANG.VOLUME 59, NUMBER 3: SUMMER 2024- RONDO RECREATION IN THE ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY, 1909-1977; AUTHOR: HALEY PROCHNOW- A FAMILY RECLAIMS ITS HERITAGE GROWING UP WITH ANNE BELLE RIDEAUX; AUTHOR: CHERRELLE SWAIN- VIOLET GOULD'S OPERETTA SCHOOL; AUTHOR: CHRISTINE PODAS-LARSONVOLUME 59, NUMBER 4: FALL 2024- GROWING UP ON THE EMPIRE BUILDER; AUTHOR: JOHN W. DIERS- COMMUNIST CLARENCE HATHAWAY AND HIS POWERFUL IMPACT ON MINNESOTA POLITICS; AUTHOR: JIM MCCARTNEY- THE EVERYDAY ACTIVISM OF THE NORTH CENTRAL VOTERS LEAGUE IN ST. PAUL; AUTHOR: ADAM BLEDSOEVOLUME 60, NUMBER 1: WINTER 2025- THE WOMEN WHO HAVE SHAPED THE RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; AUTHORS: ANDREA SWENSSON, YOUA VANG, MEREDITH CUMMINGS- CELEBRATING MINNESOTA'S HISTORY-MAKING WOMEN; AUTHORS: VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS- ST. PAUL'S FORGOTTEN RADIO PIONEER MAURICE G. GOLDBERG; AUTHOR: REBECCA BENDERVOLUME 60, NUMBER 2: SPRING 2025- FIFTY YEARS OF HMONG LIVES IN RAMSEY COUNTY; AUTHOR: CHIA YOUYEE VANG, PHD- THREE EXTRAORDINARY YEARS IN ST. PAUL MILLINERY: 1908, 1909,1911; AUTHOR: JANICE QUICK- A HISTORY OF DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATERS IN RAMSEY COUNTY; AUTHOR: PETE BOULAY

  Expenses $113,882 · Revenue $72,789

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $1,115,821

  Expenses

  $1,565,061

  Contributions

  $656,404

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,779,799

  Expenses

  $2,560,761

  Contributions

  $1,400,892

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,564,816

  Expenses

  $1,514,051

  Contributions

  $2,275,622

  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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 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

  $2,355,172

  Expenses

  $1,439,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,713,380

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,137,123

  Expenses

  $1,118,752

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,355,556

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,068,606

  Expenses

  $1,069,679

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,843,552

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,455,777

  Expenses

  $1,128,527

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,782,396

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,079,999

  Expenses

  $1,136,320

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,381,518

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

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $547,014

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $194,605

  2024 · Legacy Grant for projects focusing on archival digitization, exhibition planning, facility improvements, and community-centered cultural heritage preservation

• MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $70,372

  2022 · Legacy Grant for Saint Paul Building Permit and Ledger Digitization

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $50,477

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

• MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $41,600

  2023 · Legacy Grant for Projects Focuses on Preserving and Digitizing Culture, Historical, and Archival Materials including Hmong Heritage, St. Paul Arts, Architectural records, and Engineering Oral Histories

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $10,493

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $10,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $10,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $8,225

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $7,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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