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FRIENDS OF THE M

EIN 82-2978503 ST PAUL, MN

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Revenue 2024
$223,219
Expenses 2024
$110,724

Program services were 76.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A11
Classification
1000
Street
350 ROBERT STREET NORTH

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FRIENDS OF THE M IS ORGANIZED AND WILL OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS OF, AND TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSE OF MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FRIENDS OF THE M IS ORGANIZED AND WILL OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT, TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS OF, AND TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSE OF MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

  • DURING 2017, FRIENDS OF THE M SECURED NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, FRIENDS OF THE M WAS INCORPORATED TO SUPPORT MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART AND FACILITATE THE FINANCING.

    Expenses $84,928 · Revenue $31,230

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.

  • Jim Rustad

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Ruhr Pifer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gerry Stenson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Patty Whitaker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Kate Beane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $177,800
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,965
    Other
    $13,835
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $163,965 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,127 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,708 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $177,800 related

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $223,219
    Expenses
    $110,724
    Contributions
    $191,989
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $128,141
    Expenses
    $93,792
    Contributions
    $79,889
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $133,626
    Expenses
    $115,467
    Contributions
    $85,328
    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
    $135,075
    Expenses
    $101,264
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,123,466
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $143,200
    Expenses
    $94,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,076,441
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $385,046
    Expenses
    $105,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,028,206
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $720,405
    Expenses
    $136,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,015,022
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $161,793
    Expenses
    $77,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,066,793

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

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  • M MASTER TENANT LLC

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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 SO.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.