THE GERMANIC-AMERICAN INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A230

Classification

1000

Street

301 SUMMIT AVE

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

• KINDERSTUBE PRESCHOOL - A FULLY LICENSED LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 3-5 THAT ALSO TEACHES KINDERGARTEN READINESS AND WORLD CITIZENSHIP SKILLS. THERE IS ONE LOCATION IN ST. PAUL, MN. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES WHO DEMONSTRATE NEED FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH TUITION.

  Expenses $352,534 · Grants $3,428 · Revenue $330,037

• ADULT AND CHILDREN'S GERMAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION - THE GAI OPERATES A GERMAN IMMERSION PRESCHOOL, SATURDAY SCHOOL, AND SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN AGED PRESCHOOL THROUGH TEENS. GAI OFFERS LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ADULTS OF ALL AGES; SCHOLARSHIPS AND TUITION ASSISTANCE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL LANGUAGE LEARNERS. GAI IS ALSO A GERMAN PROFICIENCY EXAM CENTER AND OFFERS TRANSLATION AND TUTORING SERVICES.

  Expenses $463,686 · Grants $7,099 · Revenue $411,319

• CULTURAL PROGRAMMING & ADVOCACY - THE GAI OFFERS PUBLIC CULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ARE FREE OR VERY AFFORDABLE. LARGER EVENTS INCLUDE THE DEUTSCHE TAGE CELEBRATION, ST. PAUL'S OLDEST ETHNIC FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS THE ST. PAUL OKTOBERFEST. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES EVENTS SUCH AS ART AND HISTORY EXHIBITS, BOOK READINGS, DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS, CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSIONS, AND HOLIDAY CONCERTS AND MEALS. THE GAI'S ADVOCACY WORK FOCUSES ON GOALS 4, 7, AND 16 OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. GOAL 4 IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION. THE GAI IS AN OFFICIAL APPRENTICESHIP AMBASSADOR OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. GOAL 7 IS FOR GERMANY AND THE US TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP BETTER GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY. GOAL 16 IS TO FOSTER PEACE THROUGH COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ETHNIC ORGANIZATIONS.

  Expenses $417,417 · Revenue $381,552

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

  $2,195,120

  Expenses

  $1,631,758

  Contributions

  $1,047,977

  Grants paid

  $10,527

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,105,622

  Expenses

  $1,872,311

  Contributions

  $781,980

  Grants paid

  $12,091

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,704,720

  Expenses

  $1,736,699

  Contributions

  $478,730

  Grants paid

  $20,669

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,529,014

  Expenses

  $1,532,695

  Contributions

  $481,205

  Grants paid

  $23,776

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

  $1,467,088

  Expenses

  $1,513,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,003,743

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,427,770

  Expenses

  $1,265,022

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,066,220

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,447,918

  Expenses

  $1,261,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $853,797

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,305,073

  Expenses

  $1,263,729

  Assets (EOY)

  $730,286

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,240,398

  Expenses

  $1,185,773

  Assets (EOY)

  $660,455

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,104,587

  Expenses

  $983,847

  Assets (EOY)

  $611,790

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $836,701

  Expenses

  $810,579

  Assets (EOY)

  $410,305

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $970,257

  Expenses

  $971,407

  Assets (EOY)

  $430,353

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

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $300,250

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

• MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  $164,500

  2024 · Legacy Grant for GAI: Accessible Entrance and Bathroom

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $130,250

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, ARTS & CULTURE

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $101,000

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $8,875

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $8,360

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $5,410

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $5,085

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

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