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THE COWLES CENTER

EIN 27-1173436 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Revenue 2023
$3,436,956
Expenses 2023
$3,503,241

Program services were 91.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A61
Classification
1000
Street
250 3RD AVE N STE 400

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).

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.

  • L Kelley Lindquist

    President

    Total calculated
    $268,476
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $239,316
    Other
    $29,160
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $239,316 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,758 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $268,674 related

  • Will Law

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $232,037
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $201,610
    Other
    $30,427
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $201,610 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,157 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,468 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $232,235 related

  • Kathleen Kvern

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $184,582
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,395
    Other
    $28,187
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,395 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,708 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,677 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $184,780 related

  • Stacey Mickelson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $169,615
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,148
    Other
    $19,467
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $150,148 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,570 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,095 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $169,813 related

  • Steve Stanley thru Aug

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $128,319
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $103,377
    Other
    $24,942
    Hours/week
    2 + 50 related

  • Beth Chalmers

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $57,564
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $52,642
    Other
    $4,922
    Hours/week
    2 + 50 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,436,956
    Expenses
    $3,503,241
    Contributions
    $2,650,389
    Grants paid
    $154,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,800,665
    Expenses
    $3,273,798
    Contributions
    $3,039,029
    Grants paid
    $151,000

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
    $3,628,768
    Expenses
    $2,865,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,707,590

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,492,326
    Expenses
    $2,658,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,245,040

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,381,185
    Expenses
    $3,276,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,722,457

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,305,013
    Expenses
    $3,610,873
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,279,788

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,162,687
    Expenses
    $3,552,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,181,163

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,195,672
    Expenses
    $6,760,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,229,107

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,580,262
    Expenses
    $3,586,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,917,406

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,975,430
    Expenses
    $3,205,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,350,128

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,167,905
    Expenses
    $3,735,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,267,587

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,178,187
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,418,384

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009

Tax period
1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009
Principal officer
Will Law
Mailing address
250 Third Ave N Suite 500Minneapolis MN 55401
Website
www.artspace.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.