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FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK

EIN 41-1843609 SHAFER, MN

Revenue 2024
$484,112
Expenses 2024
$819,163

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A40
Classification
1000
Street
29836 SAINT CROIX TRL

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

Mission

FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK IS THE PRE-EMINENT, ARTIST-CENTERED SCULPTURE PARK IN THE MIDWEST. FOUNDED IN 1996, FRANCONIA PROVIDES PHYSICALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY WIDE-OPEN SPACES THAT INSPIRE NEW WAYS OF THINKING THROUGH ACCESS TO CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION AND LAND ART. LOCATED IN THE SCENIC ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY TO CREATE AND CONTEMPLATE CONTEMPORARY ART INSPIRED BY NATURE AND OUR EVER-EVOLVING WORLD.

  • ARTS, EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAMS: FRANCONIA PROVIDES A DEPTH AND BREADTH OF ON-SITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT SUPPLEMENT STEAM CURRICULUM. PROGRAMS INCLUDE WEEKLY TOURS, MULTIGENERATIONAL ARTMAKING WORKSHOPS, OBSERVE & INTERPRET WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS, SUMMER CAMPS, LECTURES, MUSIC AT FRANCONIA CONCERTS, FILM AT FRANCONIA SCREENINGS, AND PERFORMANCE AT FRANCONIA EVENTS.

    Expenses $194,957 · Revenue $22,121

  • ENGAGEMENT: FRANCONIA OPERATES A 50-ACRE OUTDOOR MUSEUM THAT INCLUDES FRANCONIA COMMONS, A 7,000 SQ. FOOT VISITOR CENTER, EDUCATION SPACE, GALLERY AND GIFT SHOP. OUR ACTIVITIES CULTIVATE CRITICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES; SUPPORT ARTISTS THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF NEW, EXPERIMENTAL WORK; AND EDUCATE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES OF TOMORROW. FRANCONIA APPLIES CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW THROUGH THE VEHICLE OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE. WE CREATE BOLD PROGRAMMING THAT IS AMBITIOUS, INNOVATIVE, AND THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. MOREOVER, WE AIM TO CREATE A WELCOMING, INVITING SPACE FOR ALL VISITORS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ART, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CHANGING WORLD WE LIVE IN. FRANCONIA IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365-DAYS A YEAR, AND SERVES MORE THAN 110,000 ADULTS AND 75,000 YOUTHS ANNUALLY. WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE FRANCONIA PAID 235 ARTISTS LAST YEAR THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE BETWEEN EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND RESIDENCIES LAST YEAR.

    Expenses $217,893

  • ARTIST RESIDENCY: FRANCONIA PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE MONEY, STUDIO SPACE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 ARTISTS ANNUALLY WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCRULPTURE, INSTALLATION, SOCIAL PRACTICE, PERFORMANCE, AND LAND ART. OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE: WINTER WRITERS RESIDENCY, EMERGING ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCY, AND MID-CAREER FELLOWSHIPS.

    Expenses $160,552

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.

  • KATE BISCHOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • HEATHER RUTLEDGE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ALEX LEGEROS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $101,663
    From this org
    $101,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SHEILA MOZAYENY-HALE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • STEVE GOETZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DR BRENDA KAYZAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KEVIN RIACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LANN BRIEL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JANA MACKIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PETER VITALIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
    $484,112
    Expenses
    $819,163
    Contributions
    $369,721
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $902,184
    Expenses
    $705,747
    Contributions
    $835,282
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $902,184
    Expenses
    $705,747
    Contributions
    $835,282
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,079,269
    Expenses
    $1,129,233
    Contributions
    $995,866
    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
    $636,537
    Expenses
    $775,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,468,135

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $636,537
    Expenses
    $866,623
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,377,116

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $586,526
    Expenses
    $652,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,664,459

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $399,982
    Expenses
    $623,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,783,899

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,024,472
    Expenses
    $622,901
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,801,691

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $810,965
    Expenses
    $715,647
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,492,402

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,855,889
    Expenses
    $706,732
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,387,054

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,515,675
    Expenses
    $667,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,259,339

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $646,581
    Expenses
    $610,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,583,207

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $533,424
    Expenses
    $555,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,548,363

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

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.