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ARTS PARTNERSHIP

EIN 26-2507419 SAINT PAUL, MN

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Revenue 2023
$9,349,317
Expenses 2023
$6,542,778

Program services were 97.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A122
Classification
1000
Street
345 WASHINGTON ST

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 · 2023

Mission

THE ARTS PARTNERSHIP WAS INCORPORATED ON APRIL 10, 2007, AND ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND, IN PARTICULAR, AS A TYPE I SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 509(A)(3) FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF ITS SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS (SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS), NAMELY, ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (THE ORDWAY); THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY; THE MINNESOTA OPERA; AND THE SCHUBERT CLUB (COLLECTIVELY, THE ARTS PARTNERS), EACH OF WHICH IS A MINNESOTA NONPROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC CHARITY UNDER SECTION 509(A)(2) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ARTS PARTNERSHIP IS A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF FOUR PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE SHARING AND EFFECTIVE CARE OF THE ORDWAY CENTER FACILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ARTS PARTNERSHIP IS A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF FOUR PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE SHARING AND EFFECTIVE CARE OF THE ORDWAY CENTER AS A VITAL CULTURAL ASSET IN THE TWIN CITIES.

  • The Arts Partnership continued raising funds for $45.5 million All 4 ONE Campaign to enhance our signature partnership and to safeguard our organizations' futures. The campaign started in tax year 2018. The campaign is comprised of the following components: stability & recovery, facility maintenance, technology upgrades and sustainability. All of the 4 partner organizations are working collectively for the success of this campaign. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, The Arts Partnership granted $6,180,544 to the Partner Organizations as a part of the stabilization and facility maintenance and technology upgrades and raised by The Arts Partnership in this campaign.

    Expenses $4,158,594 · Grants $4,158,594

  • One of the primary purposes/programs for The Arts Partnership is to raise funds to support the primary users of Ordway Center for the Performing Art's facility. The Arts Partnership raises funds that will be granted to the primary users of the Ordway's facility to help support their use of Ordway facilities as well as cover expenses incurred by The Arts Partnership in support of the primary users' efforts to find creative and economically viable opportunities for the Groups' collective service to the community.

    Expenses $2,015,577 · Grants $2,015,577

  • The Arts Partnership presented and supported presentations that complemented the performances at Ordway Center by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Minnesota Orchestra, the Schubert Club, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, providing an additional unique arts experience for the community.

    Expenses $139,614 · Grants $6,373

  • Through a grant received from the Miami Foundation, The Arts Partnership supports Minnesota Artists' use of the Concert Hall at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts by funding direct expenses of costs incurred by these groups to use the Concert Hall.

    Expenses $34,003

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Barry Kempton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $238,444
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $195,345
    Other
    $43,099
    Hours/week
    4 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $195,345 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,534 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,565 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $238,444 related
  • Christopher Harrington

    President

    Total calculated
    $332,264
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $312,368
    Other
    $19,896
    Hours/week
    4 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $312,368 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,355 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,541 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $332,264 related
  • Ryan Taylor

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $278,999
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $260,102
    Other
    $18,897
    Hours/week
    4 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $247,464 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $12,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $138 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,881 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,016 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $278,999 related
  • Deborah Palmer-Rich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Limbacher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $318,492
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $276,327
    Other
    $42,165
    Hours/week
    4 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $276,327 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,853 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,312 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $318,492 related
  • Kimberly Randolph

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Laura McCarten

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gordon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 4 related
  • Patrick Garay-Heelan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 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
    $9,349,317
    Expenses
    $6,542,778
    Contributions
    $8,045,250
    Grants paid
    $6,180,544
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,980,977
    Expenses
    $5,575,710
    Contributions
    $6,273,428
    Grants paid
    $5,365,660

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
    $6,025,235
    Expenses
    $7,493,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,719,008
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,290,504
    Expenses
    $2,629,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,537,439
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,323,445
    Expenses
    $8,815,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,183,068
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,162,273
    Expenses
    $2,245,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,680,374
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,525,365
    Expenses
    $1,853,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,166,037
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,087,612
    Expenses
    $1,428,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,444,244
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,548,171
    Expenses
    $1,340,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,405,751
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,251,737
    Expenses
    $2,468,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,303,989
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,614,500
    Expenses
    $1,086,867
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,708,315
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,920,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,054,015

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

  • 2023 To provide general operating support, stabilization resources and funds for capital improvements and maintenance for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Facility.

  • 2022 $879,077 to provide operating support for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts use of the arts facility, $1,562,500 to provide stabilization funds from the Arts Partnership All 4 One campaign, $77,488 to provide for the joint programs of the supported organizations at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts facility and $53,997 to provide rent subsidy for the community rentals for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Additionally, $102,036 was received to keep its equipment and facility up to date. These purchases are agreed to in a facilities plan reviewed by the Arts Partnership each year.

  • 2023 Provide general operating fund resources and stabilization funds.

  • 2022 $842,500 in Stabilization funds from the Arts Partnership All 4 One Campaign, cash grant of $546,857 to support their use of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts facility, and $8,977 for joint programs of the supported organizations at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts facility.

  • 2022 Actual cash grant of $349,049 to support their use of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and $739,788 in stabilization funds from the Arts Partnership All 4 One Campaign.

  • 2023 Provide general operating fund resources and stabilization funds.

  • 2023 Provide general operating fund resources and stabilization funds.

  • 2022 Actual cash grant of $90,414 to support their use of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts facility, $112,500 in stabilization funds from the Arts Partnership All 4 One Campaign and $476 for the joint programs of the supported organizations at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts facility.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 11 November 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.