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(SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O) false false 3640049 1566156 705250 PERFORMING ARTS: Arts Midwests performing arts programs connect high-quality artists to audiences in the Midwest and nationally. Through the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, Arts Midwest World Fest, Arts Midwest Conference, Shakespeare in American Communities, We the Many, Arts Midwest Folkefest, and NEA Performing Arts Discovery, we foster a sense of connectedness between Midwesterners and people around the globe. (See continution on Schedule O) 1408987 1068366 331437 LITERARY ARTS: Arts Midwest manages NEA Big Read on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA Big Read seeks to broaden our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. NEA Big Read supports organizations across the country in developing community-wide reading programs. Participating organizations receive a grant, access to online training resources and opportunities, and educational and promotional materials designed to support widespread community involvement. In 20182019, we awarded more than $1 million to 79 organizations in 34 states plus Puerto Rico to conduct NEA Big Read events. 595215 2500 LEARNING INITIATIVES: Arts Midwest provides arts leaders opportunities to come together and explore new ideas, deepen their strategic practices, and build new skills and relationships. Our ArtsLab program strengthens arts organizations through leadership and strategy development. The 2019 Minnesota Building Community and Adaptability cohort convened 12 organizations in a six-month program that explored healthy business models and building equity and inclusion. 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14900 China on Tour White Bird 5620 SW Edgemont Pl Portland OR 97239 931263353 501(c)(3) 8600 China on Tour 81 39 PART I, LINE 2 According to our established sub-recipient monitoring policy we have several monitoring methods in place. We require our grantees to submit program information at specific intervals for their award. This includes but is not limited to program calendars, artist contracts, summary reports, and a final report on activities. We conduct a handful of site visits per program and program cycle. We assess risk on the federal programs by requiring registration with SAM.gov. Finally, Arts Midwest staff maintain a regular schedule of communication with each grantee via email, telephone, and grantee web portals. X true true X X X X false false false false false false false false false DAVID J FRAHER EX-OFFICIO / PRESIDENT & CEO 185852 0 0 0 0 0 18535 0 13956 0 218343 0 0 0 PART III, LINE 1 (Continuation from Part III) Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters throughout Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. We seek to build communities through gathering, investing, and creating. We gather people in community, creating space for dialogue, connection, and storytelling. We invest our energy and our resources in organizations, communities, innovation, and people. And we create programs, experiences, and moments for people to express themselves and share in each others creativity. PART III, LINE 4A (Continuation from Part III) Arts Midwest Touring Fund engages Midwestern audiences in meaningful experiences with multicultural performing artists from across the Midwest, the nation, and the world through fee support grants to performing arts presenters in our region. Through the 20182019 cycle, we awarded more than $330,000 to 143 organizations across the Midwest. These organizations reached more than 125,000 adults and 100,000 children through their Touring Fund-supported programming. Arts Midwest World Fest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with global performers. In 20182019, we toured Manhu of China, Unni Boksasp Ensemble of Norway, Ondekoza of Japan, and Sofi & the Baladis of Israel to Dickinson, ND; Pierre, SD; Dubuque, IA; Prairie du Chien, WI; Red Wing, MN; Sterling, IL; Corydon, IN; Marietta, OH; and Flint, MI. The ensembles conducted public concerts, school workshops, and community activities, and reached more than 44,000 people. The Arts Midwest Conference is the preeminent booking and education conference for the Midwest performing arts industry. The 31st annual Conference took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, from September 58, 2018. The Conference welcomed 1,132 artists, artist managers/agents, performing arts presenters, and arts administrators, representing 48 U.S. states and territories and six foreign countries. Arts Midwest manages Shakespeare in American Communities on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts. During the 20182019 program cycle, we made $1 million in grants to 40 nonprofit, professional theater companies from 27 states and the District of Columbia to present productions of Shakespeare plays and related educational activities to middle and high school students. We the Many is a pilot program that seeks to expand the understanding of what it means to be a Midwesterner through the creative exchange of voices, cultures, and ideas. The program began its planning phase in 2019 and will co-create yearlong performing arts residencies with Midwestern artists in 20202021 in Wabash, IN; Perry, IA; and Sisseton, SD. Arts Midwest Folkefest engages Upper Midwest audiences in week-long residencies with traditional Nordic musical ensembles. In 20182019, we toured Emilia Amper Band of Sweden to Washington, IA; Marquette, MI; Chisholm, MN; Devils Lake, ND; Aberdeen, SD; and Rice Lake, WI. The ensemble reached more than 2,000 adults and 9,000 children through 65 community, educational, and performance activities. NEA Performing Arts Discovery builds and sustains international arts networks and highlights the diversity of the U.S. performing arts market, with a goal of expanding the global opportunities for performing artists from across the United States. In 2018, 13 arts presenters from Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, and Mexico attended the Arts Midwest Conference and a follow up forum that explored the arts market in Indianapolis. PART III, LINE 4C (Continuation from Part III) And in 20182019, our national initiative Creating Connection worked with arts and cultural organizations, community leaders, and allied sectors in Oregon, California, Michigan, and Massachusetts to share messaging, programming strategies, and toolkits that leverage research around the relationships between public values and arts, culture, and creative expression. PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE NON-VOTING AND CONSIST OF THOSE INTERESTED IN THE GOALS AND PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION. MEMBERSHIP IS ATTAINED UPON APPLICATION. PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DETAILED REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT & CEO AND BY THE TREASURER. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED A FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE RETURN PRIOR TO FILING. A DRAFT WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C Each director, officer, key employee and member of a committee with board delegated powers shall complete and sign a conflicts of interest policy annual statement at the time of his or her initial election or appointment and annually thereafter. An interested person may make a presentation at the board or committee meeting regarding the proposed transaction or arrangement, but after such presentation, there interested person shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the proposed transaction or arrangement that results in the conflict of interest. additionally (1) the chairperson of the board (or committee) shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement (2) after exercising due diligence, the board (or committee) shall determine whether the organization can obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest (3) If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonable attainable under the circumstances that would not give rise to a conflict of interest, the board (or committee) shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors (or committee members), whether the transaction or arrangement is in the organizations best interest and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the organization and shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. Detailed minutes of board or committee meetings are maintained to document all such situations. PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A The executive committee sets compensation for the president & CEO. The executive committee uses the following procedures to set the compensation of the president & CEO (1) for the purpose of setting the president & CEOs compensation, the executive committee shall be made up entirely of individuals who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement (2) the executive committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to making its determination regarding the compensation of the president & CEO. Appropriate comparability data includes compensation levels paid by organizations of similar size and complexity nationally, regionally and locally, and current compensation surveys. Detailed documents are maintained of all deliberations and decisions. The process of determining the compensation of the president & CEO last included review and approval by independent persons, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation in 2018. The executive committee delegates to the president & CEO the authority to set compensation for other executives. PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. The organizations financial statements are made available to the public through the Minnesota Attorney Generals office. FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES TOTAL FEES:714945