2018-05-07T08:43:23-05:00 2017-10-31 411647057 MahoneyUlbrichChristiansen & Russ PA 10 River Park Plaza Suite 800 Saint Paul MN 55107 990 2016-11-01 411322769 MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER MINN 6517740105 987 IVY AVENUE EAST SAINT PAUL MN 55106 DAVID O'FALLON CEO 6517724240 2018-04-26 1 Marc A Kotsonas P00544551 6512276695 2018-04-26 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z DAVID O'FALLON 987 IVY AVENUE EAST SAINT PAUL MN 55106 8666981 0 X www.mnhum.org X 1979 MN Conducts and supports cultural and educational programs throughout Minnesota. 22 22 48 27 -5971 -5971 1210866 8223962 346031 354877 21875 31676 -12511 -5971 1566261 8604544 1803288 1778618 0 0 1997183 2170051 0 0 188439 3386743 3650126 7187214 7598795 -5620953 1005749 13402230 14414940 329440 314424 13072790 14100516 X The Minnesota Humanities Center (Humanities Center) is an independent, not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to build a thoughtful, literate, and engaged society. Financial support for the programs and services of the Humanities Center comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the State of Minnesota, private and corporate foundations, individuals, and revenue earned from fees and conference center rentals. The Minnesota Humanities Center provides humanities-based professional development services to schools and educators and it works in partnership with numerous organizations to conduct meaningful and engaging public humanities programming in communities throughout Minnesota. Its relationship-based approach to humanities programming is focused on bringing into public life the stories and experiences of people and communities that have been missing and marginalized. 0 0 6303962 1778618 76381 The Minnesota Humanities Center is a nonprofit that collaborates with organizations and individuals to inspire community conversations, forge deep connections, and illuminate authentic, diverse voices across Minnesota, especially those left out or marginalized. We work to build a thoughtful, literate, and engaged society through education, partnerships, and public programs. The Humanities Center offers a new way to think about our future - grounded in the humanities. Our state is rapidly changing and growing even more diverse. The Humanities Center's approach affirms we're all in this together - using philosophy, literature, music, history, and language - we focus on what unites us not divides us. The Humanities Center helps people listen, connect, and understand each other better. We gather all voices and make clear that all narratives, including those that have been long absent from our education and public awareness, belong to the great human story. During the past year, the Minnesota Humanities Center has used its' funds in three key program areas: Minnesota Education Strategy, Veterans' Voices, and Water/Ways. Minnesota Education Strategy is at work in Minnesota and has proven results that address contemporary issues in education from a humanities foundation. It is based on the reality that relationships are fundamental to learning and exist within cultures. This empowers educators to build relationships with students and communities to increase student engagement. The Education Strategy helps educators, students, and parents create success by closing the relationship gap that undercuts efforts to eliminate disparities in academic achievement. In the last twelve months the Humanities Center served more than 1,300 Minnesota educators, including: Forty-six educators completed a week long cohort-based institute experience that deepened relationships, amplified skills and techniques to use in their daily practice, and builds a state network of support among educators. More than 580 educators representing 68 school districts expanded their understanding of the world around them at humanities-based events such as the "Increase Engagement Through Absent Narratives" workshop and the "Bdote Field Trip." 675 educators engaged with the Absent Narratives Resource Collection an online searchable database of over 1,000 ready-to-use videos, teacher guides, and readings that help educators increase classroom engagement through presentations and conference workshops.Veterans' Voices is a fast growing program that is changing the dominate narrative of Minnesota's Veterans. This program draws on the power of the humanities to explore and share the full life experiences of Veterans. It empowers Minnesota Veterans to speak in their own voices through storytelling, discussion groups, plays, literature, and the annual Veterans' Voices Award. Veterans' Voices will recognize the next great generation and illustrate that the Veteran's voice is essential to the work of building our great democracy. The fifth cohort of 25 Veterans who have gone above and beyond to make exceptional, positive contributions that improve the lives of Minnesotans across the state were honored at the 2017 Veterans' Voices Award Ceremony held on September 11, 2017, in front of 370 Minnesotans. The 2017 awardees now make up a network of 125 former awardees throughout the state. The Veterans' Voices Memorials Project, which provides a guide to educators and the public visiting the Capitol Mall and challenges them to consider how memory, war, and experiences of service are imbricated and represented. Designed and developed though community convenings, Minnesota Remembers Vietnam aims to remember the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia through the power of the humanities. Six communities received grants and will begin hosting events and activities in 2018-2019 in Minneapolis, St, Paul, Moorhead, Little Falls, Duluth, and St. Cloud. Storytelling development workshops for Veterans to learn to share their experiences through dynamic storytelling, and subsequent performance opportunities in such locations as Camp Ripley and Historic Fort Snelling. The Veterans' Voices Workshop for Educators, held at Camp Ripley, provides resources and professional development to help educators bring the missing stories of Veterans, military service members, and military families into their classroom. Water/Ways and We Are Water MN is a partnership formed to tell Minnesota's water stories collaboratively, bringing together personal narratives, historical materials, and scientific information. Combining these ways of knowing water strengthens Minnesotans' relationships with and responsibilities to water. In 2016-2017, the Humanities Center partnered with six Minnesota host sites and communities: Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center (Spicer), Nicollet County Historical Society (St. Peter), Goodhue County Historical Society (Red Wing), Audubon Center of the North Woods (Sandstone), Lanesboro Arts (Lanesboro), Becker County Historical Society (Detroit Lakes) to tour the Water/Ways exhibit with community engagement programming. The 2018-2019 host sites are located in Grand Rapids, Onamia, Cloquet, Minneapolis, Bemidji, Crookston, Austin, and Northfield A network of state partners include Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Minnesota section of the American Water Works Association 7,238 participants viewed the exhibit in six communities across Minnesota More than 530 national, state, and local water stories were collectedLegacy Programs and PurposesThe Minnesota Humanities Center received an appropriation from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment for programs and purposes for the 2017-2019 biennium. A portion of these funds are used for the Minnesota Education Strategy and Veterans' Voices programs. In addition, in the Spring of 2017, the Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations exhibit was installed at the newly-renovated Minnesota State Capitol building. In addition to a permanent exhibit at the State Capitol, the exhibit toured locally in schools, and is on track to tour the University of Minnesota system in 2017-2018. Future programming and educator guides for this exhibit will be developed with the Indian Affairs Council of the State of Minnesota.Legacy Pass-through Appropriations In 2017, the Minnesota Humanities Center administered 14 direct appropriations totaling $3,152,250 from the Minnesota General Operating Fund and the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment for the 2017-2019 biennium. Grantees include cultural heritage organizations, children's museums, civics education organizations, the Minnesota State Council on Disability, Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, KaJoog Fanka Program, Somali Community and Museum Grants, Ramsey County Parks-Cultural Games and Cultural Athletic Fields and Rondo Commemorative Plaza. 307962 278496 The Humanities Center operates a full-service event center, as created by the State Legislature in 1996. In addition to housing programs of the Humanities Center, this restored architectural landmark serves as a gathering place for educators, social service providers, other non-profits, state colleges and universities, state agencies and community groups seeking to improve both their individual work and the quality of life for all Minnesotans, by providing high-quality, cost effective meeting and event space for educational and public programs and staff education and development. In the last twelve months, the Humanities Center hosted 347 meetings and events in its meeting and event spaces, serving over 9,600 people associated with local community organizations. 6611924 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 254 0 1 48 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X X Carol Aegerter 6517724243 987 IVY AVENUE EAST SAINT PAUL MN 55106 bryAN LJUNG Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 brian Steeves treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 meredith Beeson vice chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 susannah Ottaway Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 COlleen aho director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan heegaard DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Belak Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brianna Erickson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anamarie Gutsch Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Less Heen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAtrick henry director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Carinda Horton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Matembo Kitoy DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jean King DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 Margaret Leibfried director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sakinah Mujahid Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Trudy Ohnsborg Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 David dayhoff director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Anita Patel Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Peterson DIrector 1.00 X 0 0 0 anne novak director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Tittle sr Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Tran director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Troutner Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kristin WHite director 1.00 X 0 0 0 SYLVIA STROBEL Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL AEGERTER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 45.00 X 119242 0 17083 DAVID O'FALLON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 45.00 X 177822 0 21411 ROSE mCgEE PROGRAM OFFICER 42.00 X 101465 0 15507 398529 0 54001 3 0 1 0 Innocent Technologies 275 MARKET ST SUITE 280 Minneapolis MN 55405 scholar consultant & payment for Innocen 547839 Akintunde Productions 3817 S 186TH AVE OMAHA NE 68130 scholar consultant and film production c 327750 Tommy Watson 10130 MALLARD CREED RD SUITE 300 Charlotte NC 28262 Scholar consultant 179955 Eleanor Toombs Coleman 940 LIVINGSTON LOOP THE VILLAGES FL 32162 project management services-OPS project 167538 4 7992423 231539 4315 8223962 CONFERENCE CTR RENTAL 611600 278496 278496 PROGRAM INCOME 611600 68369 68369 OTHER 900099 6800 6800 publication sales 511130 1212 1212 354877 31676 31676 56466 62437 -5971 -5971 -5971 8604544 354877 -5971 31676 X 1778618 1778618 338797 80611 231549 26637 1387796 1028420 287583 71793 322315 245718 56412 20185 121143 80741 33505 6897 19780 19780 109610 63750 45860 2014729 2013281 40 1408 34753 32823 1742 188 143551 110127 32007 1417 62940 39416 20476 3048 45122 40506 3171 1445 294067 282176 10641 1250 15644 1785 12986 873 6673 2560 3378 735 90823 80914 6755 3154 16651 14647 1351 653 SITE FEES and STIPENDS 682903 682903 FOOD SERVICE/HOUSEKEEPI 58010 57891 119 Equip rental/maintenanc 35878 27140 6699 2039 MISCELLANEOUS 10203 5919 4159 125 8789 5728 2329 732 7598795 6611924 798432 188439 170336 248585 150594 167919 6713605 6937872 65445 61908 27265 32597 3610344 2212323 1461269 1398021 4813716 5568038 13402230 14414940 288060 306105 27351 0 3486 1290 10543 7029 329440 314424 X 3078946 3030124 9943844 11020392 50000 50000 13072790 14100516 13402230 14414940 1005749 21977 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 10826484 1078378 17438945 1210866 8223962 38778635 10826484 1078378 17438945 1210866 8223962 38778635 16027228 22751407 50623 106848 52759 72355 31676 314261 39092896 1659148 0.58200 0.43360 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 109486 0 0 109486 0 Part II-B, Line 1: The Humanities Center contracts with a legislative counsel to help keep the importance of the humanities at the forefront of the legislature. 50016 2578 52594 50000 16 50016 0.95000 0.05000 0 0 235000 235000 2582741 1511082 1071659 792603 701241 91362 1398021 X 8626521 21977 21977 8604544 0 8604544 7598795 0 7598795 0 7598795 Part V, Line 4: EARNINGS WILL BE USED TO HONOR ONE OR MORE MINNESOTA HISTORIANS ANNUALLY. Part X, Line 2: MHC has been classified as an organization that is not a private foundation under the Internal Revenue Code. Charitable contributions by donors to MHC are tax deductible. MHC is subject to unrelated business income tax on a portion of its conference center rental activities. MHC has significant net operating loss carryforwards that begin to expire in 2018. It is expected that most or all of the carryforwards will expire without being fully utilized. 1 syngetic endeavers llc PO Box 600388 Saint Paul MN 55106 Capital Campaign 0 0 45860 -45860 45860 -45860 Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b, Column (v) We employed Synergetics Endeavers to assist with a Capital Campaign. All the work was exploratory and strategic, no money was solicted or raised in FY17. 1 Children's Discovery Museum PO Box 724 Grand Rapids MN 55744 411790485 501(c)(3) 152950 regrant of Mn legacy Amendment Funding for Children's Museums Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota PO Box 3103 Mankato MN 56002 204351801 501(c)(3) 115239 regrant of Mn legacy Amendment Funding for Children's Museums Duluth Children's Museum 115 S 29th Avenue W Duluth MN 55806 410718361 501(c)(3) 142590 regrant of Mn legacy Amendment Funding for Children's Museums MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 10 WEST SEVENTH ST ST Paul MN 55155 411354181 501(c)(3) 475300 regrant of Mn legacy Amendment Funding for Children's Museums Ampers 2175 Cool Stream Circle Eagan MN 55122 411388406 501(c)(3) 20000 REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR Vets Voices KA JOOG ORGANIZATION 419 CEDAR AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55454 392073475 501(c)(3) 122225 REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR KA JOOG ORGANIZATION HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA 555 PARK STREET SUITE 400 ST PAUL MN 55103 363567366 501(c)(3) 428531 REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR HEALTHY EATING PROGRAM RAMSEY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION 2015 north VAN DYKE ST MAPLEWOOD MN 551093796 416005875 77759 REGRANT OF MN LEGACY AMENDMENT FUNDING FOR HEALTHY EATING PROGRAM Veterans Defense Project 3201 Hennepin Ave miNNEAPOLIS MN 55418 72750 REGRANT FOR CITY OF SAINT PAUL CULTURAL GAMES Somali ARTIFACT AND CULTURAL Museum 1519 E Lake St 011 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55407 462821976 501(c)(3) 6114 MINNESOTA HUMANITIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS VocalEssence 1900 Nicollet Ave miNNEAPOLIS MN 55403 411363849 501(c)(3) 15070 MINNESOTA HUMANITIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS MInnesota civic youth 2395 University Ave Suite 220 st Paul MN 55114 58441 MINNESOTA HUMANITIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS Learning law and Democracy FOundation 2395 University Ave Suite 220 st Paul MN 55114 260077593 501(c)(3) 65317 MINNESOTA HUMANITIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS 13 13 Part I, Line 2: we require applications for the grants; some have independent review panels to determine recipients; we have formal grant agreements, and require reports: interim and final for larger grants; final only for smaller grants. For legacy regrants of $50K or more, we require a site visit be conducted by MHC finance and program staff, which includes a financial review and an audit based upon the requirements defined within the grant agreement. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DAVID O'FALLON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 171007 0 6815 0 0 0 14176 0 7235 0 199233 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 The President received a bonus of $6,815 BUT, No annual wage increase. Some staff received bonuses in FY17 based upon performance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The finance committee receives copies and reviews the entire 990; it is also reviewed by the Chief Operating Officer and the CEO. A copy of the public version is sent electronically to each board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Requirements are reviewed with all incoming board members, and then annually with full board. If there are conflicts, the board member recuses themselves from the discussion and vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Compensation for the CEO is set by the Personnel Committee of the board. They compare compensation with publically available information for similar positions, either through salary surveys or through review of 990's for other nonprofits. There is a salary grade and range established for this position; as for all positions. Compensation is reviewed annually for all staff. A formal salary administration program is in place (salary ranges, job grades). Market comparisons are done formally on a periodic basis; published market surveys are reviewed annually and ranges adjusted as the MHC leadership determines appropriate. Individual compensation is recommended by direct supervisor and approved by the CEO for members of the leadership team, and by the leadership team for other staff; all are based on job responsibilities and performance. These recommendations then go to the Board personnel committee for review and approval, prior to the approval of the full budget by the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 These documents are provided upon request. In addition, since 2008, the annual report, audited financial statements, and Form 990's are on our website. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g contract service fees: Program service expenses 2,013,281. Management and general expenses 40. Fundraising expenses 1,408. Total expenses 2,014,729. Part XII, Line 2c THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.