MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION (EIN 41-0693875)
Tax period: 2013-09-01 to 2014-08-31
Filed: 2015-06-18
IRS object ID: 201501699349300045
Schema version: 2013v4.0
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-06-18T15:00:15-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	410746749	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET SUITE 300	AddressLine1
City	MINNEAPOLIS	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55402	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	410693875	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MINN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6123715600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 NICOLLET MALL	AddressLine1
City	MINNEAPOLIS	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55403	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KEVIN SMITH	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT & CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6123715600	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-06-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	LARRY ADAMS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01314654	PTIN
Phone	6123764500	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	KEVIN SMITH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 NICOLLET MALL	AddressLine1
City	MINNEAPOLIS	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55403	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$61,014,483	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.MINNESOTAORCHESTRA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1907	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	A MINNESOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	72	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	68	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	816	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	317	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$435,438	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$90,359	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$11,926,506	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$24,613,003	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$203,166	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$5,540,506	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,992,286	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,180,045	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$61,255	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$161,902	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$14,183,213	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$32,171,652	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$62,595	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$54,121	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$8,576,041	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$15,327,875	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$358,938	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$254,783	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,365,349	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,579,666	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,863,055	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$13,577,240	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$24,499,834	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$605,973	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$7,671,818	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$218,315,716	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$232,315,806	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$34,212,298	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$27,950,722	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$184,103,418	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$204,365,084	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ENRICHES, INSPIRES AND SERVES OUR COMMUNITY AS A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$17,856,604	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$54,121	GrantAmt
Revenue	$5,127,880	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA IS RECOGNIZED FOR DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCES AROUND THE WORLD, AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS, RADIO BROADCASTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND COMMITMENT TO BUILDING THE REPERTOIRE OF THE FUTURE. THE ENSEMBLE NOW PRESENTS NEARLY 175 CONCERTS THAT ARE HEARD LIVE BY 350,000 INDIVIDUALS, AND EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT SERVE 85,000 MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL AGES. THE ORCHESTRA MAKES ITS HOME AT ORCHESTRA HALL IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE ITS CONCERTS ARE BROADCAST ACROSS THE STATE EACH FRIDAY EVENING BY MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO. MANY PROGRAMS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY HEARD NATION-WIDE ON AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA RADIO PROGRAMS.THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA, NOW IN ITS SECOND CENTURY, HAS LONG RANKED AMONG AMERICA'S TOP SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLES, WITH A DISTINGUISHED HISTORY OF ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCES IN ITS HOME STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD; AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS, RADIO BROADCASTS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS; AND A VISIONARY COMMITMENT TO BUILDING THE ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE OF TOMORROW.FOUNDED AS THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THE ENSEMBLE GAVE ITS INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE ON NOVEMBER 5, 1903, SHORTLY AFTER BASEBALL'S FIRST WORLD SERIES AND SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MADE THEIR UNPRECEDENTED AIRPLANE FLIGHT. THE ORCHESTRA PLAYED ITS FIRST REGIONAL TOUR IN 1907 AND MADE ITS NEW YORK CITY DEBUT IN 1912 AT CARNEGIE HALL, WHERE IT HAS PERFORMED REGULARLY EVER SINCE. OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, THE ORCHESTRA HAS PLAYED CONCERTS IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, EUROPE, THE FAR EAST, LATIN AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. SINCE 1968 IT HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA. THE ENSEMBLE TYPICALLY PRESENTS NEARLY 175 PROGRAMS A YEAR, PRIMARILY AT ITS HOME VENUE OF ORCHESTRA HALL IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, AND ITS CONCERTS ARE HEARD BY LIVE AUDIENCES OF 350,000.THE ORCHESTRA'S INTERNATIONAL TOURS HAVE REAPED SIGNIFICANT PRAISE, MOST RECENTLY A CRITICALLY LAUDED 2010 TOUR OF EUROPEAN FESTIVALS. DURING THIS TOUR THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMED AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, AMSTERDAM'S CONCERTGEBOUW AND THE BBC PROMS IN LONDON-BEFORE CHEERING CROWDS TOTALING 12,000 FOR TWO CONCERTS AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL, ONE OF WHICH CULMINATED IN A PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY. UNDER MUSIC DIRECTOR OSMO VANSKA, THE ENSEMBLE UNDERTOOK FOUR EUROPEAN TOURS, APPEARED ANNUALLY AT NEW YORK'S CARNEGIE HALL OR LINCOLN CENTER AND TOURED MINNESOTA IN 2005, 2007 AND 2008. THE ORCHESTRA'S RECORDINGS AND BROADCASTS HAVE DRAWN ACCLAIM SINCE THE EARLY 1920S, WHEN THE ENSEMBLE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE HEARD VIA THESE MEDIA-NOTABLY MAKING ITS RADIO DEBUT IN 1923 BY PLAYING A NATIONALLY BROADCAST CONCERT UNDER GUEST CONDUCTOR BRUNO WALTER. ITS LANDMARK MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE LP RECORDINGS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S, UNDER MUSIC DIRECTORS ANTAL DORATI AND STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI, HAVE BEEN REISSUED ON CD TO GREAT ACCLAIM. UNDER OSMO VANSKA, THE ORCHESTRA COMPLETED SEVERAL ACCLAIMED RECORDING PROJECTS, PRIMARILY FOR BIS RECORDS, INCLUDING A FIVE-DISC CYCLE OF THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE "MAY BE THE DEFINITIVE (CYCLE) OF OUR TIME." THE RECORDING OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY RECEIVED A 2008 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE, AND THE ALBUM FEATURING THE SECOND AND SEVENTH SYMPHONIES WAS NOMINATED FOR A 2009 CLASSIC FM GRAMOPHONE AWARD.THE ORCHESTRA AND VANSKA ALSO RECORDED A TWO-CD SET OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S PIANO-AND-ORCHESTRA WORKS WITH SOLOIST STEPHEN HOUGH, A DISC FEATURING BRUCKNER'S FOURTH SYMPHONY, AN ALBUM OF BEETHOVEN'S FOURTH AND FIFTH PIANO CONCERTOS WITH RUSSIAN PIANIST YEVGENY SUDBIN, AND TWO ALBUMS OF SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES, INCLUDING A DISC FEATURING SIBELIUS' SYMPHONIES NO. 2 AND 5 THAT GARNERED A 2013 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE.THE ORCHESTRA'S FRIDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCES ARE BROADCAST LIVE REGIONALLY BY MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, A WEEKLY TRADITION FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. MANY PROGRAMS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY FEATURED ON AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA'S NATIONAL PROGRAMS, SYMPHONYCAST AND PERFORMANCE TODAY. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING TRADITIONAL CONCERTS, THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA TYPICALLY CONNECTS WITH MORE THAN 85,000 MUSIC LOVERS ANNUALLY THROUGH FAMILY CONCERTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS, A SERIES THAT MARKED ITS CENTENNIAL DURING THE 2011-12 SEASON. IN THE LAST DECADE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED A MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT. MUSICIANS ALSO ENGAGE IN SUCH ORCHESTRA-SPONSORED INITIATIVES AS THE SIDE-BY-SIDE REHEARSALS AND CONCERTS WITH YOUNG AREA MUSICIANS, AND THE UPBEAT PROGRAM, WHICH ESTABLISHES MULTI-YEAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES AND AROUND THE STATE.IN 2011, EXTENDING A LONG TRADITION OF PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE ORCHESTRA LAUNCHED COMMON CHORDS. THIS MULTI-YEAR INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE ORCHESTRA AND PARTICIPATING MINNESOTA CITIES, CULMINATING IN A CELEBRATORY FESTIVAL WEEK THAT FEATURES PERFORMANCES AND DOZENS OF ACTIVITIES THAT REFLECT THE INTERESTS, DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE OF EACH COMMUNITY. LAUNCHED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION, COMMON CHORDS PRESENTED ITS FIRST FESTIVAL WEEK IN GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, IN OCTOBER 2011; A SECOND PARTNERSHIP IN WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, CULMINATED IN MAY 2012.ALONG WITH ITS CORE SERIES OF CLASSICAL CONCERTS, THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA OFFERS NUMEROUS POPS CONCERTS IN A SERIES LED BY CONDUCTOR SARAH HICKS, PRESENTING THE GREATEST CONTEMPORARY POP PERFORMERS IN GENRES RANGING FROM LATIN, JAZZ AND BIG BAND TO BROADWAY, COUNTRY AND WORLD MUSIC. IN 2008, THE ORCHESTRA ESTABLISHED JAZZ AT ORCHESTRA HALL, A JAZZ SERIES FEATURING TOP PERFORMERS FROM AROUND THE NATION, AND NAMED IRVIN MAYFIELD AS THE SERIES' ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. AMERICAN CONDUCTOR ANDREW LITTON SERVES AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE ORCHESTRA'S BELOVED URBAN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL, SOMMERFEST, WHICH CELEBRATED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2010. THE ORCHESTRA ALSO OFFERS A LINEUP OF HOLIDAY CONCERTS EACH DECEMBER.WITH A LONG HISTORY OF COMMISSIONING AND PERFORMING NEW MUSIC, THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA NOURISHES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS. ITS ANNUAL COMPOSER INSTITUTE OFFERS UP TO SEVEN EMERGING COMPOSERS FROM AROUND THE NATION AN INTENSE IMMERSION INTO THE ORCHESTRAL WORLD, CULMINATING IN A FUTURE CLASSICS CONCERT LED IN RECENT YEARS BY OSMO VANSKA. SINCE 1903 THE ORCHESTRA HAS PREMIERED AND/OR COMMISSIONED NEARLY 300 COMPOSITIONS, INCLUDING WORKS BY JOHN ADAMS, KALEVI AHO, DOMINICK ARGENTO (MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA COMPOSER LAUREATE), AARON COPLAND, JOHN CORIGLIANO, CHARLES IVES, AARON JAY KERNIS, LIBBY LARSEN, STEPHEN PAULUS AND STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI (THE ORCHESTRA'S CONDUCTOR LAUREATE). THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP) HAS BESTOWED UPON THE ORCHESTRA 20 AWARDS FOR ADVENTURESOME PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING FIVE LEONARD BERNSTEIN AWARDS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMMING BETWEEN 2005 AND 2012 AND, IN 2008, THE JOHN S. EDWARDS AWARD FOR STRONGEST COMMITMENT TO NEW AMERICAN MUSIC.PREVIOUS MUSIC DIRECTORS OF THE ORCHESTRA WERE: EMIL OBERHOFFER (1903-1922), HENRI VERBRUGGHEN (1923-1931), EUGENE ORMANDY (1931-1936), DIMITRI MITROPOULOS (1937-1949), ANTAL DORATI (1949-1960), STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI (1960-1979), NEVILLE MARRINER (1979-1986), EDO DE WAART (1986-1995) AND EIJI OUE (1995-2002).THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA'S HOME VENUE, ORCHESTRA HALL IN MINNEAPOLIS, UNDERWENT A MAJOR RENOVATION THAT WAS COMPLETED IN FALL 2013.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$17,856,604	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (1)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	0	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	0	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (1)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	73	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	816	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	72	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	68	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRIS TAUTE	PersonNm
Phone	6123715600	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1111 NICOLLET MALL	AddressLine1
City	MINNEAPOLIS	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55403	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (89 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
MICHAEL HENSON
PRESIDENT & CEO	40.00	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$397,648	$0	$29,773
GORDON SPRENGER
CHAIR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JON CAMPBELL
PAST CHAIR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PATRICK BOWE
TREASURER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAMES MELVILLE
SECRETARY	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARGARET ANKENY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EMILY BACKSTROM
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN BAKER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROCHELLE BLEASE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID BOEHNEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARGARET BRACKEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BARBARA BURWELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARI CARLSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NICKY CARPENTER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAN CONLIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARK COPMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHY CUNNINGHAM
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KENNETH CUTLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDREW CZAJKOWSKI
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD DAVIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN EISELE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JACK EUGSTER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN FARRELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOLLY FITERMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BEN FOWKE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LUELLA GOLDBERG
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL GRANGAARD
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JANE GREGERSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BEVERLY GROSSMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUSAN HAGSTRUM
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAYNE HILDE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN HIMLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM HODDER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHADRA HOGAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY HOLMES
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KAREN HUBBARD
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HELLA MEARS HUEG
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAY IHLENFELD
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PHILIP ISAACSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY JAMIESON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS KELLEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVEN KENNEDY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LLOYD KEPPLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL KLINGENSMITH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY LAZARUS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS LEATHERDALE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALLEN LENZMEIER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY LINDAHL
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARTIN LUECK
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RONALD LUND
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHLEEN LUNDEEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WARREN MACK
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HARVEY MACKAY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERIC MERCER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNE MILLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HUGH MILLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOAN MONDALE
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BETTY MYERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARILYN NELSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIMOTHY O'BRIEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LIZ O'NEAL
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DALE OLSETH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANITA PAMPUSCH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERIC PAULSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROSALYND PFLAUM
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUSAN PLATOU
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRIS POLICINSKI
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TERI POPP
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAULA PRAHL
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GREGORY PULLES
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JUDY RANHEIM
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL ROOS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JON SALVESON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JO ELLEN SAYLOR
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SALLY SMITH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT SPONG
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY SUMNERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GEORGIA THOMPSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MAXINE WALLIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIM WELSH
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WENDY WENGER DANKEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN WHALEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID WICHMANN
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN WILGERS
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL ZELLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRYAN EBENSTEINER
VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$183,207	$0	$26,480
ROBERT NEU
VP & GENERAL MANAGER	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$156,670	$0	$20,679
OSMO VANSKA
MUSIC DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00			$309,905	$0	$6,266	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,047,430	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$83,198	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/City	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/Country	Postal CodeContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/PostalCode	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/City	StateContractorAddress/USAddress/State	ZIP CodeContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCode
KUWABARA PAYNE MCKENNA & BLUMBERG
322 KING STREET WEST	TORONTO	CA	M5V 1J2	ARCHITECTS	$1,014,681
RUFALO CODY
				TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN/TICKET SELLING	$522,988	65 KIRKWOOD NORTH ROAD SW	CEDAR RAPIDS	IA	52406
WELLS FARGO BANK
				BANKING SERVICES	$300,912	90 SOUTH 7TH STREET	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55402
FELHABER LARSON FENLON & VOGT
				LEGAL	$207,697	220 SOUTH 6TH STREET 2200	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55402
FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
				LEGAL	$155,527	90 SOUTH 7TH STREET 2200	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55402

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$347,361	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$3,056,144	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$1,117,350	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$20,092,148	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,633,789	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$24,613,003	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
ORCHESTRA TICKETS	711130	$3,755,049	$3,755,049
CONCESSIONS & FEES	711130	$835,223	$835,223
RENTALS	711130	$622,005	$209,379	$412,626
NON-ORCHESTRA TICKETS	711130	$303,229	$303,229
ORCHESTRA SERVICE FEES	532000	$25,000	$25,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$5,540,506	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,153,112	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$22,812	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,130,300	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,656	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,656	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$29,337,606	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$28,310,673	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,026,933	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,026,933	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,026,933	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$145,386	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$347,361	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$356,009	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$210,623	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$210,623	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$220,214	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$176,149	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$44,065	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$44,065	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$32,171,652	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,127,880	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$435,438	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,995,331	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,121	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,121	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,562,122	TotalAmt
Program Services	$346,653	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,215,469	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,820,838	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,535,117	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$563,886	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$721,835	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$482,264	TotalAmt
Program Services	$424,406	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,483	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,716,073	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,458,929	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$112,777	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$144,367	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$746,578	TotalAmt
Program Services	$648,221	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,137	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,220	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$258,744	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,270	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$257,474	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,870	TotalAmt
Management And General	$39,870	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$254,783	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$254,783	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$150,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,335,048	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,682,313	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$650,828	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,907	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,045,718	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,045,718	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,954	TotalAmt
Program Services	$112,882	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$74,768	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,304	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$185,235	TotalAmt
Program Services	$89,559	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$21,955	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,903	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,903	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$612,881	TotalAmt
Program Services	$401,977	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$210,904	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$177,115	TotalAmt
Program Services	$129,042	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,917	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,156	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,272	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,017	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,626	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,629	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$752,239	TotalAmt
Program Services	$204,427	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$547,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,826,491	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,789,143	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,674	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$192,974	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,280	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$169,694	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DIRECT CONCERT EXPENSES	$480,856	$480,856
ADMIN & FACILITY COSTS	$228,561	$115,273	$71,949	$41,339
CREDIT CARD FEES	$181,097	$181,097
MUSIC RENTAL LICENSES	$97,271	$97,271

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,826	TotalAmt
Program Services	$129	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$29,697	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,499,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,856,604	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,277,881	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,365,349	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$931,359	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,637,170	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,254,958	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,257,969	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,620,849	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,186,610	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$283,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$596,629	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$135,211	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,974	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$740,263	BOYAmt
EOY	$629,572	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$73,128,102	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$18,644,293	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,496,586	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,483,809	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,207,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,873,410	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$102,450,798	BOYAmt
EOY	$113,879,113	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$787,707	BOYAmt
EOY	$731,550	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,406,801	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$218,315,716	BOYAmt
EOY	$232,315,806	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,290,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,249,932	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,631,387	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,802,584	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,690,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,690,000	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,600,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,400,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,950,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,250,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,050,461	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,558,206	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,212,298	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,950,722	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,819,936	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,704,530	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,470,694	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,635,693	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$156,812,788	BOYAmt
EOY	$172,024,861	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$184,103,418	BOYAmt
EOY	$204,365,084	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$218,315,716	BOYAmt
EOY	$232,315,806	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$7,671,818	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$6,464,017	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$6,125,831	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$31,141,394	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,628,242	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$32,248,414	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$11,926,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,613,005	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$118,557,561	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$31,141,394	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,628,242	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$32,248,414	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$11,926,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,613,005	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$118,557,561	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$36,286,181	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$82,271,380	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,780,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,131,452	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,006,689	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$981,745	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,007,768	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,907,904	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$124,465,465	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$27,594,446	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.66100	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.70470	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part IV Form990ScheduleAPartIVGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, SECTION A:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PUBLIC SUPPORT IN 2009 AND 2011 COMPARED TO THE OTHER YEARS SHOWN. MOA WAS RENOVATING ORCHESTRA HALL AND HAD BEEN RAISING SUPPORT TO FUND THE COST OF THE RENOVATION. IN 2009 $15.2M IN DONATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE HALL RENOVATION PROJECT. IN 2011 MOA RECEIVED A $14M BONDING GRANT FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ALSO FOR THE HALL RENOVATION PROJECT. IN 2014 MOA RECEIVED A $10M GIFT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL DONOR TO BENEFIT THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA AND THE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE FUND OF THE OAKLEAF ENDOWMENT TRUST. THESE WERE ONE-TIME, SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$0	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	0	VolunteerHoursCnt
Section4955 Organization Tax	$0	Section4955OrganizationTaxAmt
Section4955 Managers Tax	$0	Section4955ManagersTaxAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$77,493	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$77,493	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$22,906,993	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$22,984,486	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$750,530	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$3,750,530	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$5,625,795	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$106,348	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$81,350	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$144,830	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$77,493	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$410,021	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$187,633	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$937,633	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,406,450	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$58,050,629	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,950,277	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,598,601	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$58,402,305	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$59,035,640	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$132,053	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4,514,710	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,631,774	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$58,050,629	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$69,012,220	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$413	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,496,514	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$12,473,507	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$59,035,640	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$74,599,095	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$945,650	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,615,404	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$12,147,929	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$69,012,220	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$74,007,874	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,194,477	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,335,402	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,938,658	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$74,599,095	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,006,334	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$3,006,334	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$59,380,344	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$9,727,126	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$49,653,218	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,609,223	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,643,411	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$965,812	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,103,701	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,273,756	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$829,945	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$28,500	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$28,500	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$54,483,809	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Closely Held Equity Interests CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	$93,798,704	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	HEDGE FUND OF FUNDS & PRIVATE EQUITY	Desc
Book Value	$20,080,409	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$113,879,113	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY	$4,149,517
LEASEHOLD INCENTIVE LIABILITY	$408,689

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,558,206	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$44,963,008	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$6,464,017	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$5,945,181	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$12,409,198	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$32,553,810	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$150,000	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$532,158	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$382,158	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$32,171,652	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$24,701,342	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$351,508	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$351,508	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$24,349,834	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$150,000	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$150,000	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$24,499,834	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:	THE ENDOWMENT FUND WAS CREATED BY DONORS WHO WANTED TO FUND ANNUAL ORCHESTRA ACTIVITIES INTO PERPETUITY. IF SO DESIGNATED BY THE DONOR, THESE GIFTS ARE CONSIDERED PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS, BUT INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND GROWTH ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ANNUAL ACTIVITIES. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ADOPTED THE STANDARDS OF UPMIFA IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TAKEN FROM ENDOWMENTS EACH YEAR FOR ACTIVITIES. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REVIEWS THE ANNUAL DRAW AMOUNT AS A PART OF THE BUDGET AND PLANNING PROCESS, AND THEN PRESENTS ITS FINDINGS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR APPROVAL.
PART X, LINE 2:	THE ASSOCIATION IS QUALIFIED AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, (CODE) AND SIMILAR STATUTES OF MINNESOTA LAW AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS GENERALLY NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL OR STATE INCOME TAXES. THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 509(A)(1) OF THE CODE AND QUALIFIES FOR THE MAXIMUM CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION FOR DONORS. THE ASSOCIATION HAS ADOPTED GUIDANCE IN THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES STANDARD. NO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION THIS STANDARD. THE ASSOCIATION HAS NO CURRENT OBLIGATION FOR UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX. THE ASSOCIATION'S TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES. THE TAX RETURNS FOR THE YEARS ENDING AUGUST 31, 2011 TO 2013 ARE OPEN TO EXAMINATION BY FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS -113,514. CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN NET ASSETS OF FOUNDATION & TRUST 6,058,695.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES -356,009. COST OF GOODS SOLD -176,149.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF GOODS SOLD 176,149. FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES 356,009. PENSION GAIN -180,650.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	INVESTMENTS	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	N/A	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$7,121,163	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$7,121,163	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$7,121,163	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (1)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (1)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (1)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RUFFALO CODY	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1025 KIRKWOOD PKWY SW	AddressLine1
City	CEDAR RAPIDS	City
State	IA	State
ZIP Code	55404	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$483,346	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$254,783	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$228,563	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$483,346	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$254,783	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$228,563	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	BALL	NameOfEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Event1	$492,747	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$347,361	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$145,386	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$218,479	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$115,021	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$9,738	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$12,771	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$492,747	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$347,361	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$145,386	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$218,479	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$115,021	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$9,738	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$12,771	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$356,009	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$210,623	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2233 UNIVERSITY AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	ST PAUL	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55114	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	411262965	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(4)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$54,121	CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method Used	N/A	ValuationMethodUsedDesc
Non Cash Assistance	N/A	NonCashAssistanceDesc
Purpose Of Grant	ARTS LOBBYING	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WERE MADE TO SUPPORT LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. MEETINGS ARE HELD BY THE RECIPIENTS TO DISCUSS ON-GOING EFFORTS AND CURRENT ISSUES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
MICHAEL HENSON
PRESIDENT & CEO	$397,648	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,200	$0	$19,573	$0	$427,421	$0	$0	$0
BRYAN EBENSTEINER
VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE	$166,314	$0	$15,000	$0	$1,893	$0	$7,459	$0	$19,021	$0	$209,687	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT NEU
VP & GENERAL MANAGER	$155,122	$0	$0	$0	$1,548	$0	$6,242	$0	$14,437	$0	$177,349	$0	$0	$0
OSMO VANSKA
MUSIC DIRECTOR	$308,193	$0	$0	$0	$1,712	$0	$0	$0	$6,266	$0	$316,171	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 1A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	HOUSING ALLOWANCE - OSMO VANSKA - INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION. BUSINESS CLUB DUES - MICHAEL HENSON - MINNEAPOLIS CLUB - NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION AND UTILIZED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND MEETINGS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	416009115	BondIssuerEIN
Bond Issued	2004-05-15	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$1,690,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	REFINANCING DEBT TO REFURBISH ORCHESTRA HALL	PurposeDesc
Defeased	0	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	0	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	0	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Total Proceeds	$1,690,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Capital Expenditures	$1,690,000	CapitalExpendituresAmt
Substantial Completion	1997	SubstantialCompletionYr
Current Refunding	0	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	Yes (1)	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (1)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (1)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	0	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	0	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	0	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	0	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Use By Others	0.00000	PrivateBusUseByOthersPct
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.00000	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.00000	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	0	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	0	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	Yes (1)	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	0	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	0	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	Yes (1)	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	0	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (1)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	0	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	0	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	0	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	0	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (5 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
US BANCORP
RICHARD DAVIS, BOARD PAST CHAIR, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO OF U.S. BANCORP	$193,854	BANKING SERVICES	0
WELLS FARGO BANK
JON CAMPBELL, BOARD CHAIR, IS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT WELLS FARGO BANK	$399,202	BANKING SERVICES	0
FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
STEVEN KENNEDY, A BOARD MEMBER, IS AN OFFICER OF FAEGRE, BAKER, DANIELS LLP	$306,925	LEGAL SERVICES	0
XCEL ENERGY
BEN FOWKE, BOARD MEMBER, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO OF XCEL ENERGY, INC.	$107,177	ELECTRICAL SERVICE	0
STAR TRIBUNE
MICHAEL KLINGENSMITH, BOARD MEMBER, IS PUBLISHER AND CEO OF STAR TRIBUNE	$324,583	ADVERTISING SERVICES	0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	39	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,633,789	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	TRADING PRICE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, COLUMN (B):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ASSOCIATION REPORTS THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS ON PART I, COLUMN (B).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE INCLUDES THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR-ELECT, THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, THE TREASURER, THE PRESIDENT OF WAMSO-MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SUBJECT AT ALL TIMES TO THE CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HAS AND EXERCISES THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION IN THE INTERVALS BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	BEN FOWKE, RICHARD DAVIS & CHRIS POLICINSKI - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION, THE PRESIDENT OF WAMSO-MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF WAMSO, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SYMPHONY CONCERT ASSOCIATION ARE EX-OFFICIO VOTING DIRECTORS DURING THE TERMS OF THEIR OFFICES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY THE STAFF OF THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION. IT WAS THEN EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM, WHO THEN REVIEWED IT IN DETAIL WITH THE ASSOCIATION'S AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF BOARD MEMBERS AND APPROVED THE FORM 990 ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASKS EACH BOARD MEMBER TO REVIEW THE ASSOCIATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND SIGN A DISCLOSURE FORM LISTING ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE SIGNED FORMS ARE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED BY THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH DECIDES WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT, THE DIRECTOR NOTIFIES THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE CONFLICT AND DISCLOSES ALL RELATED MATERIAL INFORMATION. THAT DIRECTOR MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER EXCEPT TO DISCLOSE MATERIAL INFORMATION AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS. THAT DIRECTOR MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE CONCERNING WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION RELATING TO THE CONFLICT. ALL BOARD MEETING PROCEEDINGS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL IS REVIEWED AND DETERMINED BY THE COMPENSATION/HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE. IN RELATION TO COMPENSATION, THE COMMITTEE KEEPS A PERMANENT RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY MAJOR DECISIONS. WHEN THERE IS A NEW CONTRACT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION, THEN RECOMMENDS IT FOR APPROVAL TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE REVIEW PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2014.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE SHARED UPON REQUEST WITH ANY ENTITY, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC IN A SUMMARIZED VERSION THROUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT AND THROUGH THE FORM 990, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS -113,514. CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN NET ASSETS OF FOUNDATION & TRUST 6,058,695. PENSION EXPENSE 180,650.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE OAKLEAF ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET	AddressLine1
City	MINNEAPOLIS	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55402	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	416429379	EIN
Primary Activities	INVESTMENT	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	LINE 11A, I	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (1)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE OAKLEAF ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	C	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$3,056,144	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt