METROPOLITAN REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: METROPOLITAN REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL (EIN 41-1684647)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2012-11-02
IRS object ID: 201233079349300603
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
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Timestamp	2012-11-02T06:54:03-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1	Carpenter Evert & Associates	BusinessNameLine1

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Address Line1	7760 France Ave S 940	AddressLine1
City	Bloomington	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55435	ZIPCode

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Return Type	990	ReturnType
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Filer Filer

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Officer Officer

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Date Signed	2012-11-02	DateSigned
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Preparer Preparer

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Form 990 IRS990

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Description	The Arts Activities Support program offers grants of up to $10,000 in project support for groups wishing to offer quality arts activities in any discipline to communities within the seven-county metro area. Grant requests may include costs for artists and other personnel, postage, supplies, equipment, printing, travel and other expenses necessary to carry out the project. In FY2012, MRAC received 244 applications requesting $2,212,420, and awarded 114 grants totaling $1,043,651 in this program.The Community Arts grant program provides grants of up to $5,000 in project support for metro groups wishing to offer quality arts activities in any discipline to communities within the seven-county metropolitan area. The program utilizes a "block grant" system to distribute funds. Each of the counties in MRAC's service area - Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington - receives a block of funds designated for arts activities occurring within that county. Community Arts is intended for community based and volunteer groups; smaller, established arts groups; and newly formed groups or first-time initiatives. Grant requests may include costs for artists and other personnel, postage, supplies, equipment, printing, travel and other expenses necessary to carry out the project. In FY2012, MRAC received 194 applications requesting $906,927, and awarded 124 grants totaling $582,268 in this program.The Arts Learning program provides grants of up to $10,000 for high-quality, age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts. MRAC's goals for the Arts Learning Program are to cultivate creativity and deepen knowledge of and/or through the arts for children, youth and adults by engaging people in extended arts experiences and activities with clearly articulated learning objectives. In FY2012, MRAC received 126 applications requesting $1,148,996, and awarded 42 grants totaling $390,729 in this program.The Creative Intersections program is designed to support innovative partnerships that integrate arts and culture into plans for community development and enrichment. The Creative Intersections grant program provides up to $15,000 for projects that will build bridges among community sectors and that have the benefit of building momentum toward strengthening the community as a whole through a quality arts development project. In FY2012, MRAC received 24 applications requesting $320,301, and awarded 8 grants totaling $97,930 in this program.The Organizational Development program offers grants of up to $10,000 for projects designed to strengthen the management or administration of nonprofit arts groups. Such projects must 1) advance the mission of the group and 2) have the potential for significant or long-term impact. In FY2012, MRAC received 45 applications requesting $380,706, and awarded 25 grants totaling $214,095 in this program.The Capital grant program provides funds of up to $10,000 to purchase equipment and related supplies and services, or to make capital improvements. Such activities must 1) advance the mission of the group and 2) have the potential for significant or long-term impact. In FY2012, MRAC received 35 applications requesting $263,734, and awarded 19 grants totaling $151,909 in this program.The ADA Access Improvement Fund is operated in partnership with VSA Minnesota, a nonprofit organization specializing in arts programs and services for people with disabilities. The program provides grants of up to $15,000 for arts organizations to increase accessibility to consumers and participants in their activities. In FY2012, VSA Minnesota received 20 applications requesting $203,946, and awarded 16 grants totaling $162,985. MRAC also paid $38,000 to VSA Minnesota for administration of the program.The Management Consulting Fund program offers grants of up to $1,500 to provide consultants for groups to complete small projects to strengthen the management or administration of the group. Such management consulting projects must 1) strengthen the management or administration of nonprofit arts groups, 2) advance the mission of the group, and 3) have the potential for significant or long-term impact. The Management Training Fund program offers grants of up to $600 to provide training funds for the staff and volunteers of nonprofit arts groups to attend management workshops, seminars or conferences. In FY2012, MRAC received 109 applications requesting $90,959 and awarded 79 grants totaling $50,734 in these two programs.The Next Step Fund is MRAC's first grant program for individual artists, providing grants up to $5,000 to professional artists in any discipline for the purpose of career development and artistic achievement. The Next Step Fund is funded entirely by the McKnight Foundation. In FY2012, MRAC received 366 applications requesting $1,791,072 and awarded 32 grants totaling $155,900 in this program.	Description

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Description	MRAC also provides skill-building trainings and workshops for administrators of small arts organizations at no charge to participants in areas such as marketing, finance, fund-raising, and governance. In FY2012, MRAC provided 25 such workshops for approximately 400 participants.	Description

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

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MELISSA WRIGHT
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CHRISTINE MURAKAMI NOONAN
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DAMEUN STRANGE
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JOAN ELWELL
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ERIKA EKLUND
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MELISSA BRECHON
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PETER LEGGETT
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
SHELLY CHAMBERLAIN
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JILL ANFANG
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RACHEL SMOKA-RICHARDSON
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BETH STARBUCK
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MARGARET ROG
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KRISTI GAUDETTE
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KATHY BUSCH
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HEATHER BEAL
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PAUL CREAGER
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Jeff Prauer
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Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1193089	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1346499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3729503	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3772974	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3364416	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13406481	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1193089	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1346499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3729503	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3772974	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3364416	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13406481	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	377785	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	13028696	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	46113	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	18432	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4033	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	8493	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10243	CurrentTaxYear
Total	87314	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	15696	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8397	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12636	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	22825	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	57409	CurrentTaxYear
Total	116963	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	13610758	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.95720	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.64310	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	10308	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	10308	Depreciation

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	41119	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	26049	Depreciation
Book Value	15070	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	15070	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	3432068	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	3562310	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-130242	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-130242	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	3432068	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	3432068	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	3432068	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	3562310	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	3562310	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	3562310	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	See Schedule I1	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	400 SIBLEY STREET	AddressLine1
City	ST PAUL	City
State	MN	State
ZIP Code	55101	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amount Of Cash Grant	2749316	AmountOfCashGrant
Amount Of Non Cash Assistance	0	AmountOfNonCashAssistance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	0	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	1	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Grant	See Schedule I.2	TypeOfGrant
Amount Of Cash Grant	155900	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used	Identifier
Explanation	See Schedule I.1	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	true	SubstantiationRequired
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Jeff Prauer	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	88577	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	5001	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	93578	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Organization's Board of Directors and grant panel review meetings are held in the spirit of the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, and as such are open to the public.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The organization utilizes the annual comprehensive salary and benefit surveys conducted by the MN Council of Nonprofits to compare salaries by field, geography, type of position, etc.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The Board approves all grants made by the organization. Board members with conflicts of interest with any group being recommended for a grant are required to declare such conflicts at the time the vote is taken.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	The Executive Committee will review the 990 prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 3	Form 990, Part VI, Line 3: Description of Delegated Duties to Management Company	USE PAYCHEX FOR PAYROLL GENERATING AND REPORTING.