Minnesota Citizens for the Arts

Legal name: Creative Mn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921285447
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
St. Paul, MN, US
Phone
651-251-0868
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,270
Expenses
$88,472
Assets
$116,488
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH FOSSEN (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHY MOUACHEPAO (TREASURER)
  • CAROLINE TAIWO (DIRECTOR)
  • SARAH FOSSEN (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve access to all of the arts for all Minnesotans.

What it reported doing in 2024

In collaboration with many partners, the creative mn program goals are to create solid, hard data about the Minnesota arts sector and to share the data and stories collected to promote and support Minnesota's creative economy. Creative mn collects data in order to understand and disseminate information about Minnesota's cultural field and to improve understanding of arts importance to our quality of life and economy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 45% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.