Textile Center of Minnesota

What it reported doing in 2025

Textile center advances fiber art through exhibitions, education, artist support, community engagement, and the preservation of textile traditions. Based in minneapolis, Minnesota, textile center is distinguished nationally for the breadth of its programming. It serves simultaneously as an art center with galleries, a specialized library, a community gathering place, a retail incubator for artists, a center for innovation and entrepreneurship, and a steward of textile traditions.textile center serves as a convening organization for the fiber art community, bringing together artists, educators, collectors, scholars, and the public through exhibitions, educational programs, retail opportunities, and collaborative initiatives.in 2025, textile center welcomed more than 23,000 visitors to its minneapolis art center. More than 2,000 adults and youth participated in fiber art classes and workshops. Textile center presented 17 exhibitions, all of which were free and open to the public.the textile center library, with more than 35,000 books and periodicals, is one of the nation's largest circulating collections devoted to fiber art and serves artists, researchers, and lifelong learners. Our retail artisan shop supports regional artists through consignment sales that totaled $135,000 in 2025, representing 169 fiber artists and makers. In may 2025 we launched a second retail operation called "the stashery." this new second-hand shop expands access to affordable creative materials while promoting the reuse of textile supplies and reducing waste.textile center also administers the mcknight fellowships for fiber artists, providing unrestricted support and professional recognition to two outstanding Minnesota fiber artists each year.through classes in public libraries, after-school youth programs, community festivals, and events including the Minnesota state fair, textile center reached more than 45,000 people in 2025. Our fiber art for all open house at textile center in february 2025 attracted more than 750 participants. Programs include traditional and contemporary fiber arts such as weaving, quilting, knitting, sewing, dyeing, felting, needlework, sculpture, installation, and multidisciplinary practices. Offerings range from introductory classes for beginners to exhibitions by master artists. Programming extended throughout the twin cities while continuing to reach new audiences statewide and nationally through online platforms.together, these programs advance artistic excellence while preserving traditional textile arts, fostering innovation, and ensuring that fiber art remains accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels. From children attending a first fiber art class, to emerging makers selling work in the artisan shop, to nationally recognized artists exhibiting their work or receiving mcknight fellowships, textile center supports artists at every stage of their creative journey.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings