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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council

The ARROWHEAD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL's mission is to facilitate and encourage local arts development.

$668k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MCommunity Improvement$40kEducation$24kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$17kEmployment$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $215,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $668,469 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $453,469 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $209k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$407k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHERN LAKES ARTS ASSOCIATION$20,000
BOREALIS CHAMBER ARTISTS$20,000
THIRD COAST CHAMBER COLLECTIVE$20,000
ITASCA ORCHESTRA AND STRING PROGRAM$20,000
MATINEE MUSICALE$20,000
NORDIC CENTER$20,000
ELY FOLK SCHOOL$20,000
ARMORY ARTS AND MUSIC CENTER$15,000
LAKE SUPERIOR WRITERS$13,000
COUNTY SEAT THEATER OF CARLTON$11,360
SPIRIT OF THE LAKE COMMUNITY ART$10,000
MESABI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
DULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$10,000
TWIN PORTS WIND ENSEMBLE$5,640
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NORDIC CENTER: $20k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 30 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
16

Total granted

$1.4M
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+32%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IO
    ITASCA ORCHESTRA & STRINGS PROGRAM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $129k · revenue +211%
  • EF
    Ely Folk School
    5× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +296%
  • NS
    NORTH SHORE MUSIC ASSOCIAITON
    5× · 2018–2022 · $69k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • DA
    DULUTH ART INSTITUTE ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +39%
  • NF
    NORTHWOODS FRIENDS OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue +32% · 45% of their budget
  • AC
    AITKIN COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +59%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lake Benton Opera House Inc

The Lake Benton Opera House, one of the premiere historic buildings in southwest Minnesota. Home to an active community theatre, the Opera House has begun its second century in our community.

Arts & Culture
2
Music St Croix

Music Saint Croix creates artistically excellent performances with exciting and unusual programming for the enjoyment of St. Croix Valley audiences.

Arts & Culture
3
Three Lakes Center for the Arts in the Northwoods Inc

To promote the arts to educate, entertain, and enlighten in northern WI.

Arts & Culture
4
Meadowlark Arts Council Inc

Support of the arts

Arts & Culture
5
Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center Inc

Promote performing arts in the lake superior region

Arts & Culture
6
Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra

Classical music performance and education

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7
Sioux City Community Theater

Promotion of and presentation of dramatic arts

Arts & Culture
8
Cal Center Presents

Arts presenter serving the greater Reedsburg area.

Arts & Culture
9
Jazz Central Studios

Jazz Central Studios is dedicated to preserving the innovative jazz arts in the Twin Cities. We present live music to the community in a non-commercial listening environment and encourage collaboration and education among musicians of wide…

Arts & Culture
10
Dakota Center for the Arts

The Dakota Center for the Arts is an Eagan community-based organization whose purpose is to develop, promote & encourage participation in & appreciation of the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Northern Lights Music Festival

Great music, theatre and opera on the iron range in historic aurora, minnesota.

Arts & Culture
12
Pipestone Performing Arts Center

Provide a theatre of live music and events!

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elys Historic State Theater; the most unlike its peers is Itasca Life Options. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/34
Grantees still filing
20/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ITASCA ORCHESTRA & STRINGS PROGRAM: $129,179 · OtherITASCA ORCHESTRA & STRINGS PROGRAMMesabi Community Orchestra: $127,673 · OtherMesabi Community OrchestraOLDENBURG ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY: $78,030 · OtherOLDENBURG ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITYNORTH SHORE MUSIC ASSOCIAITON: $68,641 · OtherNORTH SHORE MUSIC ASSOCIAITONGOOD HARBOR HILL PLAYERS: $50,000 · OtherGOOD HARBOR HILL PLAYERSThe Matinee Musicale Inc: $48,070 · OtherThe Matinee Musicale IncEDGE OF THE WILDERNESS COMMUNITY CENTER: $43,682 · OtherPROVE COLLECTIVE: $41,200 · OtherTHIRD COAST CHAMBER COLLECTIVE INC: $40,000 · OtherELY WINTER FESTIVAL: $36,456 · OtherNORTH SHORE MUSIC ASSOCIATION: $36,402 · Other+15 more: $178,363 · Other+15 moreEly Folk School: $69,093 · Arts & CultureEly Folk SchoolCOUNTY SEAT THEATER OF CARLTON: $60,907 · Arts & CultureCOUNTY SEAT THEATER OF CARLTONGrand Marais Playhouse Inc: $60,088 · Arts & CultureGrand Marais Playhouse IncTOFTE LAKE CENTER INC: $48,307 · Arts & CultureTOFTE LAKE CENTER INCNORTHERN LAKES ARTS ASSOCIATION: $47,350 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN LAKES ARTS ASSOCIATIONARMORY ARTS AND MUSIC CENTER: $44,145 · Arts & CultureARMORY ARTS AND MUSIC CENTERNORTHERN FILM ALLIANCE: $43,361 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN FILM ALLIANCELYRIC OPERA OF THE NORTH: $42,225 · Arts & CultureLYRIC OPERA OF THE NORTHGRAND RAPIDS PLAYERS INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PLAYERS INCLAURENTIAN ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE: $37,308 · Arts & CultureLAURENTIAN ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCECITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc: $36,730 · Arts & CultureCITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB IncELYS HISTORIC STATE THEATER: $34,678 · Arts & CultureZEITGEIST CENTER FOR ARTS AND COMMUNITY: $27,185 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $76,437 · Arts & Culture+7 moreCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $22,580 · EducationSPIRIT OF THE LAKE COMMUNITY ARTS: $10,000 · EducationDULUTH FOLK SCHOOL: $8,000 · EducationItasca Life Options: $20,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION: $17,190 · Housing & Shelter
Other$877,696Arts & Culture$665,314Education$40,580Human Services$20,000Housing & Shelter$17,190

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetITASCA ORCHESTRA & STRINGS PROGRAM: $129,179 over 6y, 18% of budgetMesabi Community Orchestra: $127,673 over 8y, 24% of budgetEly Folk School: $69,093 over 5y, 15% of budgetNORTH SHORE MUSIC ASSOCIAITON: $68,641 over 5y, 15% of budgetCOUNTY SEAT THEATER OF CARLTON: $60,907 over 5y, 14% of budgetGrand Marais Playhouse Inc: $60,088 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetTOFTE LAKE CENTER INC: $48,307 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetThe Matinee Musicale Inc: $48,070 over 4y, 17% of budgetNORTHERN LAKES ARTS ASSOCIATION: $47,350 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetARMORY ARTS AND MUSIC CENTER: $44,145 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetEDGE OF THE WILDERNESS COMMUNITY CENTER: $43,682 over 5y, 25% of budgetNORTHERN FILM ALLIANCE: $43,361 over 4y, 24% of budgetLYRIC OPERA OF THE NORTH: $42,225 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PLAYERS INC: $37,500 over 3y, 21% of budgetLAURENTIAN ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE: $37,308 over 3y, 18% of budgetCITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc: $36,730 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetELYS HISTORIC STATE THEATER: $34,678 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetZEITGEIST CENTER FOR ARTS AND COMMUNITY: $27,185 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $22,580 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR YOUTH CHORUS INC: $19,527 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY HOUSING ORGANIZATION: $17,190 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDULUTH ART INSTITUTE ASSOC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNORTHWOODS FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $13,590 over 1y, 45% of budgetAITKIN COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $12,500 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSPIRIT OF THE LAKE COMMUNITY ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetDULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 1720: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetHISTORIC UNION DEPOT CORP: $8,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetDULUTH FOLK SCHOOL: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDULUTH SUPERIOR SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIO: $6,527 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOOK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,043 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD MUSUEM: $5,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lloyd K Johnson Found…Duluth-Superior Area …Pachel FoundationNorthland FoundationC K Blandin FoundationThe Depot FoundationMinnesota Historical …Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Ordean FoundationSmdc Medical CenterMinnesota Power Found…
Lloyd K Johnson FoundationMN46.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Pachel Foundation · Northland Foundation · C K Blandin Foundation · The Depot Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ordean Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Minnesota Power Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arrowhead Regional Arts Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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