Minnesota · Nonprofit
EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL
EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,073 to it, the largest being THE MCNEELY FOUNDATION ($251,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $211k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $346k
- Net assets
- $289k
What East Side Arts Council does
Mission
The mission of the East Side Arts Council is to collaborate with our community and artists to celebrate and experience the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
When you give people the opportunity to express themselves, it creates a sense of connection and belonging. We believe that when communities know and understand each other, we all benefit. Half of saint paul's population lives on the east side, which boasts a variety of cultures. Coming from different backgrounds can sometimes present challenges, but we believe diversity is our community's greatest strength.East Side Arts Council uses art to bridge cultural gaps and strengthen communities through a wide range of visual and performing arts opportunities that reflect our multicultural populations. Our programs and partnerships allow the diverse population of the east side to share and celebrate culture, offering a sense of belonging and purpose. We exist to address shortcomings on the east side, from a lack of funding for art programs in schools to the isolation some seniors experience in retirement communities.East Side Arts Council uses art to bridge cultural gaps and strengthen communities through a wide range of visual and performing arts opportunities that reflect our multicultural populations. Our programs and partnerships allow the diverse population of the east side to share…
$185,981 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $185,981.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $250k to $327k (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 29% · 2018 24% · 2019 70% · 2020 81% · 2021 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $53k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 89% · 2022 89% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL?
- EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $346,073 to it, the largest being THE MCNEELY FOUNDATION ($251,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $346,073 in grants to EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL?
- THE MCNEELY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $251,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing