Minnesota · Nonprofit
NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE
NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,383 to it, the largest being SMDC MEDICAL CENTER ($22,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $49k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Northern Expressions Arts Collective does
Mission
Northern Expressions Arts Collective uses the arts and artistic play (visual, expressive, and culinary arts) to help form social connections within the community. We accomplish this through weekly family art and STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) programming, service projects, large scale community events, theatre classes for all ages and abilities, and summer day camps.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community Connect Club Summer Day Camps A summer day camp program for students ages 8-12 that provides instruction in STEM, expressive and visual arts, cooking, and gardening, and provides an affordable service to working parents during the summer when school is not in session. Between students and families, 80-100 community members are served each summer.
$28,110 spentof which $25,000 as grants54% of program spendingCommunity Connection Initiative Weekly activities and annual community events designed for the whole family that use the arts (visual, expressive, and culinary), STEM, and service projects to connect families within the community. Between 900 and 1,000 community members are served through these activities.
$10,132 spentof which $12,500 as grants20% of program spendingNEAC Theatre Society classes A program where family members of all ages learn skills related to the theatre both performing and behind the scenes. In our first year, around 60 people were served through this program.
$13,337 spentof which $20,000 as grants26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,579.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Patrick Weber
Artistic Director & Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $300 → $15k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE’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
NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $83 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE: 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 NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,383 to it, the largest being SMDC MEDICAL CENTER ($22,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $49,383 in grants to NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- SMDC MEDICAL CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN EXPRESSIONS ARTS COLLECTIVE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing