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Norway House

Norway House (Minnesota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,651,558 to it, the largest being KAHR FOUNDATION-IMA ($3,565,924). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$7.5M
Funders on record
40
Grants received
$9.7M
Net assets
$22M
30/40 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Norway House does

Mission

Norway House connects the United States with contemporary Norway through art, culture, and business.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Norway House Midtsommer Celebration is an annual tradition celebrating the "Going Viking" spirit by identifying and honoring individuals of Norwegian heritage that have, through their extraordinary accomplishments and adventuresome spirit, significantly advanced the quality of life for others. The Organization now give the Going Viking awards during the Winterfest in December."

    $417,233 spent$42,572 earned by the program
    24% of program spending
  2. The Norwegian American is a 20- to 28- page+ tabloid-sized newspaper, published 12 times a year in English with two to three pages in Norwegian. Sections include news from Norway, business, sports, opinion, research & science, travel, food & drink, arts & entertainment, Norwegian heritage, Norwegian language resources, and news from the Norwegian-American community. Special expanded issues, produced roughly every third issue, include more color pages to focus in-depth on a subject of interest to Norwegian Americans. A weekly email newsletter highlighting the top stories of each issue.

    $262,415 spent$271,592 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  3. The Minnesota Peace Initiative serves to raise awareness, educate audiences and foster engagement about the peace process throughout the world.The Peace Initiative was created by Janet Dolan, the 2008 Going Viking Award winner, and her husband, William Moore. They share the vision of creating meaningful programs that build on the longstanding Norwegian tradition of serving as a peacemaker and facilitator for dialogue on various challenging issues related to world peace.

    $212,891 spent
    12% of program spending
  4. Norway House has a number of other programs throughout the year and that support their mission of preserving and promoting an appreciation and understanding of the American-Norwegian experience.

    $711,204 spent$143,498 earned by the program
    41% of program spending
  5. The Organization has a Kaffebar to recognize and spread Norwegian culture. A key part of Norwegian life involves a good cup of coffee and face-to-face contact. When we see each other again after a spell away, we hug and say, "Thanks for last time!" (Takk for sist!) We take the extra moment to remember our last meeting so we can pick up where we left off.

    $121,061 spent$84,845 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,724,804.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($975k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 231 ($2.3M) Expenses 124 ($1.2M) Net assets 169 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 344 ($3.5M) Expenses 129 ($1.3M) Net assets 304 ($5.1M)2020 Revenue 690 ($7.0M) Expenses 103 ($1.0M) Net assets 666 ($11M)2021 Revenue 280 ($2.9M) Expenses 111 ($1.1M) Net assets 773 ($13M)2022 Revenue 671 ($6.8M) Expenses 150 ($1.5M) Net assets 1096 ($18M)2023 Revenue 192 ($2.0M) Expenses 250 ($2.4M) Net assets 1049 ($17M)2024 Revenue 737 ($7.5M) Expenses 314 ($3.1M) Net assets 1316 ($22M)
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Revenue (737)Expenses (314)Net assets (1316)Peer revenue range

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 $14M to $24M (+68%).

$4.1M
$4.7M
$6.8M
$13M
$14M
$24M
$22M
$22M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 5% · 2020 2% · 2021 10% · 2022 73% · 2024 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

86% of Norway House’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,395 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$43k
’17
$1.1M
’18
$2.2M
’19
$6.0M
’20
$1.8M
’21
$5.4M
’22
−$474k
’23
$4.4M
’24
6.2
months of
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.

Chief executive

Christina Carleton

Executive Director

Board chair

Loren Anderson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3027252730323030
Joined·+3+6+9+6+4+8+4
No longer listed·68732104
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $33k → $1.1M.

15 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Norway House’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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

Norway House leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

37%
largest funder
63%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 73% · 2019 47% · 2020 58% · 2021 38% · 2022 58% · 2023 25% — 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

67% of Norway House's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of Norway House's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
NY
SD
CT
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Norway House runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin59% · top quartile
Months of reserve6.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)33% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like Norway House

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 28%Fundraising 16%

Governance

27
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Norwegian American · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds Norway House?
Norway House (Minnesota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,651,558 to it, the largest being KAHR FOUNDATION-IMA ($3,565,924). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Norway House have?
IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $9,651,558 in grants to Norway House, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Norway House?
KAHR FOUNDATION-IMA is the largest funder on record, with $3,565,924 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Norway House 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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