Minnesota · Nonprofit
PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY
PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY (Minnesota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,020,921 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($460,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $694k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $158k
What Public Functionary does
Mission
Public Functionary (PF) is artist-led space to dream and live in a world where our multi-faceted identities are celebrated and centered. A place where creative production and collaboration is reparative and generous. Supporting the expression of art and culture through studios, galleries, and performance space - PF pours into an abundant community of practice, where possibility is seen within our relationships with one another.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Studio Residency Program-- Public Functionary provides private work studios and professional development resources to early-career artists. The studio residency program offers access to mentorship, conversation labs, workshops, and exhibition opportunities. Artists also use shared facilities equipped with tools and materials to expand their practices. The program operates on a cohort model, supporting up to 30 artists at a time. All residency spots are currently filled with a waiting list in place. Through this program, participating artists gain practical knowledge for sustaining their practice and building professional confidence.* Artistic Skill Development and Professional Development Program-- Public Functionary manages client-based art projects, including art event production, murals, interior artworks, and public art commissions, to provide participating artists with paid professional opportunities. These projects support career development by allowing artists to apply their creative skills in real-world settings. The organization also offers technical assistance and consulting to help artists professionalize their work, advocate for equitable compensation, and navigate…
$719,834 spentof which $3,200 as grants$39,984 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $719,834.
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
Tricia Heuring
Executive Director
Board chair
Shana Kaplow
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $15k → $310k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 69% · 2019 79% · 2020 88% · 2022 45% · 2023 60% — 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 PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 54% 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
89% of PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k 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
PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY: 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 PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY?
- PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY (Minnesota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,020,921 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($460,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,020,921 in grants to PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY?
- The McKnight Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $460,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY 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 13 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