Minnesota · Nonprofit
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $558,231 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($540,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $558k
- Net assets
- $132k
What Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc does
Mission
Semac exists to encourage, promote and assist regional arts development by providing leadership, outreach, advocacy, mentorship, grants, and services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Achf program - grants to constituents and its related operating expenses and technical services.
$1,176,578 spentof which $875,990 as grants$1,184,384 earned by the program85% of program spendingMsab general allocation - used for operating expenses, technical services and program grants to our constituents.
$125,776 spentof which $5,965 as grants$191,991 earned by the program9% of program spendingMcknight foundation - offers individual artist grants to constituents.
$90,000 spentof which $90,000 as grants$90,000 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,392,354.
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 2020 to 2021, from $327k to $706k (+116%).
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 92% · 2018 91% · 2019 92% · 2020 91% · 2021 88% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% · 2024 94% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Anastasia Shartin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $90k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC’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
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC's revenue grew 30% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC: 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 SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $558,231 to it, the largest being The McKnight Foundation ($540,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $558,231 in grants to SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- The McKnight Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $540,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ARTS COUNCIL INC 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.
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 2 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