Minnesota · Nonprofit
ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,166 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($18,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $103k
What St Louis Park Friends of the Arts does
Mission
Our mission is to support, promote, and enhance the arts in st. Louis park to bring people together and build community. We connect people and organizations around the arts, share arts-related information and resources, support local artists, and coordinate community arts programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Arts for life scholarships: the arts for life scholarship program makes awards quarterly for st. Louis park residents with financial need to enrich their lives through a creative experience. Funding is available for private music lessons, art class enrollment fees and materials, and other arts activities that develop creativitygift of music: the gift of music program is a collaborative partnership between friends of the arts and the st. Louis park community band. We receive donated musical instruments from around the twin cities, repair and refurbish them, and donate them to students in st. Louis park schools who would otherwise not have their own instrument.
$104,852 spent100% of program spendingLocal art events and public art projects: we produce and promote local arts events in the st. Louis park community designed to bring people together and build community. Many events are produced in partnership with other arts organizations, individual artists, or community partners. Events include open mic poetry and storytelling jams, art classes and workshops, community sings, art exhibits and showcases, artist panel discussions, and more. We serve as a consultant and facilitator to the city of st. Louis park and other private developers in the city on public art projects and initiatives. We work with stakeholders to develop a site-specific call for art, facilitate artist submission process, coordinate a selection process, and ensure a smooth and successful installation.
$0 spent0% of program spendingFiscal sponsorship: we offer fiscal sponsorship for small arts groups and creative projects that build community through the arts in st. Louis park. Becoming fiscally sponsored allows groups who are not ready to take the step to incorporate as a nonprofit organization to still receive tax deductible donations and grants. We also provide support in administration, finance, marketing and promotion, community connections, and more.arts & culture grants: the arts & culture grant program is a collaborative program between friends of the arts, the city of st. Louis park, and the st. Louis park youth and community development fund. Each year, grants are awarded to individuals or organizations for arts and culture projects that support community pride, connect artists and the community, and engage people in creative learning.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,852.
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 $39k to $87k (+121%).
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.
88% of ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS’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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mike Mellas
Executive director
Board chair
Jenna Covey
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $65.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS’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
ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $19k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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
ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS's revenue grew 39% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
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In Minnesota
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS?
- ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,166 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($18,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $37,166 in grants to ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS?
- MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $18,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS 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 5 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