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Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Minneapolis, Minnesota · EIN 41-1455905 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1983

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Charity Clarity grade A (score 86.7 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended April 2025.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.4.7 months100
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.71
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.58% from one source56
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.82.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.9%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.27not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Apr 2025Form 990$1.39M$1.37M$14K$540K4.716A
Apr 2024Form 990$1.14M$1.16M−$25K$552K5.714A
Apr 2023Form 990$1.13M$982K$149K$577K7.015A
Apr 2022Form 990$921K$816K$105K$428K6.318B
Apr 2021Form 990$733K$792K−$60K$323K4.916B
Apr 2019Form 990$790K$810K−$20K$73K1.121B
Apr 2018Form 990$778K$825K−$47K$169K2.523A
Apr 2017Form 990$895K$893K$1,360$216K2.924A
Apr 2016Form 990$963K$895K$67K$206K2.828A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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