Minnesota Media Arts
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The specific purpose of the Corporation is charitable: To preserve, protect and promote media arts for purposes of historical and cultural preservation. This includes restoring and digitally archiving historical analog recordings and repairing associated magnetic media recording and playback devices. Capturing and documenting new artistic expression. Compiling and maintaining a digital archive and repository to share with the public, researchers and educators [public television, historical societies] and other interested parties. Advocacy, instructing and educating the public about the importance of media arts and cultural preservation.
- Income
- $20,980
- Spending
- $19,619
- Reserves
- 18 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $12,147 spent. During the fiscal year ending June 30 2025 Minnesota Media Arts MNMA advanced statewide preservation and consulting projects supported in part by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. MNMA completed the second phase of work on the Melisande Charles Media Collection which included preserving additional at risk media, updating metadata, expanding the public finding aid, stabilizing related materials and increasing public digital access through an online Vimeo showcase. MNMA concluded its collection care and pilot digitization contract with Red Lake Nation College by providing staff training digitizing historic film and video and supporting the continued development of their Tribal Archives audiovisual collection. MNMA also initiated planning for a new documentary project on the history of University Community Video and began early research and community engagement. A planning grant for this project was awarded late in the fiscal year with funds to be received and expended in the next fiscal period. MNMA and the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network also received notice of a Heritage Partnership grant to begin in the next fiscal year supporting the development of the Community Media Preservation Strategies and Archiving Workshops program. MNMA provided volunteer-led collection care for the Intermedia Arts Minnesota archives stabilizing and inventorying more than sixty boxes of historic media and records for donation to the Minnesota Historical Society with workspace support provided by the Jerome Foundation. MNMA delivered an AV Media Preservation Basics seminar at the Pavek Museum and participated in statewide preservation and community media events. Fundraising through the GiveMN campaign and individual donations totaled 4,664 dollars. MNMA welcomed new board members, maintained active professional memberships, continued operating from donated remote workspaces and provided pro bono consulting for artists, filmmakers and literary archives. These activities reflect MNMAs mission to preserve, educate and expand access to Minnesota's media arts heritage.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1985.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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