75 Fifth St West, Suite 304 ● St. Paul, MN 55102 ● 651.292.3249 ● www.COMPAS.org

2013 Annual Report July 2012 — June 2013

Executive Director Board President

Dear Friends of COMPAS,

COMPAS is a Masterpiece in the Making – 40 years old in 2014! We are celebrating you, our patrons who have created art access for thousands and thousands (and thousands!) of children, teens and adults. It all started with a fearless founder, NEA grant for $10K and a knock on the door with an anonymous matching gift. That initial investment created Poets in the Schools – and as the saying goes – the rest is history!

Participatory arts experiences remain the hallmark of COMPAS programs. With the support of major funders – 3M, Travelers, Ecolab, US Bank, Target, General Mills, the Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Surdna Foundation, Nicholson Family Foundation and Hubbard Foundation – COMPAS created arts access by bringing trained and professional artists to more than 100 Minnesota schools, and many community settings including area libraries, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and older adult residences like Lyngblomsten.

Art access is so important because the arts – writing, performing, music and visual arts – help children realize the incredible breadth of human experiences inside and around them as well as across the globe. Children use what they learn in COMPAS art programs to recognize different ways humans express their feelings and convey meaning – enabling them to develop subtle and complex forms of thinking while they create original work they are proud of. Youth revel in their creations while developing essential skills that will hold them in good stead, wherever their paths may take them.

Integrating arts experiences of exceptional quality into learning and lives of Minnesota’s children remains at the very core of what we do. You make it possible to directly impact 50,000+ people annually. Thank you for your generous support and faith in our mission.

38,000 Enhancing the creativity

of

future innovators;

inspiring individuals

through the arts;

building community.

These are just a few of

the remarkable results

when COMPAS

performers, musicians,

writers and visual artists

engage Minnesota youth in the process of

creativity. Recognized for excellence by

organizations such as the National Endowment for

the Arts, the President’s Committee on the Arts and

Humanities, and the Minnesota Department of

Education, COMPAS continues to evolve and lead the

way with creative, art-filled learning.

YOUTH PROGRAMS

ARTS IN HEALTHCARE &

ARTFUL AGING

COMPAS PROGRAMS

228,000

A year of transition saw

United Arts Fund begin

a partnership with Arts

Lab, a program of Arts

MidWest, which lead to

reduced expenses and

increased impact,

serving

people. We also

celebrated 21 years of

partnering with

Travelers, Inc. to

manage their Arts & Diversity grant-making

program, including distributing $2.5 million to

smaller arts organizations, before successfully

transferring the program to Travelers for internal

administration.

2013 ArtScope Writing Apprentices working with

COMPAS artist May Lee-Yang

30

829

Apprenticeship programs created experiential

learning and paycheck-earning opportunities for

young people. These teens created stunning

mosaics now on display outside Juxtaposition Arts in

Minneapolis, original theater productions with

Dreamland Arts in Saint Paul, or fabulous creative

writing led by May Lee-Yang. Over at The Canvas

teen center in Saint Paul, another youth

composed and performed poetry, enhanced the

community with jaw-dropping murals and more.

ARTS EDUCATION

Kittson Central Elementary

students printmaking with COMPAS

artist, Sarah Nassif in Hallock, MN

8,900

Joy and

fulfillment

blossomed

from mosaics,

memoirs,

improvisational

theater,

watercolor, and

all the other

kinds of

artwork made

and experienced by the people involved in

these COMPAS programs. This 40% increase in the

number of people served means welcome relief from

life in a hospital for pediatric patients and more social

connections, satisfaction and enjoyment for older

adults living in senior residences.

Creating mosaics with COMPAS artist, Anne

Krocak at Sholom Home East in St. Paul

3rd grade student learning the violin

at the St. Paul Music Academy

UNITED ARTS FUND/

TRAVELERS ARTS & DIVERSITY

Government:

Minnesota State Arts Board ● National Endowment for the Arts

Corporations & Businesses:

3M Foundation ● Arts & Culture Partnership of Saint Paul ● Creative

Integration & Design ● Dorsey and Whitney LLP ● DSW ● Ecolab ● General

Mills Foundation ● Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation ● Michaud

Cooley Erickson ● RBC Wealth Management ● Securian

Foundation ● Target Foundation ● The Travelers

Companies, Inc. ● US Bancorp Foundation ● Xcel

Energy ● Young Audiences Inc.

Corporate Matching Gifts: 3M ● Ameriprise Financial ● Deluxe Corporation ●

General Mills ● Pfizer, Inc. ● TCF ● The Travelers

Companies, Inc. ● US Bancorp ● Xcel Energy

Foundations:

Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation

● B.C. Gamble & P.W. Skogmo Fund of The

Minneapolis Foundation ● Boss Foundation ● Burdick

Family Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation ● Caroline's

Kids Foundation ● Dellwood Foundation ● Dye Family

Foundation ● Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation ● Hugh J.

Andersen Foundation ● The John and Ruth Huss Fund ● Lillian Wright & C.

Emil Berglund Foundation ● Margaret Rivers Fund ● The Nash Foundation ●

Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation ● Peregrine Capital Management,

Inc. Fund ● Poehler/Stremel Charitable Trust ● Richard Coyle Lilly Foundation

● Smith-McCarthy Funds for the Blind and Visually Impaired ● Surdna

Foundation

Employee Giving Campaigns: American Public Media Group ● BankCherokee ● Bremer Trust ● C.H.

Robinson Worldwide ● City of Bloomington ● City of Brooklyn Park ● City of

Minneapolis ● City of Saint Paul ● Community Shares of MN ● Dakota County

● Education Minnesota ● Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. ● Greater Twin Cities

United Way ● Hamline University ● Hennepin County ● Leonard Street &

Deinard ● Macalester College ● McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straughn

and Lamb ● Metropolitan Council ● Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle ●

Minneapolis Public Schools ● Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ● Minnesota

Environmental Fund ● Minnesota Landmarks ● Mounds View Public Schools ●

Pohlad Companies: 96.3 K-TWIN - Avtex, LLC. - BMW of Minnetonka - Coon

Rapids Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - CRP Holdings, LLC. - Cushman & Wakefield

- Inver Grove Hyundai - JB Hudson Companies - Marquette Asset Management

- Marquette Capital Partners - Marquette Financial Companies - Marquette

Real Estate Group - Marquette Technology Companies - Marquette

Transportation Finance - Meredian Construction Capital Group - Minnesota

Twins, LLC. - Northern Lights Broadcasting, LLC. - NorthMarq Capital, LLC. -

RiverRoad Entertainment, LLC. - RJM Construction - Saint Cloud Hyundai -

Starquest Securities, LLC. - Twin Cities Automotive - Twins Ballpark, LLC. -

United Properties Investment- United Properties Residential ● Project for Pride

in Living (PPL) ● Public Radio International (PRI) ● Ramsey County ● St Paul

Public Schools ● State of Minnesota Combined Charities Campaign ●

Stillwater Area Public Schools ● Terrapin Technologies ● Travelers ● Tunheim

Partners ● University of Minnesota Community Fund Drive ● University of

Minnesota Physicians ● University of Minnesota-Duluth ● University of St.

Thomas ● Walker Art Center ● Washington County

Individuals: Master Artists $1000+

Cheryl Bock & Kevin Rehnberg ● Matt Brokl ● Cy and Paula DeCosse Fund of

The Minneapolis Foundation ● Robert & Cindy Erickson ● Alfred Hauwiller ●

Dana & Lori Klimp ● Theresa & Bill Murray ● Anne Pick ● Joseph & Christi

Schmitt ● Roderic Southall ● Miriam & James Stake ● Irene Suddard ●

Gedney & Emily Anne Tuttle

Resident Artists $500-$999

Lloyd Armstrong Charitable Fund of US Charitable Gift Trust ● Michael & Ellen

Bendel-Stenzel ● Margee & William Bracken ● The David R. and Elizabeth P.

Fesler Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation ● Charles Johnson ● Ray & Susan

Johnson ● Christina & Ole Koppang ● Andrea & Larry McGough Charitable

Fund of the Catholic Community Foundation ● Malcolm and Wendy McLean

Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation ● Richard & Nancy Nicholson ● Celena &

Kevin Plesha ● Nasir & Jennifer Raja ● Susan Rotilie ● James Rustad & Kay

Thomas ● Hugh & Margaret Schilling ● Michelle Silverman & Leslie Shore ●

Lorraine Wellman ● Jean West ● Anonymous

Artists $250-$499

Lynne & Bruce Beck ● John Erickson ● Teddy & R. James Gesell ● Phyllis Goff

● Rochelle Gonzo ● Pat Hurd ● Pamela Johnson ● Patty & Rich Kelley ● Debra

Koneck ● Diane & Bill Kuhlmann ● Jean Kummerow ● John & Paula McClung

● Martha McLaughlin ● Donn & Bonnie McLellan ● David & Kay Noennig ●

Patricia Owen ● Diane Page ● Mary & Terry Patton ● Pat & Tom Rossez ● Mr.

& Mrs. Alan Ruvelson Jr. ● Joyce & James Sidman Fund ● Elaine Smith ●

Kathy Swendsen & Steve Nazian ● Angeline Walker ● Dawne Brown

White & David White ● Thomas & Barbara Wiberg

Supporters $100-$249

Susan & Louis Ainsworth ● Nancy Alexis ● Jerome &

Constance Anderson ● Anonymous ● David Beadie ●

Barbara Belew ● Rick & Kay Bendel ● Robert &

Pamela Berkwitz ● Paul & Marjorie Boening ●

Karen Bohnert ● Josh Burke & Penny Thompson-

Burke ● Jeffrey & Susan Byers ● Nila & Bernard

Cahill ● Mary Cajacob & Peter Eisenberg ● Maria

Cancino ● Juan Chanco ● Elizabeth Childs & Todd

Larson ● Steven & Michelle Christopher ● Christina

Clark & Harley Ogata ● David & Evelyn Coslett ● John

Cross ● Laurie Dahl ● Craig Dunn & Candice Hart ●

Teresa & Barrett Evans ● Gordon Fink ● Daniel & Judith

Gabriel ● Debra George ● Lois Gernbacher ● Sue Grill ●

Erick & Karin Hakanson ● Paul Hansen ● Robert & Sally Hart ●

James & Judith Hartmann ● Jon Helgason ● Mary Heltsley ● Kenneth &

Arlene Holdeman ● Stan & Jane Hooper ● Kathryn Houston ● Anne Joseph &

Philip McGlave ● Carol Kast & Stuart Adler ● Julie Klosterman & Donald

Bolgrean ● Ellen Kniebel ● Linda Krach ● Marit Lee Kucera ● Gloria Kumagai

● Arthur Larsen & Marcia Cheney ● David & Elizabeth Lee ● Vandora Linck ●

Joan & Erik Linck ● Fritz & Pam Lott ● Richard & Jean Lynch ● Edward

Maranda ● Theresa & John McKeon ● Bill McTeer ● Peter & Catherine Meier

● Chris & Chad Mezera ● Herman Milligan Jr. ● Ted & Judy Nagel ● Rodney

Nelson ● Jananne & Michael Nelson ● Robert & Jan Olson ● Judy Osland ●

Joan Palm & Rick Sirek ● Ronald & Nancy Pitzer ● Laura Platt ● Louis & Ea

Porter ● Jacqueline Prince ● Therace Risch & Catherine Robinson ● Janna

Rohlinger ● Gordon Rouse ● Jennifer & Edwin Ryan ● Peter & Denise

Schlesinger ● Emma Seeley ● Millie & Howard Segal ● Mary Shamrock ●

Jerald &Leona Shannon ● Ron & Jen Shimek ● Howell K. Smith II ● Mary Kay

Stranik ● Kelsey Suddard ● Molly Taylor ● Robin Torgerson ● Yvette Trotman

● Jane Tygesson ● Karen Viskochil ● Maxine Wallin ● Jill Weese & Steven

Vincent ● James & Martha Wells ● Elaine Wilson & Daniel Barnes● Margaret

Wirth-Johnson ● Chuck & Beth Wright ● Toni Yeamans ● Judith Zier & Thomas

Hale

In-Kind: Cheryl Bock ● CompuCOM ● Kathleen Curran ● Dorsey and Whitney ● Sharra Frank ● Christina Koppang ● Joan Linck ● Celena Plesha ● Richard Ruvelson ● Kristin Schoepoerster & David West ● St. Thomas Literary Magazine Class

with Dr. Matthew Batt ● The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Memorials & Honorariums: In Memory of Earle C. Fossom: David & Joanne Backlund

In Honor of Daniel Gabriel & COMPAS Staff: Charlie Maguire

In Memory of Noreen Humphrey: Miriam Stake

In Memory of Shirley Isaacs: Mary Bakeberg ● Manferd Benson ● The David J.

Joseph Company ● Joan & Mark Fiorito ● Pat & Tom Grossman ● Infusion

Management Group, Inc. ● Rhea Isaacs ● Margaret Kennedy ● Jackie & Dan

Koch ● Howard & Elaine Kuretsky ● Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co. ● Judy &

Bevan Marvy ● Judith Ney ● Jane Petron ● Donald Shiff ● Linda Sklar ● Joel &

Sharon Waller ● Judith Weinstine

In memory of Pete Minnihan: Lisa Roulet

In Memory of Johanna Reiter: Emma & Byron Bradley ● William & Lorraine

Delehanty ● Steve & Nancy Dornbach ● Kathleen Drozd & Steve Woldum ●

John & Joellen Dudycha ● Judith Foley

● Julie Forchay ● John Foss ● Midge &

John Holahan ● Dea Johnson ● Dianne

& William Kimber ● Peter Kramer &

Bonnie ● Olsen Kramer ● W.J. McCoy ●

Valerie Moore ● Mary Nuebel ● Susan

& John Ohman ● Garry & Mary Ann

Peterson ● Leah & Richard Peterson ●

Anthony & Ann Ragozzino ● Deborah

Reisinger ● Dan Schmiel ● Edward

Schwarz & Marsha Haagenson ●

Clarence Shallbetter ● Mr. & Mrs.

Slettom ● Francoise Struthers ● Sue

Anne Stuart ● Mary & Jan Tanghe ●

Judith & Mark Twomey

Generous donors like you

make it all possible.

Thank you!

www.COMPAS.org

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Foundations & Corporations

$292,414 (27%))

TOTAL

$1,080,178

TOTAL

$1,038,966

Arts Education

$355,518 (34%)

United Arts Fund

$241,612 (23%)

ArtsWork & ArtScope

$134,243 (13%)

Arts in Healthcare & Artful Aging

$99,566 (10%)

Administration

$136,985 (13%)

Fundraising

$71,042 (7%)

UAF Contributions

$218,240 (20%)

Government

$133,663 (12%)

In-Kind

$31,385 (3%)

Individuals

$76,318 (7%)

Earned Income

$298,912 (28%)

Events

$15,467(2%)

Misc.

$13,779 (1%)

Board of Directors

Cheryl Bock, President ● Mimi Stake, Vice President ● Yvette Trotman, Vice President

Pamela Johnson, Secretary ● Nasir Raja, Treasurer ● Roderic Hernub Southall, At-Large ● Robert Erickson

Christina Koppang ● Diane Kuhlmann ● Louis Porter II ● Celena Plesha ● Pat Rossez ● Susan Rotilie

Richard Ruvelson ● Michelle Silverman ● Irene Suddard ● Theresa Murray

Acting Executive Director: Cheryl Bock

New Executive Director as of June 2013: Dawne Brown White