Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2001.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.
Mary Ann Kristiansen’s $228K as Executive Director is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Kristiansen | $227,944 | $98,643 | — | $93,446 | $93,446 |
| Mary Ann Kristians | — | — | $111,027 | — | — |
| Julianna Dodson | $14,282 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Hannah Grimes Center executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Inspires local businesses and communities to innovate, connect, and give back for mutual success.
Questions for Hannah Grimes Center
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Provide workshops, in-depth programs and coaching. These include free workshops that advance a curriculum that serves a diverse array of businesses covering a wide range of business topics. It also includes a monthly incubator program and start up lab., advance business training.
Net working events, weekly e-newsletter, access to financing and a variety of community projects to foster a learning environment. Recognizing that strong networking skills correlates with the learning and entrepreneurial success, we have several networking events each year.
Hannah grimes marketplace. Provides business support to local artisans and farmers. These local producers often lack the business skills needed to make their craft economically viable. The model is a self funding retail classroom. It is a for profit business run by its own board of directors and is fully owed by hannah grimes center.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $281K | $682K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.0M | $2.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $23K | $103K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.0M | $2.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $93K | $84K | $9K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $135K | $135K | ||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $4K | $4K | $280 | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $21K | $20K | $825 | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $17K | $16K | $995 | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $2K | $2K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $14K | $5K | $9K | |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3K | $3K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $16K | $12K | $4K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $18K | $16K | $2K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $57K | $51K | $5K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $54 | $54 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $56K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $11K | $10K | $563 | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $135K | $135K | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $62K | $62K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $648K | $559K | $33K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $219K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $133K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $893K | $963K | −$69K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 | $935K | $844K | $90K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 25, 2021 | $886K | $648K | $238K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $886,028 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $886,028 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $647,623 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,374,012 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,271,404 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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