American Craft Council
The American Craft Council fosters livelihoods and ways of living grounded in the artful work of the human hand, creating a more joyful, humane, and regenerative world.
American Craft Council at a glance
- Total assets
- $3,560,456
- -11.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,672,404
- +6.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $444,402
- -25.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,854,231
- -15.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who American Craft Council funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $13K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pilchuck Glass School Seattle, WA | Speaker Honorariums for Legacy Series | $8,000 |
| The Furniture Society Brooklyn, NY | Speaker Honorariums for Legacy Series | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,560,456 | $3,672,404 | $3,854,231 | — | — | $444,402 |
| 2024 | $4,008,816 | $3,464,925 | $4,579,407 | — | — | $594,077 |
| 2023 | $5,119,966 | $3,924,275 | $4,511,955 | — | — | $385,840 |
| 2022 | $5,725,506 | $3,810,082 | $3,849,887 | $13,000 | 2 | $384,704 |
| 2021 | $6,869,826 | $3,121,094 | $3,056,027 | — | — | $161,445 |
| 2020 | $5,868,861 | $3,455,820 | $4,783,001 | — | — | $210,829 |
| 2019 | $6,750,576 | $4,856,099 | $5,301,123 | — | — | $498,993 |
About American Craft Council
Based on IRS filings
American Craft Council is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Minneapolis, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $444K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
American Craft Council is led by Andrea Specht, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 2 of 26 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Andrea Specht
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
37.5 hrs/week
$58K (2022) → $158K (2025)
Robert Lynch
Vice Chair & Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair & Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Preeti Gopinath
Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Lamparty
Director of Finance & Administrator
Director of Finance & Administration → Director of Finance & Administrator, 2023
On filings since 2021
37.5 hrs/week
$76K (2023) → $77K (2025)
Bruce W. Pepich
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary J. Smith
Trustee
Chair Elect → Chair, 2021
Chair → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harriett Green
Trustee
Trustee → Secretary, 2020
Secretary → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Loeser
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Logan
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Garceau
Trustee
Treasurer → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Owen McDonnell
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pearl Dick
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Woodie Wisebram
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Hofstede
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greg Bullard
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Rustad
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie King Hammond
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Darryl Patterson
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hannah Jacobson Blumenfeld
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mario Garcia Durham
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Seymour Mondshein
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cedric Mitchell
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joanna Chin
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Pollard
Treasurer
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristin Mitsu Shiga
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Ravenal
Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (39)
- Former: Alyssa Salomon (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Lucille L. Tenazas (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Marilyn Zapf (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Miguel Gomez-Ibanez (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Rebecca Myers (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Beth Lipman (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Judy Hawkinson (2022–2023) — Associate Executive Director
- Former: Carl Fisher (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Carol Sauvion (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Jean W. McLaughlin (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Lynda Bourque Moss (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Michael J. Strand (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Sarah Schultz (2019–2022) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Tom Loeser (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Amy Schwartz (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Christopher R. Taylor (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Ken Girardini (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lydia Matthews (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Stephanie Syjuco (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Nina Hale (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Greg Allen (2021) — Former Director of Finance & Administration
- Former: Laura Lipshutz (2021) — Former Director of Finance & Administration
- Former: Miguel Gomez-Ibez (2021) — Treasurer & Trustee
- Former: Ayumi Horie (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Charles E. Duddingston (2019–2020) — Chair
- Former: Charlotte Herrera (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Gregory E. Allen (2019–2020) — Director of Finance & Administrator
- Former: Kathryn Lebaron (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Melanie Little (2019–2020) — Show Director
- Former: Robert Duncan (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Sarah Kahn (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Bob Lynch (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Ann Hatch (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Folayemi Wilson (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Josh Simpson (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Lorne Lassiter (2019) — Vice Chair
- Former: Monica Moses (2019) — Content Director
- Former: Patricia A. Young (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Wendy Maruyama (2019) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $158K, to Andrea Specht (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about American Craft Council
How large is American Craft Council?
American Craft Council reported $3.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.7M.
What is American Craft Council?
American Craft Council is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Minneapolis, MN. It holds $3.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does American Craft Council operate?
American Craft Council has awarded grants in New York, Washington.
What is American Craft Council's EIN?
American Craft Council's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1566058. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 1, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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