Springboard for the Arts
Springboard for the Arts is an artist-centered community and economic development organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It supports artists with resources and services intended to help them make a living and a life, and works to build just and equitable communities.
Springboard for the Arts at a glance
In short: Springboard for the Arts gave $2.9M across 90 grants in 2025 (avg $32K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,896,279
- +51.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 90
- +25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $32,181
- +21.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $19,670
- Total assets
- $15,842,463
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Minnesota (95% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Springboard for the Arts
- How to Apply
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Apply to the Incubator program.
- Contact
Mailing address: 262 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55103
Phone: (651) 292-4381
Website: https://springboardforthearts.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Springboard for the Arts
Who Springboard for the Arts funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Funny Asian Women Kollective ($288K). Together the top 10 received $1.3M.
Grant Size Distribution
286 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 247 grants of 286 (86%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Springboard says its work supports artists and communities across Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and the nation. Its filing-year 2025 grant dollars went predominantly to Minnesota recipients: 95% in Minnesota, 3% in Michigan, 1% in Texas, and less than 1% in Colorado. The listed grants include recipients in Minnesota, Michigan, and Texas.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 90 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Springboard for the Arts gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $432K (2022) to $2.9M (2025). In 2025 it made 90 grants totaling $2.9M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Funny Asian Women Kollective Saint Paul, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $287,798 |
| Cow Tipping Press Minneapolis, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $247,141 |
| Queer Voices Minnesota Saint Paul, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $185,884 |
| Rare Produtions LLC Minneapolis, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $153,500 |
| Deborah Ramos Minneapolis, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $90,940 |
| Reasons for Moving Minneapolis, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $65,399 |
| Trilingua Cinema Saint Paul, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $64,197 |
| Go Ko Go LLC Savage, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $63,728 |
| Yearly Emerging Practices Saint Paul, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $62,925 |
| Queer Gaze LLC Minnetonka, MN | Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting | $56,161 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The filing type is Form 990 (a public charity).
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,842,463 | $8,288,896 | $7,685,332 | $2,896,279 | 90 | $305,737 |
| 2024 | $15,272,169 | $6,187,563 | $6,867,681 | $1,913,184 | 72 | $167,491 |
| 2023 | $16,056,163 | $11,682,094 | $4,186,681 | $2,012,811 | 77 | $42,093 |
| 2022 | $8,950,194 | $2,192,624 | $3,491,429 | $431,500 | 12 | $2,206 |
| 2021 | $11,189,893 | $6,226,382 | $2,701,121 | $788,266 | 35 | $2,834 |
| 2020 | $7,712,117 | $4,053,530 | $3,297,527 | $816,583 | 50 | $3,312 |
| 2019 | $7,149,836 | $4,813,439 | $3,303,099 | $1,173,348 | 68 | $2,398 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Springboard’s mission is to support artists with the tools to make a living and a life, and to build just and equitable communities full of meaning, joy, and connection. Its strategic plan describes a broad definition of artist, including people with an intentional creative practice, and says its programs prioritize Native, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex people.
Springboard offers artist resources, workshops and consultations, career and business support, and community-based and rural arts programming. Its website lists the Growth Fund, which provides $2,000 to Minnesota creative business owners and artists; eligible applicants must have completed an Artist Career Consultation during the applicable program cycle, and recipients are selected through a randomized drawing. The Leslye Orr Fund provides $2,000 in direct support to eligible Minnesota artists with disabilities, with recipients selected through a randomized drawing. Springboard also stewards a network of Minnesota regional organizations that operate their own artist emergency relief funds.
Through its Incubator fiscal sponsorship program, Springboard sponsors arts organizations and individual artist projects that have a nonprofit purpose and are not tax-exempt nonprofits. The program requires projects to be artist-led, fit Springboard’s mission, and be based in or produce work in Minnesota.
Among the organizations receiving 2025 grants, Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology describes its mission as building strong communities through the intersections of art, farming, ecology, and economy. Spacetaker says it empowers Houston artists through programs that build knowledge, amplify local resources, and connect communities through art. SIDEWALK DETROIT describes its work as celebrating public and creative life through arts, culture, and engagement with residents, with an emphasis on public art, neighborhood place-keeping, and equitable access to urban greenspace.
Grantmaking
Springboard reported 90 grants totaling $2,896,279 in filing year 2025. Grant amounts ranged from $5,507 to $287,798, with a median of $19,670. The largest listed grants were $287,798 to Funny Asian Women Kollective, $247,141 to Cow Tipping Press, and $185,884 to Queer Voices Minnesota. Each was identified as fiscal sponsorship regranting.
Springboard’s Incubator is currently described as open. It is free to apply; admitted projects and organizations pay an annual sliding-scale fee of $60 to $120 and a 7% administrative fee on funds Springboard handles as fiscal sponsor. Applicants must meet the program’s artist-led, mission-fit, and Minnesota location or production requirements.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jarrett Reed as president and Sarah Swedburg as vice president. It lists Shannon Pettitt, Rose Teng, Rolando Felizola, Robert Ransick, Maureen Ramirez, Madde Gibba, Dominique Mueller, and Anisha Murphy as directors.
Springboard for the Arts is led by Laura Zabel, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 4 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Laura Zabel
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$133K (2019) → $217K (2025)
Jarrett Reed
President
Director → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → President, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Kaler
Advancement Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$102K (2024) → $102K (2025)
William Pierce II
Operations & Finance Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$71K (2024) → $125K (2025)
Maureen Ramirez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rose Teng
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Pettitt
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anisha Murphy
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Madde Gibba
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Ransick
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy Johns
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dominique Mueller
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rolando Felizola
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jun-Li Wang
Associate Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$133K (2024) → $148K (2025)
Andriana Abariotes
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Swedburg
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (13)
- Former: Sarina Otaibi (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Greta Bauer Reyes (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Ben Bonestroo (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kelly Asche (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Christina Martinez (2022) — Director
- Former: Amelia Brown (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Bo Thao-Urabe (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jeremy B. Cohen (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jerome Rawls (2019) — Co-President
- Former: Laura Zimmermann (2019) — Past President
- Former: Noel Nix (2019) — Co-President
- Former: Rebekah Cristana De Ybarra (2019) — Director
- Former: Va-Megn Thoj (2019) — Director
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 $217K, to Laura Zabel (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Springboard for the Arts
How much does Springboard for the Arts give each year?
Springboard for the Arts gave $2.9M across 90 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.9M across 72 grants.
What is Springboard for the Arts's typical grant size?
Springboard for the Arts's median grant in 2025 was $19,670, and its average grant was $32,181, across 90 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Springboard for the Arts give grants?
Springboard for the Arts gives mostly in Minnesota: 95% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Minneapolis, MN (43 grants), Saint Paul, MN (21 grants), Richfield, MN (2 grants) and Minnetonka, MN (2 grants).
Does Springboard for the Arts give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 90 grants with a stated purpose on Springboard for the Arts's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Fiscal Sponsorship Regranting" (85 grants) and "Rural Urban Solidarity Partner Grant" (3 grants).
Who are Springboard for the Arts's largest grantees?
Springboard for the Arts's largest 2025 grantees include Funny Asian Women Kollective ($287,798), Cow Tipping Press ($247,141) and Queer Voices Minnesota ($185,884), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 25% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Springboard for the Arts?
Springboard for the Arts reported $15.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $8.3M.
What does Springboard for the Arts fund?
Springboard’s mission is to support artists with the tools to make a living and a life, and to build just and equitable communities full of meaning, joy, and connection. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Springboard for the Arts?
Apply to the Incubator program. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Springboard for the Arts's EIN?
Springboard for the Arts's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1690483. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 27, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 22, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 20, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 31, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 23, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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