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Filing year 2023

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION

St Paul, Minnesota·EIN 41-2013696·NTEE T22 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$13.7M
Total assets
$17.7M
Total expenses
$3.1M
Reported officers
30
Mission

THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE HISTORIC MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND SUPPORT STATE FAIR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE, ARTS & CULTURE, EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HISTORY.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryExecutive compensation
Development Director
$142k
$155k
Executive Director
$10k
$11k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 28 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 8%
from 2022

From $132k in 2022 to $142k in 2023.

$132k
2022
$142k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 5% in real terms$148k to $155k

Estimated with Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.6M
$2.3M
2022
$13.7M
$3.1M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Minnesota

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Minnesota pay their highest-earning executive a median of $40,478.

25th percentile
$12k
Median
$40,478
75th percentile
$105k
90th percentile
$237k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 276 organizations across 276 filings (2021 – 2024).

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