2026-04-20T13:03:12-07:00 2025-12-31 861872153 Studio501 Inc 210 Rustic Lodge W Minneapolis MN 55419 990EZ 2025-01-01 921005599 FRIENDS OF THE PHILANDO CASTILE PEACE GARDEN FRIE 6517926558 1477 California Ave W Falcon Heights MN 55108 Georgiana May Board Chair 6513237121 2026-04-20 1 Mary Cleary P02449030 6122293887 2026-04-01 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X philandocastile-peacegarden.org X X 70608 X 70081 0 0 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70608 0 0 0 12250 4831 80 17839 35000 35608 115311 0 150919 82365 112368 32946 38551 0 0 115311 150919 0 0 115311 150919 The mission of the Friends of Philando Castile Peace Garden is to support the Peace Garden and inspire a new era of community healing, reconciliation, unity and transformation by creating a contemplative and peaceful gathering space at the site of a tragic death. The Peace Garden is located on land that is at the edge of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and is included in the Fair's Adopt a Garden Program. Commercial liability insurance is required for our continued use of the land for that purpose. The focus of 2025 activities was to further the major goals of the Peace Garden with three working groups: 1) Garden maintenance and sustainability; 2) Storytelling, Communications and Marketing; 3) Programs, education, events and evaluation. To sustainably fund the maintenance of the Peace Garden as a peaceful and contemplative space for all, we established a provisional fund to support ongoing expenses of the PGPC and developed a strategy for the establishment of a permanent endowment with Tod Herskovitz of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Ex-officio board members, Dr. Nora Hall and Karen Gray, write and produce a monthly newsletter, Seeds of Peace, and have a parallel website that includes information on activities of the Friends (https://www.givemn.org/organization/Friends-Of-The-Philando-Castile-Peace- Garden). In collaboration with Roseville Area Schools the Friends provided a summer reading program for children at our neighboring Amber Union affordable housing. The keynote events organized every year by Valerie Castile (Vice Chair) and family are the July 6 Candlelight Vigil at the Peace Garden, and the Unity Day picnic held on July 7 at the Falcon Heights City Hall. Both events were well attended. 0 13204 13204 Susan Gehrz Past Chair 1 0 0 0 Valerie Castile Board Vice Chair 2 0 0 0 Damon Anderson Board Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Sharon Castle Board Member 1 0 0 0 Chuck Laszewski Board Secretary 1 0 0 0 Jerry Hammer Board Member 1 0 0 0 Laura Berquist Board Member 1 0 0 0 Dr Georgiana May Board Chair 3 0 0 0 Dr Juanita Hoskins Board Member 1 0 0 0 Nathan Johnson Board Member 1 0 0 0 Steve Boyd-Smith Board Member 1 0 0 0 Dr Elaine Evans Board Member 1 0 0 0 Satoko Muratake Board Member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MN Georgiana May 1477 California Ave W Falcon Heights MN 55108 6517926558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 22785 54470 8817 86072 240 240 0 0 23025 54470 8817 86312 50000 50000 0 0 0 50000 0 50000 36312 45 240 527 812 0 0 45 240 527 812 0 0 23070 54710 9344 87124 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 1 In 2024 and 2025 we received funds from the St Paul & Minnesota Foundation they were holding on our behalf. The amounts were $56866 in 2024 and $61264 in 2025. These were considered unusual grants and deducted from line 1. We now have all the funds and have set up a balance sheet item called Provisional Fund controlled by the Board. Because we were on a cash basis accounting it was not recognized until we received the cash. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Depreciation;4670|Supplies and Materials;4844|Insurance;4315|Other Program Expense;3739|Software Subscriptions;148|Meeting Expense;60|Miscellaneous Expense;63^Total;17839^