Annual Report 2008-2009

Changing Our World, One Person At A Time

2008-2009 Annual Report

Minnesota International Center

Our mission is to inspire our community to understand global issues and cultures in an ever changing world.

When the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded President Obama the Nobel Peace

Prize for his efforts to “strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between

peoples”, it was an outstanding affirmation of the power of diplomacy and global leadership

in our interconnected world…exactly the focus of the Minnesota International Center for the

past 56 years and its emphasis for the future.

· Ten years ago the audience for the K-12 classroom program was 15,000 children in the course

of three years. In the most recent three years, MIC reached a student audience of 71,000,

almost a 375% increase. MIC is now focusing its efforts on day-long World Cultures Days in

the schools, involving all the students in a cross-cultural experience for the entire day;

· Ten years ago MIC offered 26 World Affairs programs. In 2008-09, MIC not only presented

25 programs, but cosponsored an additional 39 events, thus reaching many more people

in our communities and collaboratively strengthening the work of our numerous partner

organizations;

· Eight years ago MIC had 18 Great Decisions discussion groups in Minnesota. In 2008-09

we had more groups than any state in the nation—a record 60 groups—meeting from

International Falls to Blue Earth, reaching a Minnesota audience of 11,369.

We have focused and grown our programs and impact in Minnesota, while holding our

expenses flat and keeping our staffing levels to the minimum.

We finished a new strategic plan this year, emphasizing MIC’s role in preparing Minnesota’s

next generation to participate and lead in a global society, while affirming the role of our

membership in serving as globally aware and globally engaged citizens at home and abroad.

Our strategic plan calls for us to strengthen our long-term funding sources, so that we can

deepen our reach to Minnesotans, no matter what the economic climate, and we plan to begin

a major gifts campaign in 2010-11.

Your generosity to MIC has made it possible for Minnesotans to experience the power of di-

plomacy and global leadership in our interconnected world for the past 56 years. With your sup-

port we will continue to have a strong and enduring impact on our community and our world.

Carol Engebretson Byrne Rob Scarlett

MIC PresIdent MIC Board ChaIr

Please join us in thanking Rob Scarlett, MIC’s retiring board chair, for his service to the Minnesota

International Center, and welcoming Susan Plimpton as our incoming Board Chair.

A Letter from the Leadership

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Reach of MIC Programs and Events

In the 2008-09 fiscal year, MIC programs and events represented 125 countries and regions

(illustrated on the map above in blue ), providing opportunities for education, engagement,

exchange and enjoyment to an audience of 45,089 – students, educators, professionals and

community members.

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Regions:In addition to the countries listed above, MIC produced events and programs covering topics related to the following regions: Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China; Republic of Kosovo; Taiwan, Republic of China.

Country names as designated by the United Nations Statistics Division

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AfghanistanAlgeriaAngolaArgentinaArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBangladeshBelarusBelgiumBolivia (Plurinational State of)Bosnia and HerzegovinaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaCambodiaCanadaCape VerdeChadChileChinaColombiaCongoCosta RicaCôte d’IvoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDemocratic Republic of CongoDenmarkDjiboutiDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaGuineaHaitiHungaryIndiaIndonesiaIraqIran (Islamic Republic of)IsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKosovoKyrgyzstanLatvia

LebanonLiberiaLithuaniaMadagascarMalaysia MalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNepalNetherlands AntillesNew ZealandNigerNigeriaNorwayOccupied Palestinian TerritoryPakistanPanamaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandRepublic of KoreaRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaSao Tome & PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSierra LeoneSingaporeSomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSwedenSyrian Arab RepublicTajikistanThailandTogoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Republic of TanzaniaUruguayUzbekistanVenezuelaViet NamYemenZambiaZimbabwe

minnesota international center annual report 2008-2009

MIC presented 25 World Affairs Forums with an attendance of 2,305 including events with ambassadors from Brazil, Russia and the Czech Republic, Middle East historian Rashid Khalidi and green economic pioneer Majora Carter; and worked with 62 community partners to bring an additional 39 internationally-focused programs to Minnesota audiences.

MIC’s State Department-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) partnered with 273 local professional resources to arrange 465 appointments for 338 visitors from 113 countries to strengthen connections and exchange between local and international professional peers.

MIC’s benefit celebrating BRAZIL was attended by 260 guests and raised $161,000.The 2009-10 benefit focus country will be MALAYSIA.

MIC conducted 11 training workshops for international speakers and 10 intercultural workshops for educators.

Great Decisions — a nationally-recognized model for foreign policy discussions in private homes, colleges, universities and workplaces across the state — convened 421 meetings for 60 groups with an attendance of 11,659. MIC also held its first Great Decisions Conference in October 2008 which was attended by 70 participants.

At WorldQuest, an international trivia competition, 47 teams comprising 376 participants competed to test their knowledge of “all things international.”

For Academic WorldQuest, the public competition’s companion for high schools students, where the winning team is sent – all expenses paid – to Washington, D.C. to compete at the national level, 132 high school students from 20 high schools fielded 33 teams.

MIC engaged with 42 local companies by offering private networking opportunities and receptions with international leaders and visitors; all benefits of the Corporate Membership Program.

MIC’s dinner hosting program arranged 118 dinners with MIC members for 279 international guests from 83 countries — a uniquely personal way of opening global doors for our community.

For MIC’s K-12 education program, International Classroom Connection, 151 speakers from 50 countries made 900 presentations to a student audience of 30,000.

Highlights of FY08–09

Sincere thanks to the 793 people who gave their time to support

the activities of the Minnesota International Center as event

volunteers, IVLP resources and escorts, dinner hosts, Great Decisions

speakers and leaders, classroom speakers, members of our Benefit and

Facilities committees, interns and administrative help.


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Twin Cities Metro Area

International Falls ●

Grand Rapids ●

● Grand Marais

●✱✹ Duluth✱ White Earth

Reservation● Moorhead

Alexandria ❖●

St. Cloud ●✱

Elk River ❖✱

✱ Mille Lacs Reservation

✱ Red Wing

● Northfield

● Winona

●✱ RochesterFairmont ❖ ● Blue Earth

● Crosby

❖●✹✱ Twin Cities

Apple Valley ...............✱Arden Hills ..................●Bloomington ..............❖✱

Brooklyn Center .........❖

Brooklyn Park ..............●Chanhassen ................●Circle Pines .................✱

Columbia Heights......✱

Coon Rapids ...............❖Cottage Grove ...........✱

Dayton .........................❖

Eagan ..........................✱Eden Prarie .................✱Edina............................●✱

Excelsior ......................❖Farmington .................✱Forest Lake .................❖Fridley ..........................●✱

Inver Grove Heights ..✱Maple Grove ...............❖●✱

Marine-On-St.Croix ...●Minneapolis ................❖●✱✹

Minnetonka ................●New Hope ...................✱North Oaks .................●✱

North St. Paul .............●Prior Lake ....................✱

Plymouth .....................❖●

Richfield ......................✱Roseville ......................●✱

Scandia ........................●Shakopee ....................✱St.Louis Park ...............●✱

St. Paul .........................❖●✱

Stillwater .....................❖●✱

South St. Paul .............❖West St. Paul ...............●Woodbury ...................●

New Prague ✱

Statewide Engagement

❖ International Classroom Connection● Great Decisions Discussion Group✱ International Visitor Leadership Program✹ WorldQuest International Trivia Competition

● St. James


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1000 Friends of Minnesota

3M Company

The Advocates for Human Rights

African and American Friendship Association for Cooperation

African Development Center

AgriBank

Aliveness Project

American Refugee Committee

Anishinabe Academy

ARP! Art Review and Preview

Asian Women United of Minnesota

Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations

Asylum Law Project

Battered Women’s Justice Project

Best Buy Co., Inc.

Bloomington Immigration Court

Breaking Free

The Career and Technical Education Consortium

Cargill, Inc.

Catholic Charities

Cedar Summit Farm

Cedar-Riverside People’s Center Medical Clinic

Center for Ethical Business Cultures

Center for Hmong Studies

Center for Integrated Natural Resources & Agricultural Management

Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy

Center for Negotiation and Justice

Center for Transportation Studies

Center for Victims of Torture

Center for World Heritage Studies

Central High School

Children’s Home Society and Family Services

Chippewa Middle School

Citizens League

City of Minneapolis

City of Red Wing

City of St. Paul

City of Stillwater

Civil Society

ClearWay Minnesota

Climb Theater

College of Education and Human Development

Community Mediation Services, Inc.

COMPAS

Concordia University - St Paul

Confederation of Somali Communities

Conservation Minnesota

CornerHouse

Council on Crime and Justice

Cretin-Derham Hall

Department of American Indian Studies

Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Department of Political Science

Digital Collections Unit

Dispute Resolution Center

District Energy

Domestic Abuse Service Center

Drug Enforcement Administration

Dunwoody College of Technology

e-Democracy

Ecolab Inc.

Education Minnesota Foundation

Elk River Station

Energy City Commission of Elk River

Engage Minnesota

Environmental Quality Board

FairVote Minnesota

Family Justice Center

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Ford Motor Company Plant

Fort Snelling

Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota

Franklin Street Bakery

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Elena Gaarder

General Mills, Inc.

Get Out the Vote (GOTV)

U of MN Institute for Global Studies

Global Traffic Technologies, LLC

MIC thanks all those individuals from these

local resources who gave their time to meet

with international visitors through the U.S.

State Department’s International Visitor

Leadership Program.

International Visitor Leadership Program Local Resources


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GOP Rally Senator McCain

Grassroots Solutions

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities

Greater Twin Cities United Way

Green Institute

Green Party of Minnesota

The Guthrie Theater

Farheen Hakeem

Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

Hennepin County Adoption Program

Hennepin County Budget and Finance Division

Hennepin County District Court

Hennepin County Government

Hennepin County Jail

Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center

Hennepin County Office of Multicultural Services

Hennepin Technical College

Hindu Mandir Society of Minnesota

Hmong American Partnership

Hmong Cultural Center

Hmong International Academy

Hmong Times

Human Rights Center

Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Immigrant History Research Center

Independence Party of Minnesota

Independent Community Media

Indigenous People’s Task Force

Infectious Disease/HIV Clinic

Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Institute for New Media Studies

Institute on Domestic Violence in African American Community

Institute on Race and Poverty

International Student and Scholar Services

International Vocational Education and Training Association

International Women’s Rights Action Watch

Islamic Resource Group

Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning

Joint Religious Legislative Coalition

U of MN School of Journalism & Mass Comm.

KBEM

KFAI-FM Radio

KFAN Radio Station

KSTP TV

Land O’ Lakes

Land Stewardship Project

Landmark Center

Le Cordon Bleu at Brown Institute

League of Women Voters (St. Paul)

Legal Aid Society

Lincoln International High School

Littler Mendelson Law

Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota

Macalester College

MacPhail School for Music Education

Mayo Clinic

U of MN Medical School

Medtronic, Inc.

Meet Minneapolis

Men as Peacemakers

Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

Metropolitan Council

Midtown Greenway Coalition

Midwest Ag Energy Network

Minneapolis American Indian Center

Minneapolis Arts Commission

Minneapolis Campaign for Change Office

Minneapolis Central Library

Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights

The Minneapolis Foundation

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Minneapolis Mayor’s Office

Minneapolis Obama Campaign Field Office

Minneapolis Police Department

Minneapolis Public Schools

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

Minnesota Adoption Resource Network

Minnesota AFL-CIO

Minnesota AIDS Project

Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Minnesota Corn Growers Association

Minnesota Council of Churches

Minnesota Daily

Minnesota Department of Administration

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Minnesota Department of Corrections

Minnesota Department of Education

Minnesota Department of Finance

Minnesota Department of Health

Minnesota Department of Human Rights

Minnesota Department of Human Services

Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Minnesota Department of Transportation

The Minnesota Digital Library Coalition

Minnesota Environmental Partnership

Minnesota Free Market Institute

Minnesota Historical Society

Minnesota HIV Services Planning Council

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council

Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center

Minnesota Join Together


Minnesota News Council

Minnesota Office of Energy Security

Minnesota Office of Justice Programs

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota State Archives

Minnesota State Arts Board

Minnesota State House of Representatives

Minnesota State Senate

Minnesota Telehealth Network

Minnesota Trade Office

MinnPost

Mshale

National Center for Food Protection and Defense

National Organization for Women (NOW) - MN

National Youth Leadership Council

Neighborhood Development Center

New American Community Services

Newgate Education Center

Next Generation Energy Board

Northland Native American Products

Office of Representative Keith Ellison

Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar

Office of the Governor

Office of the Secretary of State

Open Arms

Penumbra Theater

Pioneer Press

Planned Parenthood

Public Radio International

Recycling Association of Minnesota

Red Door Services

Rise, Inc.

Rock-Tenn Company

Roseville Area Schools

Rural Health Research Center

Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical College

School of Environmental Studies

Search Institute

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community

Springboard for the Arts

St. Catherine’s University

St Paul Academy and Summit School

St. Paul Police Department

Star Tribune

TakeAction Minnesota

Tubman Family Alliance

Twin Cities Public Television

Twin Cities RISE

Twin Town Treatment Center

U.S. Commercial Service - U.S. Department of Commerce

United Nations Association of Minnesota

University of St. Thomas

Urban Boatbuilders, Inc.

Urban Ventures

US Department of Homeland Security

USDA Rural Development of Minnesota

Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)

Walker Art Center

Walling, Berg, and Debele, P.A.

WATCH

Wayside House

WCCO Radio

WCCO TV

Wellness Connection of Minnesota

Wellstone Action

Wellstone International High School

White Earth Economic Development Office

White Earth Head Start Program

White Earth Land Settlement Act (WELSA)

White Earth Tribal and Community College

White Earth Tribal Council

The White House Project

Whittier International Elementary School

Windustry

Women of Nations - Eagle’s Nest Shelter

Women Venture

Women Winning: Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund

Women’s Foundation of Minnesota

YMCA Youth in Government

Youth and AIDS Project

Youthlink


Midwest International NGO Network

Minnesota Accueil

Minnesota Consular Corps


Minnesota Trade Office

Mizna

Mshale

Museum of Russian Art

Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Norway House Peace Initiative

Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights –

U.S. Foundation

Public Radio International

Rose Ensemble

Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies

Royal Norwegian Consulate General Minneapolis

St. Olaf College

Trade Acceptance Group

Twin Cities Public Television

United Nations Association

University of St. Thomas

U.S. Commercial Service

U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council

Vaclav Havel Civil Society

Vesper Society of San Francisco

Vocal Essence

Walker Art Center

Westminster Town Hall Forum

Whitney Senior Center

Advocates for Human Rights

Alliance Française

American Council on Germany

American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)

Americans for UNFPA

Anderson Windows

Asian American Press

Augsburg College

Caux Round Table

China Center

Compatible Technology International

Czech and Slovak Cultural Center

District Export Council

Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Economic Club of Minnesota

Faegre & Benson, LLP

Freedom From Hunger

Freeman Center for International Economic Policy

French American Chamber of Commerce

Genocide Intervention Network

German American Chamber of Commerce

Guthrie Theater

Hmong Association

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Igbanugo Partners International Law Firm

Japan-America Society of Minnesota

KPMG

Library Foundation of Hennepin County

Loft Literary Center

Macalester College

Medtronic, Inc.

FY08-09 Program Partners


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Financial Statements


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Statement of Financial ActivityJuly 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009

Unrestricted Support And Revenue

Membership and Individual Contributions 311,239

Corporate and Foundation Contributions 342,710

State Grants 43,000

Federal Grants 91,550

In-Kind Contributions 68,005

Building New Bridges Grants 90,000

Program Income 80,943

Investment Revenue and Other Income 11,801

Unrealized Gains(Losses) on

Long-Term Investments (51,551)

Total Unrestricted Support and Revenue . . . . 987,697

Expense

Community Program 142,994

International Classroom Connection Program 236,907

International Visitor Leadership Program 163,470

World Affairs Program 200,710

Development/Fundraising 198,019

General Operating

(admin , equipment, supplies) 97,837

Total Operating Expense . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039,937

Excess of Unrestricted Support &

Revenue over Operating Expense . . . (52,240)

Assets

Cash/Cash Equivalents 279,081

Board Designated Reserve 177,093

Equipment(net) 98,527

Pledges/Accounts Receivable 159,231

Prepaid 17,696

Other Current Assets 16,340

Endowment Investment 177,581

SIT Investment 131,061

Interest in Charitable Trust 38,935

BNB Opportunities Fund 102,441

Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,197,986

Liabilities & Net Assets

Current Liabilities 37,203

Unrestricted Net Assets

Operating 121,734

Board Designated Reserve 177,093

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 684,375

Permanently Restricted Net Assets 177,581

Total Liabilities and Net Assets . . . . . . . . 1,197,986

These financial statements prepared from statements audited by Harrington, Langer & Associates as of June 30, 2009

Statement of Financial Position June 30, 2009


Premier $50,000+ Medtronic, Inc./The Medtronic Foundation

Millennium $30,000+ 3M Company/3M Foundation

Best Buy Co., Inc./Best Buy Children’s Foundation

Delta Air Lines

General Mills, Inc./General Mills Foundation

Senior Global $20,000+ Cargill, Inc.

Carlson Companies/Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation

Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, N.A.

Global $15,000+ Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Executive $10,000+ The Mosaic Company

Travelers Foundation

Leadership Patron $5,000+ Colwell Industries, Inc.

Donaldson Co., Inc.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP/Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

Ecolab Inc./Ecolab Foundation

Faegre & Benson

The Lakeland Companies

Target Corporation

MIC Corporate Members As of September 1, 2009

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Contributions may include gifts in-kind


Contributing $2,500+ Delta Dental of Minnesota

Patron Fredrikson & Byron, P.A./Fredrikson & Byron Foundation

KPMG LLP

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

Wanner Engineering, Inc.

Associate Patron $1,000+ Bellcomb Technologies Incorporated

Bepex International LLC

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Datacard

Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

Imation Corporation

Jostens, Inc.

Land O’Lakes

Medica

Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS

Polaris Industries

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Associate $500+ Global Language Institute/The Center for Scholarly English

Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

Horton Holding, Inc.

iCre8, Inc.

Intrinzia Family Office

MoneyGram International

Triple Ink

Watermark Initiative, LLC

Sponsoring Hotels The Marquette Hotel

Radisson Plaza Hotel

Organizational Alliance Française de Minneapolis/St. Paul

Members American Association of University Women

Consulate General of Canada

Marnita’s Table

Minnesota English Language Program

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$200,000 Sit Investment Associates Foundation: MIC is grateful for this

multiyear pledge which the late Gene Sit made as a challenge to

the community to invest in MIC’s future for the long term.

$50,000+ National Council for International Visitors

$40,000+ State of Minnesota

$5,000+ David Winton Bell Foundation

Education Minnesota Foundation

Minnesota International Center Cornerstone Fund

of the Minneapolis Foundation

$2,500+ Athwin Foundation


$1,000+ Apres Party and Tent Rentals

Berlitz Languages, Inc.

Caiman Ecological Refuge

Carlson Hotels Worldwide

Chez Guys

Consulate General of Canada

D’Amico Catering, LLC

Foreign Policy Association

Haskell’s The Wine People!

Hilton Do Brasil LTDA

J.B. Hudson Jewelers

Lakeside Wine and Spirits

Nordic Home Interiors

QRDC, Inc.

TAM Airlines

Corporate,

Foundation and

Organization Giving


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$500+ Bluefin Bay Resort

Borton Overseas / Trollstigen Resort

Brazilian Embassy, Washington, D.C.

British Consulate-General

Conrad Chicago

Dichotomy of Wayzata

Fenyves Panzio Resort, Hungary

Propel Event Transportation Management

Sweet & Saucy

$200+ Cara Irish Pubs L.P.

CD Fitness

Dodge Nature Center

Fillmore House B&B LLC

Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Koficore, Inc.

Minnesota English Language Program

Minnesota Zoo

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights

Park Midway Bank

Premium Waters, Inc.

The Guthrie Theater

Vincent A Restaurant

Walker Art Center



Thank you,to all who helped support MIC in 2008-2009.


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$10,000+

Mary Lynn & Warren Staley

Maxine & Winston Wallin; The Winston R. & Maxine H. Wallin Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation

$5,000+

Elizabeth Anderlik

Janet & Bradbury Anderson

Carole & Douglas Baker, Sr.; The Carole & Douglas Baker Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation

Sheila & Michael Bonsignore

Jennifer Park & Woodrow Byun

Phyllis & Thomas Colwell

Margene & David Fox

The George Family Foundation as directed by Penny and Bill George

Ingrid Lenz Harrison & Alfred Harrison

Judith & Stephen Lewis

Elizabeth & Whitney MacMillan

Polly & Robert McCrea

Maureen Pelton & Charlie Hartwell

Susan & David Plimpton

Emily Anne & Gedney Tuttle

Rachel & Donovan Walsh

$2,500+

Anonymous

Lucy Hartwell

Rebecca & Peter Hawthorne

Patricia & Benjamin Jaffray

Anne & Bruce Kania

Peter Kramer

Louise & Douglas Leatherdale

Sarah & John Lindahl

Leni & David Moore, Jr.; The Moore Family Fund for the Arts of The Minneapolis Foundation

Lois & John Rogers

Jeanne & Thomas Schnack

Anne Simonson

Gayle & Robert Sit

Nina & John Tuttle

Katherine & Larry Youngblood

$1,000+

Kristine & Tor Aasheim

Allyson & Todd Aldrich

Susan Alpert

Lucille H. Amis

Janet & David Berry

Catherine Born

Carol Engebretson Byrne & James Byrne

Melissa & Uriel Camarena

Joan & Gary Capen

Mary Jane & Robert Carlson

Josephine & Thomas Carpenter

Amalia & Kenn Damgaard

Mrs. Wallace C. Dayton

The Denny Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation

Mary Abigail Dos Santos

Rebecca & Benjamin Field III

Colleen Foster

Caroline & Robert Fullerton

Marna Fullerton

Tina & Robert Golian

Julie Hoff & Ron Lattin

O. C. Hognander, Jr.

Ingrid & Richard Hoyt

Jerilyn & Eric Jackson

Paula & Ryan Kanne

Farida & Fredrik Korallus

Joann & Donald Leavenworth

Sharon Lim & Lance Wallin

Susan & Robert Macdonald, Jr.

Mary Kate McKelvey & Christopher Bercaw

Laura Merriam & Peter Armstrong

Jodi & Michael Mooney

Forrest Moore

Wendy Nelson

Tamrah & Stephen O’Neil

Sally & George Pillsbury

Brenda Radichel Quaye & Nii Ayite Quaye

Shannon Rogers & Rohan Kalbag

Lili Scarpa

Susan & Jonathan Seltzer

Debra Sit & Peter Berge

Teresa & Ronald Sit

Harriet and Ed Spencer

Marcia & John Stout

Kay Thomas

Deborah & Henk Touw

Anjali & Sameer Vijayakar

Zantha & Thomas Warth

$500+

Anonymous Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation

Carolyn & Robert D. Albright

Liliane & Guillaume Bastiaens

Jeff Baumer

Donna & Kjell Bergh

Henry Bromelkamp & Jeff Nelson

Individual Giving As of June 30, 2009


Gretchen & Jeffrey Brown

Kristy & John Buck

Lorrie Buirge

Jeanne & Gary Carpenter

Jeannine Cavallo

Karen Cooley-Kistler & Stephan Kistler

Kathleen & Pete Danakis

Dee Gaeddert Dorsey & James Dorsey

Barbara Forster & Larry Hendrickson

Katy Gaynor

Anett & Peter Grant

David A. Gray

Joan Higinbotham

Sandra Sweatt Hull & John Hull

Susan & John F. Jones

Marisa & Thomas Kelly

Debbie & Mark Kennedy

Susan Kinder & David Vealitzek

Julia & Barry Knight

Terry & Timothy Leach

Nicolai & Ronald Lewis

Leon Lodermeier

Mary Lou & Warren Loud

Gayle & Michael Macaluso

Siri & Robert Marshall, Jr.

Helen Metz

Katherine & David Moore

Sharon Mueller

Jennifer & Jay Novak

Mary & John Pagnucco

Barbara Ryan

Sibylle & Robert Scarlett

Daniel P. Skaar

Sarah Stakston & Kevin Grotheim

Lee & William Strang

Ingeborg Sundet & Rolf Willy Hansen

Kaimay & Joseph Terry

Rebecca & Micheal Thompson

Aneta Toporowska

Judy & William Trubeck

Alice & Frederick Wall

Angie Woodhouse

$250+

Patricia & Tor C. Aasheim

Shohreh Pirzad & Daryoush Allaei

Carol Allin

Nora Anderson Sillerud & Jon Sillerud

Ruth & Ted Arneson, Jr.

David Beal

Virginia & Vernon Born

Erik Brand

Ellen & Karl Breyer

Marney & Conley Brooks

Hector Bruce

Mary & Allan Burdick

Leanne & Vasant Butala

Janice & Gregory Dames

Deborah Denz

Jane Emison

Kathryn Gates & Peter Everett

Karin Gunn

Marcia & Jeffrey Hanson

Peggy & Michael Herrmann

Ann & James Howard

Ed Kashmarek

Lenfestey Family Foundation

Linda & Douglas Linder

Marianne & Martin Loken

Carol & Daniel Luthringshauser

Christine & Robert Manning

Rachael & Franck Marret

Carla McGrath & Cole Rogers

Helen McNulty

James Miller

Angela & Patrick Minto

Lucy & Robert Mitchell, Jr.

Sara & Bruce Monick

Jeffrey Mueller

Barbara & Marcos Pinto

Helena Pohlandt-McCormick & Michael McCormick

The Sally Boyd Polk Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation

Leila Poullada

Jenifer Robins & Steven Hunegs

Kay Savik & Joe Tashjian

Lynn & Thomas Schaefer

Marianne Schulze & Raúl Ramos

The Shan Shui Foundation Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation

Sue Shepard & Donald Helgeson

Marilyn & Wallace Small

Karen Lee Sorbo & Francelino Zau

Sheila & Paul Steiner

Roma & Thomas Stocks

Lynne & Chip Whitacre

Susan Cornell Wilkes & Jim Klobuchar

Frances & Frank Wilkinson

$150+

Anonymous (2)

Kathy & Tom Aguilar-Downing

Craig Arends

Carol Barnett

Margaret & Thomas Barrett

Jane & Walter Barry

Mark Bayuk

Leslie Bergland

Darlene & Alfred Bertke

Shirley Bierma & Bonnie Skelton

Peter Bisanz

Kathleen Blatz & Wheelock Whitney

Gail & Richard Bohr

Kathy Bonnifield

Mary & Bradley Bowman

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Individual Giving Continued


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Joan & John Brooks

Ronnie & Roger Brooks

Mary Lou Carpenter

Margaret & Alejandro Catambay

Stephane Cattelin

Elizabeth & Steven Clarke

Ellie & Thomas Crosby, Jr.

Joanne & Frederick Czeswik

Charlotte & William Davnie

Sherry Ann & Edward Dayton

Carol Dethmers

Holly & Jon Farber

Leonard Fernelius

Carroll & Robert Flaten

Tammie Follett

Katharine & Richard Fournier

Judy & Theodore Furber

Nancy & John Garland

Tom Hanson

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In Memory of Gladys Brooks

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William Ankeny

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ChairRobert H. Scarlett, Medical Equipment Exporters, Inc.

Chair-Elect/TreasurerSusan B. Plimpton

DirectorsDr. Daryoush Allaei, QRDC, Inc.Susan Alpert, Ph.D., M.D., Medtronic, Inc.David J. Berry **Susan Busch, Best Buy Co., Inc. *Melissa Camarena, MCM DesignsMary Capozzi, Best Buy Co., Inc. **Mary Jane CarlsonJeanne Votca Carpenter, PerceptionKathleen Danakis, KPMG LLP **Tom Gitaa, Mshale Newspaper Robert Golian, Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, Inc. Peter C. Hawthorne, Cargill, Inc. Peggy Herrmann, Donaldson Company, Inc. Eric H. Jackson, Conservis Advisory Services Nathalie Joly **Rohan Kalbag, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Avigya Karki **Fredrik Korallus, Carlson Hotels Worldwide **Ron LattinDoug Leatherdale, D.W. Leatherdale ConsultingJudith Frost Lewis Sharon LimEloise J. Maki, 3M Company **Robert Manning, Global Perspective

Phillip J. Mason, Ecolab Inc. **Michael T. McCormick, Dorsey & Whitney LLP *Laura C. MerriamHelen Metz ** Ketchum Metz, Inc.Leni D. Moore Kathleen Smith Ruhland, Faegre & Benson LLP **Thomas W. Schnack, Ecolab Inc.*Robert W. Sit, Sit Investment Associates, Inc.Sara Stenberg, Dorsey & Whitney LLP **Wendy Tai, General Mills, Inc. Kay A. Thomas, International Student Scholar Services, University of Minnesota Micheal J. Thompson, Saint Paul Public Schools Geert Henk Touw, Stakeholder Satisfaction, LLC John Tuttle, Haberman Richard E. Weiner, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Ex Officio DirectorsAna Luisa Fajer, Consul of Mexico Martin Loken, Consul General of Canada

Honorary DirectorsSheila BonsignoreGary CapenThomas ColwellDavid FoxCharlie HartwellBob McCreaEmily Anne TuttleKatherine W. Youngblood

MIC Past ChairsGladys Brooks 1953-63Thomas Colwell 1963-65Wheelock Whitney 1965-67Mary Van Kirk 1967-69Wilbur M. Bennet 1969-71Wallace Doerr 1971-73William Drake 1973-75Paul Cashman 1975-76Benjamin Field 1976-79Gary Capen 1979-81Ruth Fitzmaurice 1981-83Joan Higinbotham 1983-85Connie DeLand 1985-86Theodore Furber 1986-88Patricia McGill 1988-90Scott B. Hill 1990-92Sheila Bonsignore 1992-96Emily Anne Tuttle 1996-98Robert K. McCrea 1998-01Katherine Youngblood 2001-03Charlie Hartwell 2003-05David Fox 2005-07

* Term completed or resigned 2009

** Term began July 2009

MIC Board of Directors



Catherine Born, Vice President Elise Buchen, International Visitor Leadership Program CoordinatorTania Dawydowycz, Database CoordinatorCarol Engebretson Byrne, PresidentHayley Kanlyn, International Visitor Leadership Program ManagerDaniel Getahun, Member Services Manager Claire Gray, Development AssociateAnne Hanson, Major Gifts and Executive Support George Jerzy Hornik, K-12 Education Program Manager Angela McLaughlin, Corporate Relations & Special Events Manager Juan Pablo Polanco Mendoza, World Cultures Day CoordinatorZsuzsanna Nagy, K-12 Education Program CoordinatorKathleen Oscarson, Project Manager Bill Peters, Accounting Manager Tricia Rhodes, Administrative CoordinatorLynda Salway, Communications Manager Carol Steinberg, Community Programs ManagerAja Tashjian, Corporate Relations & Special Events CoordinatorBee Yang, Technology Manager

MIC Staff as of November 1, 2009

MIC would like to thank the following for their contributions:

Design: Sean Zindren, Zindren Design, Inc.Photography: Craig Bares, Bares Photography

Adam Konczewski

The Minnesota International Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1953 to promote greater awareness and understanding of other cultures.

MIC has 501(c)(3) status and meets Minnesota Charities Review Council Standards

Documents

Annual Report 2008-2009