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Nonprofits›Creative Enterprise Zone

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Creative Enterprise Zone

SAINT PAUL, MN

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Total revenue

$224K

Total expenses

$209K

Net assets

$215K

Grants received

$605K

22 grants

EIN

473199574

Tax year

2024

Mission

The creative enterprise zone's (cez's) mission is to attract and support creative people and businesses to makeithere cezmsp. Located between prior avenue and the boundary between minneapolis and saint paul along the green line, we envision the zone as a thriving district of creativity and innovation centered in an equitable and just community of economic and environmental well-being. We apply community imagination to foster and improve place development with a creative destination with 60+ outdoor murals.

Programs

3 programs

Chroma zone mural and arts festival: we produce an annual festival which focuses on the creation of large outdoor murals on buildings, along with community-led events and arts programs. Our goals are to raise the profile of the growing district, support and connect creatives who work and live here, and contribute to the long-term beauty, economic vitality, safety and walkability of the creative enterprise zone.

Expenses: $104K

City of saint paul neighborhood star program: we administer property improvement grants and loans reimbursable through the city of saint paul to help creative businesses respond to make capital improvements.

Public spaces: we collaborate on initiatives to improve public health, beauty, safety and the environment by implementing programs that expand the urban tree canopy (100 trees initiative), create new places to connect, and lead a neighborhood-wide conversation about climate resiliency, the ennvironment, and public spaces.

Expenses: $12K