Public Charity

COOK COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU

COOK COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU, of GRAND MARAIS, MN, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2026 filing shows $2.8M in revenue, $2.6M in expenses, $954K in total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $16.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 272386592 GRAND MARAIS, MN Latest filing: 2026
Total Revenue$2.8M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$954K
Grant Records24
Funding Total$16.3M
Filing Years2021–2026

Mission

THE CORPORATION EXISTS TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE TOURISM WITHIN COOK COUNTY, MINNESOTA FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS AND THEIR MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITIES. IT WILL ENDEAVOR TO EFFICIENTLY USE FUNDS FOR ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND OVERHEAD, AND TO INVEST ITS REMAINING FUNDS IN MARKETING, PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS, EVENT PROGRAMMING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO BRING VISITORS TO COOK COUNTY.

Where $100 goes at Cook County Visitors Bureau

How Cook County Visitors Bureau divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $91 for programs

$91
Increase tourism in cook county, minnesota
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2026. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD Carl Madsen
TREASURER Charles Skinner
BOARD Chris Homyak
BOARD Clair Stoddard
BOARD Dave Tersteeg
BOARD Emily Haussner

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Top Grant Purposes

Unspecified
$16,291,670 24 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2026 $2.8M $2.6M $954K
2025 $2.6M $2.5M $756K
2024 $2.5M $2.6M $868K
2023 $2.8M $3.7M $904K
2021 $2.3M $1.4M $1.1M

Between 2021 and 2026, reported annual revenue grew from $2.3M to $2.8M (+23%), with total assets most recently reported at $954K.

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