Join us in Writing the Next Chapter for Open Book
2025 marks 25 years at Open Book. On this landmark anniversary,
we invite our community to join us in securing the next 25 years.
Celebrating Open Book’s 25 Years
Advancing Arts & Culture in Minneapolis
Open Book was founded out of a spirit of innovation, igniting the growth and impact within the hundreds of organizations that share our space.
Spurring Economic Development & Cultural Revitalization Downtown
Today, Open Book serves as a community gathering place dedicated to diverse and dynamic creativity, conversation, and collaboration rooted in the literary and book arts.
As the nation’s leading literary and book arts center, tens of thousands of people come to Open Book every year for our…
Independent Bookstore and Book Arts Shop
Coffee shop and Art Gallery
Classrooms and Meeting Spaces
Artist and Writer Studios
Events in our Performance Hall
Your investment will help keep Open Book affordable and welcoming for the next 25 years.
Make your Contribution to our Capital Campaign.
Investing in the Next 25 Years…
Twenty-five years ago, Open Book transformed three 19th century commercial buildings into the historically vibrant cultural center it is today.
Open Book is committed to providing affordable space to our many community partners so they can direct resources to their mission-critical work.
To sustain this model over the 25 years, Open Book seeks to raise $1,700,000 to address significant capital improvements to our 100-year-old building including…
New Roof
Elevator Modernization
Major Brickwork and Tuck-Pointing
Updated and Environmentally Friendly Energy Systems
Contributions to Open Book support not only our three Founding Partner Organizations, but also the nearly 250 organizations and community groups that come together every year in our space.
Some of the groups and organizations that use Open Book spaces…
Open Book’s other Nonprofit Tenants:
Weaver’s Guild of Minnesota
New Arab American Theater Works
COMMUNITY GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS,
SCHOOLS and MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS
Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
Nosholo
Sisters Need a Place
The Aya Collective
Black Men Teach
Ali Sultan’s Comedy Show
Theater LatteDa
The Great Northern
Center for Energy & Environment (CEE)
Land Stewardship Project
Eureka Recycling
UMN MFA Program in Creative Writing
Macalester
MN Humanities Center
Binger Center for New Americans
Bloomington Teachers’ Workshop
Center for Faith and Justice
Believe in What’s Possible
City of Minneapolis
Hennepin County: Library, Attorney’s Office, Public Health
Hennepin Healthcare
Department of Public Transformation
Coalition for the Homeless
Flourish Placemaking Collective
Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Jewish Arts Collective
Learning Journeys
Harisen Daiko (drumming)
Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project
Queer Space Collective
Equality Federation
GenderJustice
Legal Rights Society
The Somali Museum of Minnesota
Until We Are All Free
Black Collective Foundation of MN
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Catholic Charities
Southside Back in the Day
Springboard for the Arts
CommonBond Communities
Agate Housing
People Serving People
Children’s Minnesota
Voices for Racial Justice
Veterans Telling Stories
Adoptees United
Animal Humane Society
McKnight Foundation
Midwest Environmental Justice Network
MN Book Publishers Roundtable
MN Department of Education
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Pillsbury United Communities
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation
Rolling Tide Collective
Second Harvest Heartland
T.O.N.E. U.P.
The Dot Twin Cities
The Nature Conservancy
The Tretter Collection
The Carter Center
St Thomas School of Law
Augsburg University
and many more…
Donate Today
Your investment will keep Open Book accessible and welcoming for the next 25 years.
Contributions via check may be mailed to:
Open Book
Attn: Executive Director
1011 Washington Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55415
Questions about donating via ACH, DAF or other means?
Contact Kellan Christopher, Executive Director
Open Book is a registered 501(c)3, Tax ID: 41-1922193.
Thank You to Our Generous Supporters!
We are pleased to share that Open Book’s campaign has received
over $1,325,000* in commitments thus far!
*Pledges & Donations as of 12/18/2025
$6,000 and under
Thank You to Our Generous Donors
Elmer & Eleanor J. Anderson Foundation
Mark Andrew
Heather Anfang
Marcia & Brad Ballinger
Bruce & Harriet Bart
Charles Baxter
Heidi Bing
George Boody & Ann Risch
Dik Bolger
Judy Borger
Boss Foundation
Ronnie & Roger Brooks
Lucinda Brown
Rob Clapp
Yvonne Cheek & Mike Kirkwood
Patricia & Howard S. Cohen
Barbara Crosby & John Bryson
Andy Currie & Ames Sheldon
Kevin Duong
Louellen Essex
Mark Evenson
Shannon Fitzgerald
Emily Galusha & Don McNeil
Our deep gratitude to McKnight Foundation for their generous support of the Open Book Capital Campaign.
IN-KIND DONATIONS:
Chowgirls Catering
Dan Collison
FRGMNT Coffee
Honey & Rye Bakery
PRYES Brewery
$250,000+
Margaret Wurtele
McKnight Foundation
$100,000+
Lenfestey Family Foundation/
Jim & Susan Lenfestey
Pearson Family Foundation/
Chip & Amy Pearson
Pamela Safar
$50,000+
Paul and Mary Reyelts Foundation
Tankenoff Families Foundation
Nancy Gaschott & Mark Ritchie
Michelle Gill Murray
Courtney Gerber
Dorothy Goldie
Charlotte Golinvaux
John & Joanne Gordon
Tim Grady & Catherine Allan
Colin Hamilton & Helena Mackenzie
Reham Habib
Louanne Hann
Stefan & Lonnie Helgeson
Meredith Howell
Huebscher Family Foundation
Stephan Kieu & Julia Timm
Peggy Korsmo-Kennon
Peter Lancaster
Greg Larson
Richard Lentz
Mary Lee
Sheila Glancy Letscher & Tom Letscher
Arleta Little
Martha Meyer-Von Blon & Thomas Meyer
Charles Myers
$25,000+
Kim & Carol Bemis
Jan Breyer
Jay & Page Cowles
Roger Hale & Nor Hall
$10,000+
Chris and Daniel Mahai
The Head Family Foundation/
Chris Kirwan
Eric Roberts & Laura Davis
James B. Linsmayer Foundation
The Driscoll Foundation/
Libby & Ed Hlavka
Lee Munnich
Chris Malecek
Glenn Miller & Jocelyn Hale
Katherine Murphy
Linda Myers & Larry Shelton
Susan Newman
Natalie Obee
Liz Petrangelo
Sally Polk
Binky & Win Rockwell
Sue Schwalbach
Richard & Linda Seime
K Davis Senseman
Daniel & Alyssa Slager
John D Taylor
Vanessa Tennyson
Margaret Telfer & Edward McConaghay
Jean Thomson
Warnken Family Foundation/Betsy Van Hecke
Elysa Voshell
Dianne Walsh
Melinda Ward
Cory Zanin