Organizational Stability Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
North Shore Music Association
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2020
End Date
December 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Cook
Cook
Project Overview

Organizational Stability Grant

Project Details

Organizational Support to Help Defray the Impact of the Pandemic - When possible, NSMA hopes to restart operations and un-furlough our single employee.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Roxann Berglund: musician; Leah Yellowbird: multi-medium visual artist; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Classie Dudley: ARAC Arts Leadership Fellow; Joan Farnam: ceramicist, founder of North Shore Arts Scene.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2019 First Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Education

2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$2,000
Administration costs
$1,462
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Our goal is to survive the social and financial impacts of the pandemic, which have shut down our programming operations for the past several weeks, due to the stay-at-home and social distancing requirements ordered by state and local government. When it's possible, we plan to recalibrate and rebuild our program offerings -- public concerts, dances, and musical education outreach -- but we will need financial support to do so. As the principal provider of high-quality, diverse musical arts performance and education in our 120-mile radius, our community relies on us for programming they cannot access elsewhere. As a reliable provider of work to musical artists for 35 years, our goal is to get back up and running so we can once again hire and pay artists and contribute to their livelihoods. We will know we have succeeded once we are contracting and paying artists again and offering programming to our community on a sustainable basis. We will know that we have succeeded once we have been able to rebuild our program season (whatever is left of it!) and start planning ahead for the following season; once we are able to start contracting and paying artists again; and once we can again present programming to our community on an ongoing and sustainable basis. We realize that this may not be a completely smooth process, for us and all organizations who host large gatherings, since public guidelines and restrictions may need to tighten and loosen according to how the virus moves and manifests in state and local populations. Therefore, we will also know we have succeeded once we have a system in place that allows us to work within this new scenario and not simply have to remain shut down with a very unclear vision of the future.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our overarching goal was for our organization to survive the social and financial impacts of the pandemic, which shut down our regular programming operations starting in March 2020. More specifically our goal was, given that our sole employee had to be furloughed for the first couple months of the summer, that once she was unfurloughed she would be able to do the work needed to sustain limited operations, so when the time came to rebuild and start up regular operations again we would be in a good position to do that. Funds from this grant, which covered her work hours needed for those limited operations from August to December 2020, enabled that goal to be met.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved Proposed Outcomes
Recipient Board Members
Chel Anderson, Wayne Russ, Tracey Cullen, Greg Tofte, Cheryl Larsen, Philis Anderson, Carl Solander, Rovena Claxton
Project Manager
First Name
Kate
Last Name
Fitzgerald
Organization Name
North Shore Music Association
Street Address
PO Box 1376
City
Grand Marais
State
MN
Zip Code
55604-1376
Phone
(218) 387-1272
Email
music@boreal.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency