Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,156
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Yellow Tree Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Beltrami
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Beltrami
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Yellow Tree Theatre brings stories to life that ignite passion, inspire laughter, and awaken possibility while exploring and celebrating the great complexities of the human spirit.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,156
Other Funds Leveraged
$543,903
Direct expenses
$543,903
Administration costs
$26,156
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.06
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Continue stabilizing organization's fiscal position following a year of stunted earned revenue due to the pandemic. On-going assessment of finances by staff and board; income vs. expenses meticulously tracked via financial reports and monthly cash flow projections; all nonessential expenses cut; YTT's survival will determine successful outcome. 2: Provide our community with artistic engagement that is safe, inventive and mission-driven. Patrons and artists will be assessed via surveys/interviews; qualitative and quantitative data analyzed; press response; box office data; board and staff interviews.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Yellow Tree Theatre stabilized our fiscal position during the pandemic with the support of government and state grants, sponsorships and donors. Yellow Tree Theatre continued assessing its finances by staff and board; income vs. expenses meticulously tracked via financial reports and monthly cash flow projections and all nonessential expenses cut. 2: Yellow Tree Theatre focused and implemented a safer, more inventive and mission driven Artistic and administrative atmosphere. Yellow Tree Theatre's Patrons and artists were assessed via surveys/interviews; qualitative and quantitative data analyzed; press response; box office data; board and staff interviews.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Kari Scanlon, Mara Milne, Amy Edwards, Marcia Aubineau, Dean Alexon, Willie E. Jones III, Shelley Miller, Wymond Wong
Project Manager
First Name
Peter
Last Name
Carlson
Organization Name
Yellow Tree Theatre
Street Address
320 5th Ave SE
City
Osseo
State
MN
Zip Code
55369
Phone
(763) 226-3630
Email
peter@yellowtreetheatre.com
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
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