Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,310
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Hornets Hive AKA CornerStone
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
May 2023
End Date
May 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
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Project Overview

Legacy Organization Arts and Cultural Heritage

Project Details

to purchase arts equipment and supplies to expand the new CornerStone Youth and Community Center Makerspace to improve arts access for all ages and abilities in Frazee, MN

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Jan Jackola: Program Coordinator, Community Vitality, UofM Extension Service; Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Therese Vogel: Retired Community Ed. Director for Ulen-Hitterdal School, Top Hat Theatre Exec. Director, Career Guidance Counselor and current grant writer

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jana Tonsfeldt: retired elementary teacher, visual artist; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Gail Hedstrom: Fergus Falls Public Library Director; Jeff Merrick: Grant County Courthouse Site Manager; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Heather Hjelle: Working opera singer, professor of music at Bethany Lutheran College, private voice teacher; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,310
Other Funds Leveraged
$253
Direct expenses
$12,563
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization estimates that 200 individuals will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The organization will evaluate their activities using participant, audience, and artist questionnaires.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Of the survey respondents, 56 indicated that the project was important to them personally and their community and that the project had a positive impact on the community.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
Achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Recipient Board Members
Ryan Stockstom, Ken Miosek, Heather Ware Nelson, Karen Mitchell, Albert Doll, Amy Kilde, Taylor Drewes
Project Manager
First Name
Mackenzie
Last Name
Hamm
Organization Name
Hornets Hive AKA CornerStone
Street Address
300 2nd St NW
City
Frazee
State
MN
Zip Code
56544
Phone
(218) 329-6199
Email
CornerStoneFrazee@gmail.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
Email the Agency
Location

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780