Community Art Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Recipient
Great River Chorale
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
April 2024
End Date
February 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Benton
Benton
Project Overview

Community Art Support

Project Details

Great River Chorale presents collaborative concerts of choral music to Central Minnesota audiences.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: CMAB Board Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Vice Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Sean Donahue: CMAB Board Treasurer, Performing arts technician; Professional light and sound designer, Musician, equipment retail experience, event and project manager; Bopha Thomas, Princeton Area of Commerce Board Member; Associate of the Arts in Fashion Design, Theatre performance; Sandi Kroll, Owner-Refreshing Perspectives Therapy, MSW Boise State University, MFA in Theatre, University of California, San Diego, life-long consumer of performing arts, previous regional stage and event manger, former member of Actors Equity Association; Louis Witt: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Buddy King: CMAB Board Chair, St Cloud Playwright, percussionist, teaching artist, community youth arts initiatives; Gretchen Boulka: CMAB Vice Chair, Director of Performing Arts at Paramount Center for the Arts, arts administrator with background in development, special events, program management, marketing and communications; musician, Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) member, Minnesota Presenters Network board director; Sean Donahue: CMAB Board Treasurer, Performing arts technician; Professional light and sound designer, Musician, equipment retail experience, event and project manager; Bopha Thomas, Princeton Area of Commerce Board Member; Associate of the Arts in Fashion Design, Theatre performance; Sandi Kroll, Owner-Refreshing Perspectives Therapy, MSW Boise State University, MFA in Theatre, University of California, San Diego, life-long consumer of performing arts, previous regional stage and event manger, former member of Actors Equity Association; Louis Witt: BA and MA in Music Education, Conductor and musician for Community Bands, Musical Theatre and Orchestras, served as VP of Corporate Giving, past member and chair of MOST Ministries, serve on Advisory Council for Feed My Starving Children; Tom Berger: Small Business Owner, AAA Courier Express, Waite Park; Producer, Production Manager, Designer with Belville Productions; Served in many capacities for the History Theatre in St. Paul including Managing Director, Educational Project Director, Tour Director, Production Manager, Designer; University of Minnesota, Theatre Arts, Classics, Geology.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$60,121
Direct expenses
$70,121
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The outcome for this proposal will be the use of grant funds to supplement the contractually agreed upon annual compensation of Great River Chorale's artistic managing director in FY2024 and FY2025. The evaluation plan to measure the outcome will be a review of the organization's FY2024 and FY2025 financial records to determine that grant funds were used to supplement the annual compensation of Great River Chorale's artistic managing director.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Mary
Last Name
Geston
Organization Name
Great River Chorale
Street Address
313 E Highview Ct
City
Sauk Rapids
State
MN
Zip Code
56379
Phone
(320) 515-4472
Email
director@greatriverchorale.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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3