General Operating Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Matchbox Children's Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dodge

Fillmore

Freeborn

Mower

Olmsted

Steele

Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Administrative Expenses

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Kjellgren Alkire: art faculty Winona State University; Hal Cropp: Executive Director Commonweal Theatre; Daved Driscoll: Artistic Director Words Players Theatre; Julie Fakler: Edication Coordinator Paradise Center for the Arts; Larry Gorrell: former dean Saint Mary's University; Teresa Kauffmann: public information officer City of Albert Lea; Paula Michel: Secretary Harmony Arts Board; Jane Olive: Mantorville Theatre Company; Scott Roberts: visual artist; Judy Saye-Willis: fiber artist; Steve Schmidt: General Manager City of Rochester Music Department.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Judy Hickey: Board Children's Dance Theatre; Bill Hoy: playwright, songwriter; David Kassler: musician; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Joan Sween: novelist columnist, playwright; Phil Taylor: visual artist; Sandy Thompson: Development Director Rochester Art Center; Gary Tollers: musician; Emily Urness: columnist, literary editor Rochester Post Bulletin; Tom Willis: visual artist.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$22,850

Direct expenses

$25,850

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Matchbox Children's Theatre increases access by donating 100 tickets per play to Head Start and school policy to enable students who cannot afford tickets to attend. Schools tell us how many how many comps they need. This year will work with Austin Welcome Center to encourage this attendance with up to 30 comp tickets per play.Matchbox Children's Theatre evaluates each play via feedback from production team, actors and teachers who attend student shows + Facebook comments. We document with attendance statistics, videos and photos. We monitor patron reactions as they leave. We talk with people who enjoyed Matchbox Children's Theatre as kids and now bring kids and grandkids.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The grant helped Matchbox Children's Theatre remain financially sound and stay on budget throughout our fiscal year. It also enabled us to keep ticket prices low for another season at just $5 for ages 14 and younger and $7 for adults.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Janet Anderson, Lora Lee Bauer, Cindy Bellrichard, Angela Donovan, Jenny Dreyer, Jennie Germain, Barb Kasel, Linda Sistek, Madlain Vander, Billie Jo Wicks, Eric Williams

Project Manager

Janet

Anderson

Matchbox Children's Theatre

328 N Main St PO Box 576

Austin

55912

(507) 437-9078

janderson@kaaltv.com

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