Operating Support
ACHF Arts Access
Create a core group of programs proven to resonate with our community in order to generate sustainable revenue. This revenue will give us the freedom to offer other programs that may not have the financial impact but still fill a need in the community fabric. Funding by Southwest Minnesota Arts Council will buy us time to create and test these programs. The goal is to generate enough net monthly income to cover rent and utilities by July 2017. We will answer the following questions: Do the programs fulfill our stated mission? Have we offered the programs long enough to document consistent results? Are these core programs generating enough revenue to cover rent and utilities to enable additional programming to be created and tested?
Our goal was to develop a core group of programs that would generate enough net income to cover facility expenses by July 2017. Evaluation is simple math - which programs are not only covering expenses but consistently generating revenue and is it enough to meet our goal? It's clear from our budget worksheet that program grants in addition to the operating grant have allowed us time to try and test other programs to see which ones resonate with our community. We are closer to financial self-sufficiency but I don't think we'll hit our target of being independent by July 2017.
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