Community Arts Support

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,807

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Buffalo Community Theater

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2015

End Date

August 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Wright

Sherburne

Stearns

Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Buffalo Community Theater is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization in Buffalo, Minnesota.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser, Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: Minnesota visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, serves on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, has served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, printer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: Music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$8,807

Other Funds Leveraged

$65,963

Direct expenses

$74,770

Administration costs

$8,807

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

We will have contracted with and compensated our part time Administrator for another year. We will have enhanced awareness of youth programming, and increased youth attendance at performances by 15%. We will increase our overall ticket sales by 10%. We will track financial compensation of our Administrator, track the number of youth participants for auditions, volunteering and program participation. We will compare ticketing reports to track youth ticket sales and overall tickets sales.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We retained our administrator - contracting with them for the next year, to help promote and produce our season. We successfully produced the remainder of 15-16 season: Winnie the Pooh, Tuesdays With Morrie and The Addams Family, and began the implementation of our 2016-2017 season: The Sunshine Boys, Honk! Jr. Hot Flashes and Mary Poppins. We increased youth participation in programs by 13 % and attendance at performances by 67%. We had an increase in overall tickets sales by 20% over the last fiscal year, exceeding our goal of a 10% increase. We tracked compensation of our Administrator financially, tracked overall ticket sales through our online ticket vendor. We counted youth at auditions, volunteer days and tracked youth ticket sales through our online ticket vendor.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jon Salmon, Jamie Cassidy, Philip Ludwig, Tony Carlson, Michael Walsh, Erin Walsh, Diane Paulu, Janice Luoma, Suzanna Joyce, Don Schmidt, Bryce Bishop, Greg Bestland, Jennifer Robinson

Project Manager

Suzanna

Joyce

Buffalo Community Theater

PO Box 23

Buffalo

55313-0023

(612) 404-0228

zannaj@q.com

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