General Operating Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Northfield Youth Choirs, Inc. AKA Northfield Youth Choirs

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Dakota

Hennepin

Goodhue

Le Sueur

Ramsey

Rice

Scott

St. Louis

Steele

Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Affordable Transportation and Scholarships

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

$122,837

Direct expenses

$125,837

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

By providing scholarships and transportation, we will maintain or grow our enrollment of singers who face financial or logistical barriers to being involved in our high quality choral program, and continue to expand local participation in the arts.Well-maintained registration records will provide the data needed to compare year-to-year enrollment and bus ridership. The records we keep of scholarship applications will allow us to track financial needs within Northfield Youth Choirs and our response to those needs.

Measurable Outcome(s)

By providing scholarships and transportation, we strived to maintain or two our enrollment of singers who face barriers to involvement in our choral program, and continued to expand local participation in the arts.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Paul Cloak, Peter Dahlen, Dan Dressen, Christie Hawkins, Jeanette Nelson, Tracy Nelson, Joy Riggs, Kelly Q. Webster

Project Manager

Ian

Cook

Northfield Youth Choirs, Inc.

205 S Water St PO Box 460

Northfield

55057