General Operating Support

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Winona Symphony Orchestra Association

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

September 2013

End Date

June 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Fillmore

Houston

Olmsted

Winona

Project Overview

General Operating Support

Project Details

Administrative expenses

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Hal Cropp: Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre Company; Daved Driscoll: artistic director Northland Words-Words Players Theatre; Drue Fergison: musicologist with dance, literary expertise; Teresa Kauffmann: photographer, public information officer City of Albert Lea; Paula Michel: secretary Harmony Arts Board; Connie Nelson: retired choral music educator; Scott Roberts: visual artist, former business director Owatonna Arts Center; Judy Saye-Willis: visual artist, former director Faribault Art Center; Steven Schmidt: musician, general manager City of Rochester Music Department; Deb Wasmund: visual artist, coordinator Red Wing Fall Festival of the Arts.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Scott Anderson: musician; Liz Bucheit: owner/artist Crown Trout Jewelers; Alan Calavano: Rochester Male Chorus; Judy Hickey: Children's Dance Theatre; William Hoy: playwright, songwriter; Katie Hae Leo: Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Community Liaison; Kathy Rush: Lockwood Theatre Company; Phil Taylor: visual artist; 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 ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$6,780

Direct expenses

$8,780

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increase community involvement/participation with the Winona Symphony Orchestra (i.e., expand our audience, volunteers, financial supporters). Increase awareness of the Winona Symphony Orchestra's website and social media. Among other benefits, these tools will help us identify barriers to participation.Observe changes in: advance ticket sales (online); ticket sales; visits to the website; followers on social media sites; the number of donors; the number of volunteers; local media coverage. Post-concert surveys; Data collection from online/credit card ticket sales

Measurable Outcome(s)

The primary goals were the development of a new logo, website, Facebook page, and marketing materials such as save-the-date cards. All of these goals were accomplished.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Leslie Hittner, Cathy Ingvalson, Donald Lovejoy, Gretchen Michlitsch, Diana Miller, Todd Paddock, Gregory Neidhart, Deborah Ward

Project Manager

Greg

Neidhart

Winona Symphony Orchestra Association

PO Box 1197 175 W Mark St

Winona

55987

(507) 452-2842