Operating Support
Operating Support
SteppingStone Theatre's mission is to develop the whole child by using educational theater programs and fully staged productions to build selfesteem, confidence, and a sense of community, while celebrating diversity in a supportive, noncompetitive atmosphere.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen, Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
ACHF Arts Access
Support the artistic, educational, and social development of a diverse population of youth through thoughtful, artistically rigorous arts experiences. Develop and refine rubric outlining key arts learning objectives and the developmental assets supported, with sample activities, sample sequences, and developmentally appropriate evaluation methods and tools. Site visits to evaluate implementation. 2: Continue to expand the use of data and technology to grow audience, class enrollments, and individual giving. Final implementation of Patron Manager complete leading to a 6% increase in earned revenue, and a 20% increase in individual giving. Revenue streams remain stable at 60% earned and 40% contributed.
Significant improvement in student self-evaluation or Mastery and Belonging, school based programs saw improvements in cultural competency. For non-school based programs: student self-evaluation and a parent response form. For in school programs: Theme was Equity and Inclusion. Evaluations consisted of pre and post-measures of cultural competency indicators. 2: Completed implementation of Patron Manager. SST was on track to expand earned income until the onset of Covid. By mid-March we had over $100, 000 (15% above the previous summer) in camp registrations and had sold out all weekday matinees for the summer production.
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