Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,949
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association AKA Minnesota Bluegrass
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Stearns
Hennepin
Stearns
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

To preserve and promote bluegrass and old-time string band music in Minnesota.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Peggy Burnet: entrepreneur, art collector, and community volunteer; Uri Camarena: director of business consulting with Metroplitan Economic Development Association (MEDA); Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Sean Dowse: arts advocate, arts practitioner, and civic leader; Anthony Gardner, vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Boutique Air, founder and owner of Bluedoor 74, adjunct college faculty; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 1, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$12,949
Other Funds Leveraged
$152,773
Direct expenses
$152,773
Administration costs
$11,230
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Maintain organizational integrity by planning and executing budgets that end in surplus four out of five years. Past three years have had surpluses. By record of the annual results of our profit and losses in each year, and by progress made toward having total assets that surpass 25% of the next year's expense budget. This goal was realized in FYE 9/2019. 2: Increase the number of festival attendees who represent underserved populations By visual count of attendees and by usage of discount codes for attendee tickets.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Maintain organizational integrity by planning and executing budgets that end in surplus four out of five years. Past three years have had surpluses. Quickbooks reports were used to determine this outcome.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Nic Hentges,Jason Juran,Robbi Podrug,Shane Zack, Brett Day,Phaedra Johnson,Mabel Houle,Lucy Weberling,Jim Franczyk,Dale Gruber,Penny Hilleman
Project Manager
First Name
Darcy
Last Name
Schatz
Organization Name
Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association AKA Minnesota Bluegrass
Street Address
PO Box 16408
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55416-0408
Phone
(651) 456-8919
Email
info@minnesotabluegrass.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency