Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$72,687
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Pillsbury United Communities AKA Pillsbury House Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2021
End Date
June 2022
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Ramsey
St. Louis
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Pillsbury House Theatre co-creates challenging theatre and arts programming to inspire enduring change toward a just society.

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
$72,687
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,480,186
Direct expenses
$1,480,186
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

PHT activities increase access, attachment and agency among artists, participants and neighborhood residents. Access is measured by tracking participation including demographics, length and intensity; Attachment through surveys; and Agency with pre-post artist surveys and documentation of work created. 2: PHT stimulates increased creativity in our four-neighborhood service area by integrating art into the fabric of the community. Neighborhood/audience surveys show increases in creative activity and engagement with local arts offerings; partner orgs document use of creative strategies to reach community goals.

Measurable Outcome(s)

298 artists created experiences that succeeded in increasing access, attachment and/or agency among the 17,761 people that participated. Attendance data, participant surveys and one on one interviews, artist surveys and actual artwork created are the data sets analyzed to determine progress toward intended impacts. 2: Creative activity increased in our four-neighborhood service area, 17 artists implemented arts projects out in the neighborhoods. Evidence of increases in creativity include: feedback from neighborhood residents, organization leaders and small business owners; actual artworks displayed out in the neighborhood; and artists engaged to support community projects.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
PHT Advisory Group = Norah Shapiro, Cordelia Anderson, Pam Arnold, Jim Langemo, John Humleker, Marianne Merriman, Sarah Milligan-Toffler, Adair Mosley, Eric Mueller, Julia Sand, Nedy Windham, Faye M. Price. Pillsbury United Communities BOD = Siyad Abdullahi, Lindsay Benjamin, Melinda Emerson, Taylor Harwood, Chris Huset, Mahrous Kandil, Liz Mascolo, Kenji Okumura, Erica Pralle, Heath Rudduck, Anupama Sreekanth, Jeff Steinle, Anne Stukas, Edrin Williams, Kaori Yamada
Project Manager
First Name
Noel
Last Name
Raymond
Organization Name
Pillsbury United Communities AKA Pillsbury House Theatre
Street Address
3501 Chicago Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55407
Phone
(612) 787-3620
Email
noelr@pillsburyhousetheatre.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
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