Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,243
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Commonweal Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2022
End Date
June 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Stearns
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Jackson
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Stearns
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

The Commonweal Theatre is a non-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to delighting and challenging audiences while enriching the common good through actor-based storytelling, which is both transcendent and relevant.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator and an arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice and a former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist and campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: team lead with Denver Air, adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Widdess: nonprofit consultant; former arts administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

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

2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,243
Other Funds Leveraged
$977,720
Direct expenses
$977,720
Administration costs
$4,694
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Commonweal Theatre will be a safe, welcoming, accessible venue in an effort to increase attendance by 35% in 2023. Following the shutdown in 2020 and decreased attendance in 2021, the Commonweal has a commitment to increase attendance percentages each year for the next five. Attendance figures will be tracked comparatively using in-house ticketing records.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Based on current figures, the Commonweal is on a track to increase attendance by 32% by the end of FY2023. Master attendance records (updated weekly) from reports generated from the organizational ticketing system.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Alan Bailey, David Boen, Dan Christianson, Laura Gentry, Chris Hanson, Wendy Mattison, Ken Mogren, Andre Novak, Sarah Peterson, Jose Rivas, Joan Ruen
Project Manager
First Name
Jeremy
Last Name
van Meter
Organization Name
Commonweal Theatre Company
Street Address
PO Box 15
City
Lanesboro
State
MN
Zip Code
55949
Phone
(507) 467-2905x 211
Email
jeremyvm@commonwealtheatre.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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