Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,824
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community AKA Zeitgeist
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2022
End Date
June 2023
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Zeitgeist's mission is to bring newly created music to life with performances that engage and stimulate.

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
$50,824
Other Funds Leveraged
$989,188
Direct expenses
$989,188
Administration costs
$6,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

By 2025 15% of staff and 25% of the board will be people of color and indigenous people. Annual surveys ask board and staff to self identify ethnic/racial background. 2: Zeitgeist arts and cultural programming will strengthen people's connection and commitment to the community and to each other. Survey program participant attitudes regarding programming effects re: strengthen connections and commitment to the community and to each other.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Staff and board recruitment is underway. The staff and board goals remain consistent. Outcome one will be measured by a staff and board demographic survey. The survey was piloted pre-Covid and will be reinstated as capacity allows prior to 2025 reporting. (Capacity remains strained post-Covid). 2: Programming measured indicated strong success connecting people to their community and to each other. Survey admin systems are implemented in limited programs thus far. Covid impacts have reduced capacity but progress is getting made. Where surveys have been implemented responses have indicated strong success.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Aparna Katre, Laura Weintraub, Lynn Black, Jon Heyesen, Kendra Carlson, Geiger Yount, Alan Zeppa Emeritus
Project Manager
First Name
Anthony
Last Name
Cuneo
Organization Name
Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community AKA Zeitgeist
Street Address
222 Superior St E Ste 326
City
Duluth
State
MN
Zip Code
55802
Phone
(218) 726-5430
Email
tony@zeitgeistarts.com
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