Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,362
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Commonweal Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2023
End Date
June 2024
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Jackson
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Stearns
Wabasha
Winona
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Jackson
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Stearns
Wabasha
Winona
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

The Commonweal Theatre is a professional theatre company dedicated to delighting and challenging audiences while enriching the common good through actor-based storytelling.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, 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, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2023 regular session, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,362
Other Funds Leveraged
$977,720
Direct expenses
$977,720
Administration costs
$35,749
Number of full time equivalents funded
1
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Commonweal Theatre will be a safe, welcoming, accessible venue in a continuing effort to increase attendance by at least 30% in 2024. Following the shutdown in 2020 and decreased attendance in 2021, the organization has the 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)

The Commonweal is gradually increasing attendance both by percentage and by average attendance per production. The organization uses both an online database to track figures and then populates a master attendance record to finalize figures.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
David Boen, Laura Gentry, Chris Hanson, Julie Kiehne, Sara Kling-Punt, Wendy Mattison, Ken Mogren, Andre Novak, Sarah Peterson, Megan Pence, Jose Rivas
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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