Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,942
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Commonweal Theatre Company
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2024
End Date
June 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Fillmore
Fillmore
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

The Commonweal Theatre is 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

Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; 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, healthcare consultant; Ken Martin: political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Carol Bruess: author, speaker, relationship social scientist, and creator; 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, healthcare consultant; Ken Martin: political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2023 regular session, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3; Minnesota Session Laws, 2024 regular session, chapter 106, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,942
Other Funds Leveraged
$932,114
Direct expenses
$955,585
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The Commonweal Theatre will be a safe, welcoming, accessible venue in a continuing effort to increase attendance by at least 10% in 2025. 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.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Laurie
Last Name
Roberts
Organization Name
Commonweal Theatre Company
Street Address
PO Box 15
City
Lanesboro
State
MN
Zip Code
55949
Phone
(507) 467-2905x 211
Email
laurie@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
Email the Agency