Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$344,281
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Milkweed Editions, Inc. AKA Milkweed Editions
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2024
End Date
June 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Our mission is to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature and build an engaged community around it.

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
$344,281
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,478,563
Direct expenses
$6,650,704
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Transformative literature provides Minnesotans with opportunities for reflection, learning, appreciating differences, and becoming more empathetic. We will track sales of books and attendance at events. We will also survey our community and gather testimony from readers, educators, booksellers, and librarians. 2: Minnesotans have increased access to an engaging literary community and other literary opportunities through our fellowship program. Our fellowship program, available to individuals without publishing experience, is intended to diversify the field and provide access to those historically excluded. Success will be measured by demonstrations of fellows' developed skills over time.

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Jane
Last Name
Townsend
Organization Name
Milkweed Editions, Inc. AKA Milkweed Editions
Street Address
1011 Washington Ave S Open Book
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55415
Phone
(612) 332-3192
Email
jane_townsend@milkweed.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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