Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$730
Recipient
Prairie Woodcarvers
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
April 2024
End Date
December 2025
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Douglas
Douglas
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

to pay for building use for carving sessions

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Melanie Scott: Artist, performer, musician, writer, peer support specialist at Wellness in the Woods, home educator

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Beth Gilsdorf: founder and chair of the Street Faire at the Lakes, retired retail manager; Alan Davis: Professor Emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Senior Editor Emeritus at New Rivers Press; Erin Hemme Froslie: founder of Whistle Editorial, journalism and writing instructor at Concordia College; Calvin deRuyter: former President, CFO, and owner of deRuyter-Nelson Publications Inc, painter; Jon Solinger: photographer, MSAB Artist Initiative Grant; Karan Ouren: Retired licensed chemical dependency counselor, Mixed Media and Acrylics artist; Marit Salveson: Background in sales, marketing, and management, current art teacher at Minnewaska High School; Jenny Nellis: Retired studio art professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, former Assistant Dean for Students UMM, grant selection committee for St John's pottery; Melanie Scott: Artist, performer, musician, writer, peer support specialist at Wellness in the Woods, home educator

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$730
Other Funds Leveraged
$3,513
Direct expenses
$4,243
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

The organization estimates that the majority of participants asked will indicate that the grant project had a positive impact on their communities and that the arts are important to them, either personally or to their communities. The organization will conduct their evaluation by talking with participants and collecting comments.

Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Roger
Last Name
Thalman
Organization Name
Prairie Woodcarvers
Street Address
2100 White Oaks Cir NE
City
Alexandria
State
MN
Zip Code
56308
Phone
(320) 491-2027
Email
PWCarving@gmail.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
Location

133 Mill Street South
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-2574 

Phone
Project Manager: Timothy Wollenzien
218-739-5780