Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,007
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Ten Thousand Things
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2025
End Date
June 2026
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Ramsey
Project Overview

Operating Support

Project Details

Awakens the creative spirit of audiences and artists by bringing essential and exceptional theater to people from all backgrounds and life experiences.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; 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; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Mary Ann Aufderheide: former arts administrator; 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; Philip McKenzie, adjunct college faculty; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Christina Woods: executive director, arts organization

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota, 2025 regular session, chapter 36, article 4, section 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2026 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,007
Other Funds Leveraged
$984,552
Direct expenses
$1,006,056
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

TTT programming will evoke emotional, thoughtful or visceral responses, opening audiences to new ideas, feelings, experiences or perspectives. TTT will collect audience responses to our work via written surveys, verbal talk-backs, recorded reflections, and post-event interviews with staff from partner organizations.
2: TTT will reduce barriers to arts participation, affording access to the highest quality theater to those who have previously been or felt excluded. TTT will collect data on the number of community partners served, number of new relationships developed, and number of participants in free offerings. TTT will also collect qualitative data about barriers reduced through post-event conversations and surve

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Stephanie
Last Name
Thompson
Organization Name
Ten Thousand Things
Street Address
1430 Concordia Ave
City
St Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
(707) 407-5530
Email
stephanie@tenthousandthings.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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