Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,730
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Huge Improv Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
General operating support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthropist.; Sean Dowse, Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Kathy Anderson: Executive director of Trollwood Performing Arts School and Bluestem Center for the Arts; Jonathan Carter: Solution manager, General Mills; former board chair, Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir; Tony Cuneo: Executive director, Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community; Crystal Hegge: Director, Frozen River Film Festival; Heidi Jeub: Visual artist; former executive director of Visual Arts Minnesota; Jonathan Lewis: Executive director, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; percussionist; Aleshia Mueller: Owner, Reel Nomad Productions; Chamath Perera: Independent leadership coach and fund development consultant; independent filmmaker; Margaret Rog: Grant writer and development consultant for nonprofits; former Metropolitan Regional Arts Council president|Kasey Ross, Organizational change management consultant
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,730
Other Funds Leveraged
$315,919
Direct expenses
$338,649
Administration costs
$22,730
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Provide quality, affordable long form improv education for adults. Pre-post evaluation by teachers tracks students’ growth in listening, focus and collaboration; Evaluations by students include open, qualitative questions; Enrollment (goal 450+) and retention tracked; 5% of students receive scholarships. 2: Advance the art of longform improv by providing practical and artistic support to performers in our geographic area. Offer performance opportunities that advance performers’ skills, beginning to expert; Pay 60 or more artists for their performance work; Produce and/or present at least 20 brand new shows; Further develop/remount at least twenty existing shows.

Measurable Outcome(s)

11% of students enrolled received scholarships; student evaluations included qualitative and quantitative questions, with 98% positive feedback. Enrollment (672) and scholarship rate (11%) were tracked throughout 2015. Teachers tracked students' growth, and student evaluations had 98% positive ratings for classes, with 82% students giving the highest rating possible. 2: In FY15, HUGE Theater produced or presented 28 new shows and 25 remounted shows, with a total of 559 performances that year. HUGE tracked the number of artists, performances, new shows, and remounted shows. 95 artists were paid for their performance work; the 559 performances on HUGE's stage in FY15 included 28 new shows and 25 remounted shows.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jill Bernard, Molly Chase, Nels Lennes, Butch Roy
Project Manager
First Name
Molly
Last Name
Chase
Organization Name
Huge Improv Theater
Street Address
3037 Lyndale Ave S
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408
Phone
(612) 412-4843
Email
molly@hugetheater.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
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