Operating Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,049
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2015
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Isanti
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Stevens
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
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
Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year
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
$29,049
Other Funds Leveraged
$153,284
Direct expenses
$182,333
Administration costs
$25,593
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
Rain Taxi will champion Minnesotan and national literary culture through various programs that foster public engagement with writers and writing. Rain Taxi will gauge outcomes by measuring program attendance, evaluating engagement with its publications through website and social media outreach, and conducting reader and attendee surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Rain Taxi championed Minnesotan and national literary culture through events and publications, fostering public engagement with writers and writing. Rain Taxi gauged outcomes by measuring audience attendance, evaluated engagement through social media participation and website analytics, and conducted reader, participant, and attendee surveys.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Stuart Abraham, Jill A. Bresnahan, Kelly Everding, Rachel Fulkerson, Renoir Gaither, Mark Gustafson, Kristen Hager, Margaret Hasse, Tim Hedges, Pamela Klinger-Horn, Eric Lorberer, Margaret Telfer, Paul Von Drasek
Project Manager
First Name
Kelly
Last Name
Everding
Organization Name
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
Street Address
PO Box 3840
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55403
Phone
(612) 825-1528
Email
kelly@raintaxi.com
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