Operating Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,257
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Granite Area Arts Council
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
January 2017
End Date
December 2017
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Yellow Medicine
Chippewa
Lyon
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Chippewa
Lyon
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Renville
Project Overview
Operating Support
Project Details
Operating Support
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
John White: writer, photographer, retired journalist; Marilee Strom: musician, former art teacher, business owner; Kathy Fransen: musician, theatre, Rhythm of the River coordinator; Janet Olney: visual artist, Willmar Area Arts Council coordinator; Joyce Meyer: photographer, retired art teacher, Canby Arts Council; Kate Aydin: retired educator; Paula Nemes: musician, librarian, former coordinator of Marshall Area Fine Arts Council, Marshall Area Stage Company; Tom Wirt: artist, owner Clay Coyote Gallery, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, past member Hutchinson Public Arts Commission; Susan Marco: writer, former High School English/creative writing teacher; Kelly Muldoon: graphic artist, Prairie Music Association, Prairie Oasis Players; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cindy Reverts: visual artist, Rock County Fine Arts Association treasurer, Council for Arts in Humanities in Rock County; Dana Johnson: producer/filmmaker; Brett Lehman: Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, Worthington Concert Association; Reggie Gorter: vocalist, theatre, voice/dance teacher; Scott Tedrick: journalist, Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization, theatre director/actor.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Brett Lehman: member of Worthington International Festival, Worthington City Band, and Worthington Concert Association; Dan Wahl: writer, visual artist, director, adjunct English instructor at Southwest Minnesota State University; Cheryl Avenel-Navara: arts advocate; Kris Gruhot: musician, business owner; Cheryl Hanson: theatre, dance, banking; Lois Schmidt: nonprofit advisory.
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

2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,257
Other Funds Leveraged
$26,751
Direct expenses
$34,008
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Goal 1: Retire $10,500 of loans used to purchase the KK Berge building in each of the next two years to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organization. The goal also includes doing this while maintaining program integrity. Goal 2: Increase participation in kid’s classes and camps by a minimum of 10% by offering more scholarships to those who couldn’t otherwise afford to attend or for multiple participants in one family. The goal would be to do this in the first year and maintain or increase that number in the second year. The availability of scholarships would be promoted to try to foster additional participation. Goal 3: Increase the number of adult art classes offered from four to seven per year over the next two years. Goal 1: Measurement is a dollar figure, so will compare what was paid versus what was planned. Goal 2: Measurement is a percentage, so the results would be evaluated based on attendance for the first year of the grant versus attendance in the base year of 2015. Periodically throughout the year, participants and parents will be contacted to determine their satisfaction with the kids classes and camps attended and make adjustments accordingly, based on those responses. Goal 3: Measurement would be based on the increase in classes offered, so would be easy to monitor progress and success for this goal.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Our goals were tied into our funds received by using the money given to us to purchase office equipment and to pay off our building. We can measure the outcomes by cleaning up debt and have a functioning business office for our arts organization.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Tamara Isfeld, Peg Furshong, LaVonne Saquilan, Diane Ladner, Beverly Tellefsen
Project Manager
First Name
Michael
Last Name
Juenemann
Organization Name
Granite Area Arts Council
Street Address
PO Box 111
City
Granite Falls
State
MN
Zip Code
56241
Phone
(320) 333-6132
Email
GraniteAreaArts@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

509 W Main St, PO Box 55
Marshall, Minnesota 56258 

Phone
Phone Manager: Nicole DeBoer
(507) 537-1471
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