Operating Support Grant
Operating Support Grant
The funds would be used for staff salary, accounting services, insurance, or office expenses.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The first goal is that the Edge is able to keep the administrative assistant's hours at the twenty hours weekly that barely cover the work we need her to accomplish. The outcome will be measured by whether she is able to provide needed data information, graphic design and printing, Gallery staffing, and ticket sales for the Edge. The second goal is that the treasurer and the board is able to track and communicate financial information in order to make appropriate financial decisions. To accomplish this at a level that is useful, it has become necessary to hire an accounting firm. The outcome will be evaluated by how well the reports fit our needs. The third goal is to collect and manage data from constituents to communicate with them and to track funding. The outcome for the purposes of this grant will be measured by tracking individual and underwriting contributions, using Trailblazer, an on-line data system. The administrative assistant's work supports the volunteer arts organizers in accomplishing their programming. Evaluating graphic design and printed materials is based on their timely, professional, accurate, and beautiful completion. The volunteers will evaluate whether their artistic projects are sufficiently supported by the work of the administrative assistant. The data entry information should be updated regularly and accurately so it is available when needed to make fundraising decisions or have current contact information. Financial reports generated by Glorvigen, Theis, Lind and Co accounting firm should accurately reflect the Edge's complex financial structure so that the board and committees can make informed, responsible financial decisions. The value of these reports will be reviewed by the treasurer, board, and committees annually. It will be a final board decision whether the results are worth the cost. In the long term, when a new treasurer is needed, that person will not need to be an experienced accountant and should be able to transition into the job more smoothly. The on-line data processing tool, Trailblazer, is used to keep records of background information and donations from current and potential donors and underwriters so that their interests can be matched with upcoming performances or exhibits. To assess the usefulness of the system we will analyze the ease of use and whether it provides the information needed.
Goal Statement* ? What are you trying to accomplish with this funding? ? What are your measurable outcomes? Currently the administrative assistant works twenty hours a week. Our goal is to be able to continue funding that many hours without negatively impacting the Edge programming budgets. We plan to learn if the twenty hours is enough time to provide needed graphic design and printing, data processing, Gallery staffing, general office work, bookkeeping support, and ticket sales for the Edge. The revised job description provides a tool to measure outcomes. The performance of the administrative assistant designer will be measured by how well the duties and competencies outlined in the job description are met. With this tool, the board can decide if the expectations of the job are too broad or the performance of the staff person is inadequate.
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