Small Capital for Nonprofit

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,436
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Buffalo Community Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2016
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Wright
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Sherburne
Stearns
Project Overview
Small Capital for Nonprofit
Project Details
Sound production equipment
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: film, digital, and nature photographer, local arts center, photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser, Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: Minnesota visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, serves on a number of non-profit boards; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, printer, Nuclear Engineer; George Minerich: Professional film, digital and nature photographer, local arts center and photography club volunteer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member.
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
$3,436
Other Funds Leveraged
$606
Direct expenses
$4,042
Administration costs
$200
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Patrons will report back that their theater experience at Buffalo Community Theater was improved, due to better sound quality and consistency in all productions. Organization staff and volunteers will report that the new, digital sound system will make their jobs easier. Sound designers will report enhanced ability to design better sound plots. Outcomes will be measured by surveys sent to theater patrons through email and social media, and through volunteer and staff surveys after each production.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Although we will not be able to use the equipment until our next production in February of 2017, when we do use it, we expect patrons will report back that their theater experience at Buffalo Community Theater was improved, due to better sound quality and consistency. Sound designers will report enhanced ability to design better, more creative sound effects, be able to easily program multiple wireless microphones for a large production. Staff will report that the new, digital sound system made it easier for them to accomplish their sound production goals and has facilitated their ability to train new volunteers to help with running the sound board. All of these outcomes will be recorded through the use of surveys for audiences and staff.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Jon Salmon, Michael Walsh, Erin Walsh, Diane Paulu, Janice Luoma, Jon Salmon, Suzanna Joyce, Don Schmidt, Bryce Bishop, Jamie Cassidy, Greg Bestland, Philip Ludwig, Jennifer Robinson
Project Manager
First Name
Suzanna
Last Name
Joyce
Organization Name
Buffalo Community Theater
Street Address
PO Box 23
City
Buffalo
State
MN
Zip Code
55313-0023
Phone
(612) 404-0228
Email
zannaj@q.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

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3 or Toll Free: 866-825-1471