Small Capital for Nonprofit

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$3,500

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2016

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Benton

Sherburne

Stearns

Wright

Project Overview

Small Capital for Nonprofit

Project Details

Scene shop, rehearsal hall and costume shop capital purchases

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

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

$3,500

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,116

Direct expenses

$4,616

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

These three capital items will help GREAT achieve three main outcomes 1) increased productivity and efficiency 2) improved safety and 3) high quality music, scenic and costume builds for GREAT Theatre productions, camps and classes. We will measure through 1) time saved using an efficient modern table saw, industrial sewing machine and second keyboard 2) increased training and safety afforded staff and volunteers and 3) audience satisfaction ratings for music quality and for scenic and costume elements built for GREAT Theatre shows, camps and classes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

These three capital items will help GREAT achieve three main outcomes 1) increased productivity and efficiency as measured by time savings 2) improved safety through training completed and 3) high quality music, scenic and costume builds for GREAT Theatre productions, camps and classes measured through surveys.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Bonnie Bologna, Joanne Dorsher, Patrick LaLonde, Barbara Carlson, Chris Kudrna, Kimberly Foster, Pat Thompson, Steve Palmer, Lori Glanz, Monica Segura-Schwartz, Marianne Arnzen, Cassie Miles

Project Manager

Dennis

Whipple

Great River Educational Arts Theatre AKA GREAT Theatre

710 Sundial Dr

Waite Park

56387

(320) 258-2787

dennis@greattheatre.org

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