Two-Year Operating Support Grant
ACHF Arts Access
With the support of this grant, Twin Ports Choral Project will: 1) create a sustainable organizational structure, including paid artistic director and choir manager positions, 2) create a funding calendar for the organization, including an annual fund and a fundraising dinner/concert, 3) create a payment structure for the Twin Ports Choral Project singers, and 4) create a more robust outreach program. Twin Ports Choral Project will: 1) assess the artistic director and choir manager positions to ensure sustainability within the funding structure created by analyzing the time put in to the organization by these positions and leverage this against a competitive salary, 2) assess the organization’s funding calendar to better understand which fundraising/grant efforts proved to be most successful and what this means for future funding efforts, 3) using assessment 1 and 2 as a guide, decide how best to move forward in creating a singer payment structure, and 4) work to reach at least 2 high school choral programs per year. Additionally, Twin Ports Choral Project will evaluate the success of this project by the increase in audience and donor membership, as well as grant funding. Additionally, website and Facebook usage and usefulness will be monitored and assessed through Google analytics.
With the support of this grant, Twin Ports Choral Project has: 1) Created a sustainable organizational structure, including becoming a 501(c)3. We had a hope to pay the artistic director and one administrative staff person. At this point, it is not in the budget to make this happen in a full-time employee capacity. Right now, our concert tickets range from "free will" to $10. Twin Ports Choral Project wants to encourage audience commitment and a higher ticket price is difficult for many of our patrons to handle. As an organization, we've realized over the past two years that the most important part of our mission is to share our music with the Twin Ports Community. 2) Created a funding calendar for the organization, including an annual fund and a fundraising event. Our fundraising event will begin in Fall 2018 as a collaboration between local restaurant and Twin Ports Choral Project. We have initiated an annual fund through Give to the Max. 3) Created a more robust outreach program. Each year, TPCP choral project has connected with Minnesota High Schools to perform concerts and clinics. Over the past two years, TPCP has worked and performed with Saint Michael-Albertville High School, Duluth East High School, Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Southwest Minneapolis High School, Madison High School, Angelica Cantanti, Shokopee High School, and the Hmong Prep Academy.
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