Who funds Springboard for the Arts?

General operating support

Artists relief & creative bus. Fund

General operating

General operating

General operating

Holy cow! Press

Public services

to support a fellowship program focused on rural development and community building

General operating support

Core support to launch the first guaranteed income pilot in the country supporting 25 rural artists and culture bearers in otter tail county, minnesota and a cohort of artist-led storytelling projects on issues of economic justice in rural places

General support

Support for the MN Emergency Relief Project from April 2025 to April 2027.

Economic opportunity - hometown

This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for springboard for the arts to help advance its charitable mission and support the work of others

for Guaranteed Income for Artists and Culture Bearers: A 5-year Pilot, Research, and Narrative Change Initiative Advancing Economic Justice

for Guaranteed Income for Artists and Culture Bearers: A 5-year Pilot, Research, and Narrative Change Initiative Advancing Economic Justice

for general operating support

to lead the Minnesota Guaranteed/Basic Income Policy Coalition in advocating for state-level policy changes for guaranteed income and cash payments through artist-led narrative shifts and legislative strategies

Cow tipping press grant

General operating support

to support McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer applicants and Fellows by providing technical assistance, resources, consultations, and peer networking

General operating support

General operating support for cow tipping press

General operating

Growth fund: resourcing creative entrepreneurs with access to capital

General operating

Community vitality

General support

Grant for minneapolis choir co-op

Unrestricted

Charitable

General operating

Funding to support artists in MN

Arts education & appreciation

General fund

Annual campaign contribution

Charitable

Program support

General operations

General operating

General operating support

To support a robust network of arts advocacy groups and organizations that serve individual artists and communities

To launch the Rural Regenerators Fellowship and lay the groundwork for Fergus Falls to become the home for the Center for Rural Creativity and Regeneration

Core support to launch the first guaranteed income pilot in the country supporting 25 rural artists and culture bearers in otter tail county, minnesota and a cohort of artist-led storytelling projects on issues of economic justice in rural places

This project grant supports springboard for the arts' the art of economic justice: a guaranteed income and narrative change initiative for minnesota artists and culture bearers.

Springboard for the arts supports artists with tools to make a living and to make a positive difference for communities. They provide business development assistance, create toolkits for artists, support rural arts development efforts, offer fiscal sponsorship and operate leadership programs and fellowships. They have offices in fergus falls and saint paul. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.

Economic opportunity - hometown

Core support for rare productions to conduct a us transgender bipoc arts and culture mapping project, and for core support for rare productions programmatic activities

For general operating support

Project support for a leadership boost grant for creative placemaking in fergus falls in rural minnesota

General operating support

As fiscal sponsor for cow tipping press

General operations

General operating

Community vitality

In support of performances.

Unrestricted

Charitable

General operating

General grant for movo - dance orgs to support free and subsidized rehearsal space

Charitable

General fund

Holy cow! Press

Cybersecurity efforts

Program/operating support

General operating support

General support

To support a robust network of arts advocacy groups and organizations that serve individual artists and communities

To launch the Rural Regenerators Fellowship and lay the groundwork for Fergus Falls to become the home for the Center for Rural Creativity and Regeneration

Operate the creative community leadership institute (ccli)

Core support for rare productions to conduct a us transgender bipoc arts and culture mapping project, and for core support for rare productions programmatic activities

To support economic mobility through a guaranteed income pilot, creative entrepreneur support, and rural creativity and regeneration programming

This project grant supports springboard for the arts' the art of economic justice: a guaranteed income and narrative change initiative for minnesota artists and culture bearers.

Economic opportunity - hometown

This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for springboard for the arts to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 native nations that share the same geography

For general operating support

To support McKnight artist fellows and the fellowship partners' community of practice

Support for MOVO SPACE, a dance organization working with early career artists

General operating support

General operating support

As fiscal sponsor for cow tipping press

2022 transitional gen op grant

Human services

Power tree quilting at piece by piece quilt shop

General grant for movo - dance orgs to support free and subsidized rehearsal space

General operations

General operating

General operating

Community vitality

Drawing connections

General operating

Charitable

Arts education & appreciation

Holy cow! Press

For an honorarium in appreciation of Springboard's Fergus Falls team hosting McKnight's Cross-Program West Central Trip in October 2022

General use

Program/operating support

General operating fund

General support

To support a new practitioner-led national training center and local community hub

Rural Regenerators Fellowship

Operate the creative community leadership institute (ccli)

to support economic mobility through a guaranteed income pilot, creative entrepreneur support, and rural creativity and regeneration programming

To test shifts in opportunity, power and narrative through a guaranteed income pilot for artists, culture bearers and creatives in ST. Paul, MN

Racial equity

This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for springboard for the arts to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 native nations that share the same geography

General operating support to expand springboard of the arts creative placemaking activities.

Plant & cultivate capital campaign

General operating support

to support McKnight artist fellows and the fellowship partners' community of practice

General operating support

Support for free and subsidized rehearsal space for dancers & choreographers

General purpose

Plant & cultivate capital campaign

Sponsorship of rural arts and culture recovery network, bringing together rural artists and creative leaders who are reimagining the future of rural america, and providing a space for exchanging ideas, tools, experiences and perspectives needed to creatively address rural community challenges

Springboard saint paul space general operations

Program support

Wise gifted and black/nicole smith project

General operating

Arts and culture grant

General fund

General operating

Charitable

Unrestricted grant

Concerto Dance

Charitable

General use

Charitable purpose

General operating fund

General support

To launch the Rural Regenerators Fellowship and lay the groundwork for Fergus Falls to become the home for the Center for Rural Creativity and Regeneration

Operate the creative community leadership institute (ccli)

This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for springboard for the arts to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 native nations that share the same geography

Very special arts programming improving accessibility to disabled artists, $25,000; disabled writers mentoring abled peers $75,000; produce radio plays by seniors during covid $10,000

For general operating support

For general operating support

To support the launch of a neighborhood cultural hub in partnership with the peoples center clinics and services in the cedar-riverside community to catalyze relationships and understanding between the somali refugee and broader non-muslim population

Racial equity

General operating support to expand springboard of the arts creative placemaking activities.

For Springboard's Personal Emergency Relief Fund for artists impacted by cancellations due to COVID-19 precautionary measures

Project support for two rural recovery funds for arts organizations and artist-led community projects in rural minnesota

Plant & cultivate capital campaign

Program support

To provide financial support for artists and culture bearers who are impacted by covid-19

General operating

To provide professional development services to McKnight Artist Fellows and fellowship applicants

Support for artists during the covid-19 pandemic

Sponsorship of creative people power: arts and community at the center

General purpose

Plant & cultivate capital campaign

General operating support

Emergency relief fund

Charitable

The fawk thrive project

2020 arts and culture grant

Develop and present the session, "creative people power in your community," twice at bushcon 2020 on october 5, 2020

Through sustainable housing, purposeful work, and supportive community.

General operating

Artists emergency fund

Cultural-general operating support

Charitable

Arts services

Develop and present the session, "anyone can do it: connect to your body's wisdom to be more present, fearless, and joyful," after lunch at bushcon 2020 on october 5, 2020

General Funding

Employee matching grant

Charitable

Unrestricted grant

General operating support

Concerto Dance

Public charity - general purposes

General use

General support

General operating

General support

Public services

General operating

General support

Arts and culture

To retrofit springboard for the arts new home, springbox, to include new spaces and programming in order to engage artists and the ST. Paul community in new ways, and to position ST. Paul as a hub for innovation in accessing and engaging with the arts.

General Support

Committed in 2018

General operating support to expand springboard of the arts creative placemaking activities.

For general operating support

To support the 2019 Rural Arts and Culture Summit

Support for covid-19 personal emergency relief fund

To provide professional development services to McKnight Artist Fellows and fellowship applicants

Support for the rural arts and culture summit

Springbox capital campaign

Program support

Arts and culture

Build the Box Campaign

Unrestricted grant

Charitable

Arts

To retrofit springboard for the arts new home, springbox, to include new spaces and programming in order to engage artists and the ST. Paul community in new ways, and to position ST. Paul as a hub for innovation in accessing and engaging with the arts.

General operating support to expand springboard of the arts creative placemaking activities.

Support for the creation and adminstration of professional development programs for minnesota-based jerome hill artist fellowship recipients

General operations

Support for skills-building programs for early career artists

Support drawing connections, inc

Arbeit Opera Theatre Project

Unrestricted grant

Support for the arts

Designated to "movement architecture"

General support

General operations