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 This
is a list of links and resources used by our
office and our constituents. They by no means constitute a comprehensive
selection of useful organizations or sites. Links are organized
by the following categories: Time-Limited Opportunities, Publications,
Advocacy, Accessibility,
Funding, Management Training Providers,
and Technology.
Links
MRAC Publications and Reports
- Thriving Arts: Thriving Small Communities
- The report, Thriving Arts: Thriving Small Communities, by Sharon Rodning Bash, MRAC’s Director of Management Training and Services, shares the findings of a year-long study funded by the Bush Foundation that sought to discover whether there were critical ingredients or common themes necessary to build long-term viability for the arts in rural and exurban communities.
Time-Limited Opportunities (These opportunites are for intended arts groups and are posted at MRAC's discretion. The list is updated monthly.)
The Minnesota State Arts Board is reintroducing the Arts Across Minnesota program, which offers two different grant opportunities:
- Festivals grants - funding to involve Minnesota individual artists and small to midsize Minnesota art organizations in the arts components of community-based festivals, and
- Host community grants - funding to support community arts residencies presented by professional, touring, performing or visual arts organizations
Visit www.arts.state.mn.us to find application materials and a schedule of upcoming grant information sessions. The grant application deadline for Festivals and Host Community grants is August 8, 2008.
Advocacy
- Minnesota
Citizens for the Arts (MCA)
- Statewide arts advocacy organization that organizes the arts
community to lobby the Minnesota State Legislature and Congress.
Americans
for the Arts - National arts advocacy organization.
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- Vote Yes: Protect the Minnesota You Love
- Learn how the clean water, land, and legacy amendment on the Minnesota ballot this November will help protect the environment and the arts.
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Accessibility
To assess your organization's accessibility, download the accessibility
planning guide on the Accessibility
Page. On that page you can also find a guide to working with
sign language interpreters in the performing arts.
- VSA
Arts of Minnesota
- Statewide organization that promotes quality, accessible arts
experiences for people with all types of disabilities through
artist services and direct arts programs and by assisting arts
organizations in making their programs and services accessible
to people with disabilities.
- Disability Access Symbols
- The twelve symbols included on this page may be used to promote and publicize accessibility of places, programs and other activities for people with various disabilities.
Funding
- Minnesota
State Arts Board
- Provides grants for individual artists, arts organizations
and schools; offers downloadable publications and resource directories.
Minnesota's Regional Arts Councils - Each Regional Arts Council (RAC) serves a sector of the state,
made up of four or more counties. Every RAC has its own grant
programs, publications and eligibility requirements. To find
out more about the RACs and determine which one serves your
area, click on the map on MCA's home page.
- The
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
- Is proud to announce the launch of NYFA Source, the nation's
most extensive database of awards, services, and publications
for artists of all disciplines. Artists, funders, arts
organizations, and the general public can access NYFA Source
for free.
- The Wallace Foundation
- For more than a decade, The Wallace Foundation has worked to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. Our efforts toward this goal have yielded important insights and lessons, and we have designed our website to make this knowledge more accessible to visitors. We especially invite you to browse the Knowledge Center. It is a repository of field-based evidence of what is working, what is not, and why - not only in our current areas of focus, but in areas where we have worked in the past
- A Very Small Arts Fund
- A Very Small Arts Fund is a very small arts fund for very small arts organizations and individual performing artists that gives very small grants of $1 to $1,500. The Fund is open to artists and organizations that are performing and/or living in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
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For a more complete list of local funders, contact the Minnesota
Council on Foundations or The
Foundation Center.
Management Training
Providers
Springboard
for the Arts- Springboard for the Arts provides management workshops, consulting,
telephone referrals, a resource library and more for artists
and nonprofit organizations.
Science
Museum of Minnesota - The Science Museum of Minnesota offers computer training in
many programs at all levels.
- Nonprofits Assistance Fund
- Nonprofits Assistance Fund (NAF) helps foster community development and vitality by building financially healthy nonprofit organizations. NAF provides loans, financial management workshops and financial management assistance to stabilize and strengthen the financial capacity of nonprofit organizations in Minnesota.
Management
Assistance Program for Nonprofits (MAP)- MAP provides consulting and other management support services
by linking volunteer professionals with nonprofit needs.
Minnesota
Council of Nonprofits (MCN)- MCN is a nonprofit membership organization. MCN publishes
the MN Nonprofit Directory, MN Grants Directory, and a Nonprofit
Yellow Pages: a Directory of Resources and Services for MN Nonprofits.
Minnesota
Council on Foundations (MCF)- MCF offers a Grantsmanship for Beginners workshop, Guide to
MN Foundations and Corporate Giving, and conducts a survey of
MN capital and endowment campaigns.
Hands On Twin Cities- The Volunteer Center has programs and services designed for
organizations which rely on the help of volunteers.
Technology
- TechSoup.org
- Offers nonprofits one-stop shopping for their technology needs.
Billed as a gateway to the entire world of nonprofit technology
assistance and solutions, they have compiled resource lists
of nonprofit discounts offered by hardware and software companies,
and by technology assistance agencies.
Compumentor.org- A San Francisco-based nonprofit organization providing technology
resources to nonprofits and schools. On this site you'll find
discounted software, strategic consulting, community technology
centers, and technology mentors.
Network for Good/Helping.org- Network for Good is a nonprofit collaboration to help nonprofit
organizations increase capacity, reach new audiences, and build
Internet strategies.
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