Regional Arts Development Program (RADP)

Since 1996, the Regional Arts Development Program (RADP) has provided more than $19.5 million in targeted general operating support over an extended period of time to 28 mid-size arts organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to assist them in improving program quality, building administrative and financial strength, increasing and enhancing audience reach, and increasing their ability to respond to a changing environment.
 
In May 2010, the Foundation determined that general operating support to arts organizations was no longer consistent with its strategy. As a result, the Foundation has ended RADP. However, because we value the work of the 14 current participants listed below, the Foundation will provide them with transition funding, potentially through 2014. The Foundation expects to grants up to an additional $6 million between 2010 and 2014.
 

Current Participants

American Composers Forum (St. Paul, MN)
   
A Center for the Arts (Fergus Falls, MN)
 
Coffee House Press (Minneapolis, MN)

First Peoples Fund (Rapid City, SD)
   
Heart of the Beast Theatre (Minneapolis, MN)
 
The Loft Literary Center (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Milkweed Editions (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Minnesota Center for Book Arts (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
 
North Dakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks, ND)
 
Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Penumbra Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN)
 
Pillsbury United Communities (Minneapolis, MN)
 
VocalEssence (Minneapolis, MN)