Springboard for the Arts

31 grants from 2006-2023
Saint Paul
MN

Grants Received

$460,000
in
2023
Program
Ecosystem Grants
Term
36 months

Saint Paul, MN — 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. Through our Ecosystem program, we provide operating support that helps them to support others to solve problems in their communities.

$208,000
in
2021
Program
Community Innovation Grants
Term
25 months

Saint Paul, MN — To test shifts in opportunity, power and narrative through a Guaranteed Income Pilot for artists, culture bearers and creatives in St.

$25,000
in
2021
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
26 months

Saint Paul, MN — 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

$30,000
in
2020
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
21 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Creative People Power: Arts and Community at the Center

$37,500
in
2020
Program
President’s Innovation and Partnership Fund
Term
7 months

Saint Paul, MN — To provide financial support for artists and culture bearers who are impacted by COVID-19

$310,000
in
2020
Program
Ecosystem Grants
Term
36 months

Saint Paul, MN — 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

$50,000
in
2019
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
9 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of the Rural Arts and Culture Summit

$1,021,500
in
2019
Program
Major Investment Community Creativity
Term
54 months

Saint Paul, MN — Operate the Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI)

$3,000
in
2019
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
12 months

Saint Paul, MN — 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

$7,500
in
2019
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
12 months

Saint Paul, MN — Develop and present the session, "Creative People Power in Your Community," twice at bushCON 2020 on October 5, 2020

$5,000
in
2018
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
10 months

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 25 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

$205,000
in
2018
Program
Ecosystem Grants
Term
24 months

Saint Paul, MN — 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

$440,000
in
2018
Program
Bush Prize for Community Innovation
Term
24 months

Saint Paul, MN — In recognition of winning a 2018 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, this grant will advance the organization’s charitable mission to engage communities in the arts

$10,000
in
2018
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
10 months

Saint Paul, MN — Develop and present the session, "Reckoning: Racism and the Body," three times at bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

$15,000
in
2017
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
10 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of TEDxMinneapolis 2017 and TEDxMinneapolisWomen

$10,000
in
2017
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
8 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Art & Resistance III and IV

$2,000
in
2016
Term
3 months

Saint Paul, MN — Support Springboard for the Arts book event featuring Nina Simon, author of “The Art of Relevance,” targeted toward museum professionals and the general public

$30,000
in
2016
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
10 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Rural Arts and Culture Summit

$200,000
in
2016
Program
Ecosystem Grants
Term
24 months

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Springboard for the Arts to help advance its charitable mission

$1,200
in
2016
Term
2 months

Saint Paul, MN — Springboard for the Arts will identify artists involved in Roots of Rondo and provide them honorariums for presenting their work at the 2016 Grantmakers in the Arts Annual Conference

$1,400,000
in
2016
Program
Major Investment Community Creativity
Term
50 months

Saint Paul, MN — Enhance rural infrastructure to integrate art into problem-solving and build new economic mechanisms to support artists

$17,500
in
2015
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
6 months

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT 2015, and present ReadyGo as an all-day activity for bushCONNECT attendees

$10,000
in
2015
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
6 months

Saint Paul, MN — Develop and present a 45-person, 60-minute "Improv Crash Course" session for bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

$10,000
in
2015
Program
Bush Prize for Community Innovation
Term
12 months

Saint Paul, MN — In recognition of becoming a finalist for the 2015 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, this grant will advance this organization's charitable mission

$5,000
in
2015
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
6 months

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 9, 2016

$14,550
in
2014
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
6 months

Saint Paul, MN — Co-create programming for bushCONNECT on May 12, 2014

$7,500
in
2014
Program
bushCONNECT Partner
Term
6 months

Saint Paul, MN — Recruit and provide support to attendees of bushCONNECT on May 12, 2014

$10,000
in
2014
Program
Bush Prize for Community Innovation
Term
13 months

Saint Paul, MN — In recognition of becoming a finalist for the 2014 Bush Prize for Community innovation, this grant will advance this organization's charitable mission.

$30,000
in
2014
Program
Event Sponsorship
Term
9 months

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of the Rural Arts and Culture Summit

$100,000
in
2013
Program
Other Programs
Term
12 months

Saint Paul, MN — For Artist Organizers: a pilot program to mobilize artists around community challenges

$40,000
in
2006
Term
24 months

Saint Paul, MN — To plan and deliver services to artists and arts organizations in Greater Minnesota and the Dakotas