Minnesota · Public charity
Central Minnesota Arts Board
To promote and enhance the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the minnesota counties of benton, sherburne, stearns and wright by providing grants and services to arts and community organizations, cities, schools and individuals. These grants and services support arts, arts access, arts education and cultural arts.
- $960k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $770k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,560
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,478
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $580k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Central Minnesota Arts Board funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $770k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 45 | $698k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $619k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $627k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $420k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $506k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $540k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $525k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Center for the Arts | $385,032 | 9 | 4% |
| Buffalo Community Theater | $261,751 | 9 | 59% |
| Chamber Music Society of St Cloud Inc | $255,260 | 9 | 50% |
| St Cloud Symphony Orchestra | $247,205 | 9 | 25% |
| Soar Regional Arts Inc | $230,319 | 9 | 25% |
| Buffalo Community Orchestra Inc | $210,192 | 9 | 53% |
| Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota | $203,020 | 9 | 33% |
| City of Monticello (Fiscal Agent for Montiarts) | $195,755 | 8 | n/a |
| Great River Chorale | $186,961 | 9 | 46% |
| Great River Educational Arts Theatre | $176,747 | 9 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Center for the Arts | $385,032 | 9 | 4% |
| Buffalo Community Theater | $261,751 | 9 | 59% |
| Chamber Music Society of St Cloud Inc | $255,260 | 9 | 50% |
| St Cloud Symphony Orchestra | $247,205 | 9 | 25% |
| Soar Regional Arts Inc | $230,319 | 9 | 25% |
| Buffalo Community Orchestra Inc | $210,192 | 9 | 53% |
| Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota | $203,020 | 9 | 33% |
| City of Monticello (Fiscal Agent for Montiarts) | $195,755 | 8 | n/a |
| Great River Chorale | $186,961 | 9 | 46% |
| Great River Educational Arts Theatre | $176,747 | 9 | 2% |
| Avon Hills Folk School | $148,478 | 7 | 35% |
| Central Minnesota Youth Orchestra | $144,885 | 9 | n/a |
| Great Northern Theatre Company | $140,080 | 9 | n/a |
| Wirth Center for the Performing Art | $126,287 | 8 | 5% |
| Delano Area Council for Arts and Cu Lture | $110,990 | 5 | 53% |
| Sinclair Lewis Foundation | $110,671 | 9 | 42% |
| Saint Johns Boys Choir | $110,576 | 7 | 6% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota | $97,968 | 8 | 0% |
| Community Legacies Foundation Incorporated | $85,153 | 6 | n/a |
| Minnesota Dance Ensemble | $82,170 | 6 | n/a |
| College of Saint Benedict | $75,529 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Center Chorale | $67,432 | 6 | 39% |
| Sauk Centre Art Lab | $66,980 | 4 | 22% |
| Lyricality | $66,935 | 3 | 49% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $65,009 | 8 | n/a |
| District 742 Schools | $64,611 | 7 | n/a |
| Independent Music Collaborative of Central Minnesota | $61,283 | 6 | 7% |
| Saint John's University | $54,866 | 7 | 0% |
| Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society | $52,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Land of Lakes Choirboys of MN Inc | $51,400 | 5 | 8% |
| Stma Music Boosters | $47,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Hlww Theatre Arts Boosters | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Millstream Arts Festival Inc | $43,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rum River Art Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Centre Area Concert Association | $39,588 | 5 | n/a |
| The Yes Network | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Michael Historical Society | $32,888 | 2 | n/a |
| Wacosa | $32,340 | 3 | 0% |
| Unitecloud | $31,800 | 4 | 10% |
| Herarts in Action | $31,556 | 4 | n/a |
| 728 Cadets Corp | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| St Cloud Film Festival | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Melrose Area Art Council | $27,301 | 2 | n/a |
| St Michael Albertville High School | $24,877 | 1 | n/a |
| Visual Arts Minnesota | $24,508 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Lake Schools Community Education | $23,664 | 3 | n/a |
| Springboard for the Arts | $23,474 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater St Cloud Development Corporation | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Annandale Art and Textile Center | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Youth Theatre Workshop | $19,477 | 1 | n/a |
| 4 Community Theatre | $17,189 | 2 | n/a |
| 510 Art Lab | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Delano Dramatic Company | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Quiet Oaks | $14,825 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Foley (Fiscal Agent for Foley Economic Development Committee) | $14,475 | 1 | n/a |
| City of St Cloud | $14,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherburne County | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pioneer Place Theater Company (Fiscal Agent for Inaccurate Vernacular) | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Paynesville Area School District #741 | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Higher Ground Church of God in Christ | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Heijeu | $13,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Helping Hands Outreach | $12,824 | 2 | 2% |
| St Michael Albertville High School | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elk River Community Theatre | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| DC Music Boosters Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Combat to Creative | $8,630 | 1 | n/a |
| River City Rhythm Inc | $8,200 | 1 | 1% |
| The Hiddo Soor International Organi | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sherburne County Area United Way | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater Minnesota Family Services | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Veteran Resource & Enrichment Center Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stearns County Historical Society | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Faith Community (Fiscal Agent for Ballet Foklorico Rosa Quetzal | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Elk River | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sauk Centre Area Historical Society | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great River Childrens Museum | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Anna Marie's Alliance | $7,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Melrose Stages | $7,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Options Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Annandale | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Albany Area Schools | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isd #879 | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Becker | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Lake Community Lakes Association (Fiscal Agent for Legacy Foundation Of | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connectability of Mn Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Union Congregational Church (Fiscal Agent for Art Bright) | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Foundation of Big Lake | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Upper Mid-West Flute Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benton County Agricultural Society | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Buffalo Library Inc | $6,619 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Cloud Municipal Band | $6,370 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 211 Frank Feia | $6,249 | 1 | n/a |
| Annandale Independent School District 876 | $6,113 | 1 | n/a |
| Isd 882 Monticello Public Schools | $6,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Higher Works Collaborative | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Holdingford Public School | $5,017 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Central Minnesota Arts Board supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Communitygiving · Morgan Family Foundation · Initiative Foundation · United Way of Central Minnesota · Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota Inc · Rick and Helga Bauerly Foundation · Centracare Health Foundation · Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ja Wedum Foundation · Connexus Energy Foundation · Minnesota Humanities Center
How this is measured
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About Central Minnesota Arts Board
- How much does Central Minnesota Arts Board give?
- Central Minnesota Arts Board reported 47 itemized grants totaling $769,543, out of $960,172 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Central Minnesota Arts Board fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Education (5%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Central Minnesota Arts Board's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Paramount Center for the Arts ($385k), Buffalo Community Theater ($262k), Chamber Music Society of St Cloud Inc ($255k).
- Does Central Minnesota Arts Board fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Central Minnesota Arts Board?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communitygiving, Morgan Family Foundation, Initiative Foundation.
- Where is Central Minnesota Arts Board based?
- Central Minnesota Arts Board is based in MN.
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