Minnesota · Public charity
East Central Regional Arts Council
The EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL's purpose is to promote and encourage all of the arts in east central minnesota. The organization does this by funding grant proposals from area arts and community organizations, governmental units, and individuals. These activities are funded in part by appropriations from the minnesota state…
- $482k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $403k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,734
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,132
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $218k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations East Central Regional Arts Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 23 | $403k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $390k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $286k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $131k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $193k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $266k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $249k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $238k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros | $430,487 | 9 | 13% |
| Wyoming Area Creative Arts Community | $243,052 | 9 | 54% |
| Mille Lacs County Agricultural Society | $144,344 | 9 | 8% |
| Walker Methodist Foundation | $114,396 | 5 | 16% |
| Chisago Lakes Community Education | $103,600 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Hinckley | $90,965 | 7 | n/a |
| City of North Branch | $87,107 | 8 | n/a |
| Unexpected Company Chorale | $86,699 | 5 | 42% |
| City of Mora | $86,580 | 9 | n/a |
| Pine County Agricultural Society | $79,300 | 6 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros | $430,487 | 9 | 13% |
| Wyoming Area Creative Arts Community | $243,052 | 9 | 54% |
| Mille Lacs County Agricultural Society | $144,344 | 9 | 8% |
| Walker Methodist Foundation | $114,396 | 5 | 16% |
| Chisago Lakes Community Education | $103,600 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Hinckley | $90,965 | 7 | n/a |
| City of North Branch | $87,107 | 8 | n/a |
| Unexpected Company Chorale | $86,699 | 5 | 42% |
| City of Mora | $86,580 | 9 | n/a |
| Pine County Agricultural Society | $79,300 | 6 | 5% |
| Vasaloppet Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Pine City Arts Council | $71,898 | 5 | n/a |
| East Central Minnesota Pride | $57,555 | 6 | n/a |
| One Heartland | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Pine Center for the Arts | $46,800 | 6 | 15% |
| 210 Gallery and Art Center Colleen Shati | $45,200 | 3 | 28% |
| Play Inc Arts | $40,800 | 4 | 10% |
| City of Onamia | $35,379 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Isanti | $35,286 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $31,341 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Cambridge | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| In His Steps Ballet and Performing Arts Company | $27,710 | 3 | n/a |
| Mora Public Schools | $24,810 | 3 | n/a |
| Independent School District 477 | $24,470 | 2 | n/a |
| East Central Minnesota Chorale | $22,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Lakes & Pines Community Action Council Inc | $21,703 | 2 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Relief Initiative | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Branch Area Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paradise Community Theatre Assn Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| North Woods and Waters of the St Croix Heritage Area | $20,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Tusen Tack | $15,800 | 2 | 3% |
| Milaca Recfest & Activities | $15,734 | 1 | n/a |
| East Central Mn Educational Cable C | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Pine City | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Allina Health Foundation | $13,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Elim Homes Inc | $13,150 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Rush City | $11,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | $10,981 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Paws Cultural Art | $10,740 | 1 | 18% |
| Chisago County Historical Society | $10,704 | 1 | 8% |
| Pine City Heritage Players | $10,428 | 2 | n/a |
| Milaca Fine Arts Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onamia Public Schools | $9,440 | 3 | n/a |
| Ecumen Sbc Inc | $7,944 | 1 | n/a |
| Vivie Foundation | $7,766 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Sandstone | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hinckley Finlayson Schools | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Everyones Table | $5,119 | 1 | n/a |
| Braham Area Schools | $3,259 | 1 | n/a |
| Milaca Education Association | $2,860 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
East Central Regional Arts Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: Initiative Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · C K Blandin Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About East Central Regional Arts Council
- How much does East Central Regional Arts Council give?
- East Central Regional Arts Council reported 24 itemized grants totaling $402,959, out of $481,923 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does East Central Regional Arts Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Recreation & Sports (5%), Health (1%).
- Who are East Central Regional Arts Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros ($430k), Wyoming Area Creative Arts Community ($243k), Mille Lacs County Agricultural Society ($144k).
- Does East Central Regional Arts Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as East Central Regional Arts Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Initiative Foundation, St Croix Valley Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is East Central Regional Arts Council based?
- East Central Regional Arts Council is based in MN.
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