Minnesota · Public charity
Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council
To provide promotion, technical and developmental assistance and grants to non-profit arts organizations, community groups, schools and individual artists. The nine counties in minnesota served are blue earth, brown, faribault, lesueur, martin, nicollet, sibley, waseca and watonwan.
- $705k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $421k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,313
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 52
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $295k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k 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 | 55 | $421k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $428k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $252k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $431k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $252k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $239k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $254k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $210k | 14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Opera House Inc | $88,513 | 9 | 5% |
| State Street Theatre Co | $83,513 | 9 | 10% |
| Project G E M | $81,313 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Center of Saint Peter Inc | $80,313 | 9 | 9% |
| Martin County Preservation Association | $79,513 | 9 | 8% |
| Waseca Arts Council Inc | $79,513 | 9 | 17% |
| Twin Rivers Council for the Arts | $79,313 | 8 | 8% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $79,313 | 7 | n/a |
| Grand Center for Arts & Culture Inc | $79,000 | 9 | 4% |
| South Central Service Cooperative | $77,813 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Opera House Inc | $88,513 | 9 | 5% |
| State Street Theatre Co | $83,513 | 9 | 10% |
| Project G E M | $81,313 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Center of Saint Peter Inc | $80,313 | 9 | 9% |
| Martin County Preservation Association | $79,513 | 9 | 8% |
| Waseca Arts Council Inc | $79,513 | 9 | 17% |
| Twin Rivers Council for the Arts | $79,313 | 8 | 8% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $79,313 | 7 | n/a |
| Grand Center for Arts & Culture Inc | $79,000 | 9 | 4% |
| South Central Service Cooperative | $77,813 | 9 | n/a |
| Mankato Ballet Company | $75,450 | 9 | 3% |
| Merely Players Community Theatre | $73,513 | 9 | 25% |
| Dance Conservatory of Southern Minnesota | $70,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Mankato Youth Symphony Orchestra | $69,813 | 9 | 18% |
| Greater Mankato Growth Inc Foundation | $69,000 | 8 | 56% |
| Minnesota Valley Chorale | $68,113 | 9 | n/a |
| Mankato Symphony Orchestra Inc | $64,313 | 8 | 8% |
| Blue Earth Valley Concert Assn | $62,113 | 8 | n/a |
| Dalekoarts | $61,095 | 7 | 6% |
| Mankato Community Education and Rec | $59,313 | 5 | n/a |
| Musicorum | $56,184 | 8 | n/a |
| New Ulm Suzuki School of Music | $54,000 | 7 | 11% |
| Minnesota Over 60 Band of Gaylord Minnesota | $54,000 | 7 | n/a |
| govenaires performing arts association | $54,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Gfw Schools | $50,650 | 7 | n/a |
| Davori Productions Co | $47,313 | 5 | 9% |
| Mankato Children's Chorus | $46,542 | 7 | n/a |
| La Grande Bande | $45,313 | 6 | 10% |
| Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc | $44,313 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Makers & Artists Guild | $43,313 | 5 | 10% |
| Mankato Area 77 Lancers Marching Band Parents Association Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Mankato Figure Skating Club | $35,450 | 5 | 13% |
| Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library Sy | $34,658 | 5 | n/a |
| Bethany Lutheran College Inc | $32,313 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint Peter Choral Society | $29,080 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota New Country School | $28,982 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Valley Sweet Adelines | $28,680 | 4 | n/a |
| Martin Luther College | $27,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Music Coalition | $27,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Mankato Area Arts Council | $25,000 | 3 | 11% |
| St James Public Schools | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Imagine Martin | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Ulm Figure Skating Club | $21,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rock Bend Folk Festival | $18,000 | 3 | 11% |
| 4unity Inc | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Watonwan County Historical Society | $18,000 | 3 | 7% |
| City of Green Isle | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Saint Peter | $17,542 | 2 | n/a |
| Waterville Area Arts and Rec | $17,152 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mankato School of Music Southern Mn School of Music | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Arts and Heritage Center of Montgomery | $12,130 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Peter Good Neighbor Diversity Council | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Foundations Saint Peter | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bavarian Blast | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| City of Gaylord | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tri-City United Public Schools | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Clair Public School-Isd#75 | $11,542 | 2 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota | $11,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Madelia Community Theatre Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Town Collaborative | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Songwriter Sanctuary | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wanda Gag Monument Committee | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project 1590 Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Mankato Childrens Chorus | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Saint James | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of New Prague | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mankato Area Community Band | $6,060 | 1 | n/a |
| Betsy-Tacy Society | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Arlington | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lake Crystal Mn | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Winthrop | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of New Ulm | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waseca County Historical Society | $5,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Mankato Youth Place Inc | $5,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Waterville-Elysian-Morristown | $5,542 | 1 | n/a |
| Lykke Communities Inc | $5,542 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Earth County Historical Society | $5,400 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 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: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Mankato Area Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Valley News Foundation · Glen a Taylor Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · L & N Andreas Foundation · Wild Compass Environmental Education · The McKnight Foundation · Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council
- How much does Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council give?
- Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council reported 57 itemized grants totaling $420,545, out of $705,400 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Education (8%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fairmont Opera House Inc ($89k), State Street Theatre Co ($84k), Project G E M ($81k).
- Does Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Mankato Area Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council based?
- Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council is based in MN.
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