Minnesota · Public charity
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc
Semac exists to encourage, promote and assist regional arts development by providing leadership, outreach, advocacy, mentorship, grants, and services.
- $972k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 58
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $758k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 59
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $517k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k 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 | 57 | $758k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 59 | $795k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $526k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $518k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $197k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $301k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $458k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $476k | 23% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass | $151,000 | 9 | 99% |
| Rochester Repertory Theatre | $145,565 | 9 | 14% |
| Austin Symphony Orchestra Society | $136,000 | 8 | 13% |
| Rochester Male Chorus Inc | $133,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Frozen River Film Festival | $129,692 | 8 | 19% |
| Sing Out Loud | $114,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Mid West Music Fest | $113,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Mantorville Art Guild | $107,000 | 8 | 87% |
| Theatre du Mississippi | $93,000 | 6 | 51% |
| Winona Civic Music Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 20% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass | $151,000 | 9 | 99% |
| Rochester Repertory Theatre | $145,565 | 9 | 14% |
| Austin Symphony Orchestra Society | $136,000 | 8 | 13% |
| Rochester Male Chorus Inc | $133,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Frozen River Film Festival | $129,692 | 8 | 19% |
| Sing Out Loud | $114,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Mid West Music Fest | $113,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Mantorville Art Guild | $107,000 | 8 | 87% |
| Theatre du Mississippi | $93,000 | 6 | 51% |
| Winona Civic Music Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 20% |
| Red Wing Arts Association | $87,525 | 9 | 9% |
| The Austin Area Commission for the Arts Inc | $81,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Minnesota Marine Art Museum | $80,850 | 8 | 1% |
| Northfield Arts Guild | $80,345 | 8 | 3% |
| City of Red Wing | $80,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Childrens Dance Theatre | $71,520 | 7 | 30% |
| Great River Shakespeare Festival | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mantorville Theatre Company | $69,890 | 4 | 20% |
| Faribault Art Center Inc | $68,385 | 7 | 2% |
| Bridge Chamber Music Festival | $67,050 | 5 | n/a |
| River Arts Alliance | $67,000 | 6 | 38% |
| Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra Inc | $66,120 | 7 | 6% |
| Lanesboro Arts Center | $66,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Gallery 24 Artists Collaborative Inc | $64,299 | 4 | n/a |
| Rochester Chamber Music Society Inc | $64,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rochester Music Guild | $62,555 | 5 | 59% |
| Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc | $60,600 | 6 | 1% |
| Rochester Art Center | $60,400 | 5 | 2% |
| Riverland Community College Foundation | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Rochester Civic Theatre | $60,000 | 5 | 2% |
| City of Rochester | $56,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Zumbrota State Theatre | $55,000 | 6 | 12% |
| City of Austin | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Finlandia Foundation-Twin Cities Chapter Inc | $53,480 | 5 | n/a |
| Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale | $51,560 | 6 | 3% |
| Med City Arts Festival | $51,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Vintage Band Music Festival | $50,000 | 5 | 21% |
| Mainspring | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester | $49,700 | 5 | 4% |
| St Marys University of Minnesota | $47,695 | 4 | 0% |
| Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County | $44,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Chamber Music Live | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Freeborn County Arts Initiative | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dover Eyota Music Association | $38,106 | 3 | n/a |
| Northfield Healthy Community Initiative | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of Peterson | $34,825 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library | $34,425 | 3 | 12% |
| Rochester Dance Company | $32,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Resounding Voices | $32,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Matchbox Childrens Theatre Inc | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Northland Words | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Peterson Committee for the Arts | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ja Wedum Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Winona-Dakota Unity Alliance | $30,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust | $30,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Ye Olde Opera House | $30,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Widespot Performing Arts Center and Community Proj | $30,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Rochester Community Band | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rochester Pops Orchestra | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Finlandia Foundation-Twin Cities Chapter Inc | $28,940 | 2 | n/a |
| History Alive Lanesboro | $28,800 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Northfield | $25,600 | 3 | n/a |
| I Cantanti | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Winona County Historical Society | $24,940 | 3 | 2% |
| Winona Arts Center | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Northfield Public Schools | $22,575 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Winona | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Owatonna Arts Center | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Rochester New Music Ensemble | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rochester Area Handbells | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bells of the Bluffs Handbell Ensemble | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West Concord Historical Society | $20,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Big Turn Music Festival | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Albert Lea Community Band | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Calliope Theatre Company | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Macphail Center for Music | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blue Stars Performing Arts for Youth Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rochester Ensemble of Dance | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Artist Sanctuary | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Zumbrota Community Band Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sweet Adelines International | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Diversity Council | $19,270 | 1 | 7% |
| Alliance for Greater Equity | $18,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Wing Brass Band Inc Dba Sheldon Theatre Brass Band | $17,480 | 2 | n/a |
| Absolute Theatre | $17,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative | $16,690 | 2 | n/a |
| Music Lessons for All | $15,495 | 2 | n/a |
| Chatfield Center for the Arts Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Faribault Parks and Recreation | $12,415 | 2 | n/a |
| Achla Alianza Chicana Hisp Lat Amer Alli | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Goodhue County Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zumbro Valley Health Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artreach | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Pottery Museum Red Wing Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Commonweal Theatre Company | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rochester Irish Fest | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quince New Music | $10,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Winona International Friendship Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northfield Union of Youth | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Art of the Rural | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Fine | $9,880 | 1 | 2% |
| Lake City Area Arts | $8,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Immersion Youth Repertory | $8,150 | 1 | 15% |
| Northfield Senior Citizens Inc FiftyNorth | $7,375 | 1 | 1% |
| Rochester International Film Group | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chatfield Brass Band Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Renewing the Countryside | $6,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Northfield Downtown Development Cor | $6,750 | 1 | 7% |
| Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 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: Rochester Area Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Elizabeth Callender King Foundation · Mayo Clinic · Winona Foundation The · Winona Community Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Ibm International Foundation · Slaggie Family Foundation · Mardag Foundation · The McKnight Foundation
How this is measured
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About Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc
- How much does Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc give?
- Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc reported 58 itemized grants totaling $758,370, out of $971,955 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 59 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Youth Development (1%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass ($151k), Rochester Repertory Theatre ($146k), Austin Symphony Orchestra Society ($136k).
- Does Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Foundation, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc based?
- Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc is based in MN.
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