FY 2011 Grantees
Institutional Support
Institutional Support grants offer general operating funds to high-quality established arts organizations that produce or exhibit works of art, or offer a broad range of services to artists.
| Number of grants awarded |
122 |
| Total dollars awarded |
$ 10,206,001 |
| Group 1 |
Organizations with budgets greater than $ 4,460,000 |
| Group 2 |
Organizations with operating expenses between $ 744,000 and $ 4,459,999 |
| Group 3 |
Organizations with operating expenses between $ 149,000 and $ 743,999 |
| WF |
Metro organizations that received funds that were regranted from the Wells Fargo Minnesota Foundation |
| Grantee, City |
Grant Amount |
| Actors Theater of Minnesota (Group 2), Saint Paul | $ 41,992 |
| American Association of Woodturners (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 71,146 |
| American Composers Forum (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 104,874 |
| The Anderson Center (Group 3), Red Wing | $ 31,268 |
| Artspace Projects, Inc. (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 485,237 |
| Asian Media Access (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 64,209 |
| Ballet Minnesota (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 6,651 |
| Ballet of the Dolls (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 40,199 |
| James Sewell Ballet (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 63,067 |
| Bloomington Theatre and Art Center (Group 3), Bloomington | $ 13,746 |
| Cantus (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 79,343 |
| The Children's Theatre Company (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 484,377 |
| CAAM Chinese Dance Theater (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 32,499 |
| Choral Arts Ensemble (Group 3), Rochester | $ 28,695 |
| Circus Juventas (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 84,843 |
| CLIMB Theatre (Group 2, WF), Inver Grove Heights | $ 89,738 |
| Coffee House Press (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 53,530 |
| Commonweal Theatre Company (Group 3), Lanesboro | $ 47,526 |
| COMPAS (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 85,344 |
| Duluth Art Institute (Group 3), Duluth | $ 36,905 |
| Minnesota Ballet (Group 3), Duluth | $ 53,856 |
| Duluth Festival Opera (Group 3), Duluth | $ 5,259 |
| Duluth Playhouse (Group 3), Duluth | $ 41,931 |
| Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (Group 2), Duluth | $ 99,083 |
| East Side Arts Council (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 49,355 |
| Fargo-Moorhead Opera (Group 3), Fargo | $ 14,018 |
| Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association (Group 3), Moorhead | $ 18,085 |
| Forecast Public Art (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 43,974 |
| Franconia Sculpture Park (Group 3), Shafer | $ 44,771 |
| The Minnesota Sinfonia (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 31,173 |
| Trollwood Performing Arts School (Group 2), Moorhead | $ 70,566 |
| Graywolf Press (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 86,811 |
| GREAT Theatre (Group 3), Saint Cloud | $ 44,523 |
| Great River Shakespeare Festival (Group 3), Winona | $ 38,849 |
| Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 39,650 |
| Guthrie Theater (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 858,999 |
| Headwaters School of Music and the Arts (Group 3), Bemidji | $ 30,774 |
| In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 68,961 |
| Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 35,574 |
| History Theatre (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 70,237 |
| Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota (Group 3), Rochester | $ 30,495 |
| IFP MINNESOTA (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 41,584 |
| Illusion Theater (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 56,479 |
| Interact (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 87,758 |
| Intermedia Arts (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 74,981 |
| Jawaahir Dance Company (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 10,460 |
| Jazz Arts Group of Fargo-Moorhead (Group 3), Moorhead | $ 6,746 |
| Jungle Theater (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 67,769 |
| Lakeshore Players Theatre (Group 3), White Bear Lake | $ 26,944 |
| Land of Lakes Choirboys (Group 3), Elk River | $ 35,504 |
| Lanesboro Arts Center (Group 3), Lanesboro | $ 31,834 |
| Loft Literary Center (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 108,556 |
| Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival (Group 2), Minneapolis | $ 31,508 |
| Lyric Arts Main Street Stage (Group 3), Anoka | $ 16,924 |
| MacPhail Center for Music (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 358,649 |
| Mankato Symphony Orchestra (Group 3), Mankato | $ 27,228 |
| Midway Contemporary Art (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 29,477 |
| Milkweed Editions (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 76,043 |
| The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 149,910 |
| Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 9,255 |
| Minnesota Boychoir (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 61,427 |
| Minnesota Center for Book Arts (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 67,076 |
| Minnesota Chorale (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 43,146 |
| Minnesota Dance Theatre and the Dance Institute (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 80,743 |
| The Film Society of Minneapolis-Saint Paul (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 34,216 |
| Minnesota Fringe Festival (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 49,134 |
| Minnesota Opera (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 410,112 |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 1,009,881 |
| Minnesota Youth Symphonies (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 36,242 |
| Minnetonka Center for the Arts (Group 2, WF), Wayzata | $ 60,725 |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 88,266 |
| Franklin Art Works (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 5,774 |
| New York Mills Regional Cultural Center (Group 3), New York Mills | $ 25,270 |
| North Dakota Museum of Art (Group 2), Grand Forks | $ 30,437 |
| North House Folk School (Group 3), Grand Marais | $ 38,849 |
| Northern Clay Center (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 87,061 |
| Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre (Group 3), Fargo | $ 14,790 |
| Northfield Arts Guild (Group 3), Northfield | $ 32,854 |
| One Voice Mixed Chorus (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 6,070 |
| Pangea World Theater (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 36,315 |
| Park Square Theatre (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 84,109 |
| Patrick's Cabaret (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 26,791 |
| Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc. (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 127,538 |
| Pillsbury House Theatre (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 61,896 |
| Plains Art Museum (Group 2), Fargo | $ 17,779 |
| Playwrights' Center (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 92,721 |
| Ragamala Dance (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 54,779 |
| Red Eye (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 31,440 |
| The Goldstein Museum of Design (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 31,671 |
| Tweed Museum of Art (Group 2), Minneapolis | $ 22,358 |
| Weisman Art Museum (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 151,916 |
| Rochester Art Center (Group 2), Rochester | $ 28,882 |
| Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale (Group 3), Rochester | $ 34,365 |
| Rose Ensemble (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 45,553 |
| Rourke Art Gallery Museum (Group 3), Moorhead | $ 26,370 |
| Saint Cloud Symphony Orchestra (Group 3), Saint Cloud | $ 30,782 |
| Saint Francis Music Center (Group 3), Little Falls | $ 26,815 |
| Saint John's Boys' Choir (Group 3), Collegeville | $ 31,156 |
| The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Group 1), Saint Paul | $ 485,866 |
| The Schubert Club (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 84,131 |
| Skylark Opera (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 27,502 |
| Soap Factory (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 49,772 |
| Springboard for the Arts (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 52,916 |
| Stages Theatre Company (Group 2), Hopkins | $ 48,509 |
| SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development (Group 2, WF), Saint Paul | $ 59,476 |
| Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater (Group 3), Golden Valley | $ 29,956 |
| Tapestry Folkdance Center (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 29,339 |
| Teatro del Pueblo (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 26,336 |
| Ten Thousand Things Theater (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 34,372 |
| Textile Center (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 47,110 |
| Theater Mu Performing Arts (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 36,953 |
| Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 8,985 |
| Theater Latté Da (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 31,542 |
| TCC Gospel Choir (Group 3), Brooklyn Center | $ 27,108 |
| Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 21,914 |
| VocalEssence (Group 2, WF), Minneapolis | $ 95,483 |
| VSA Minnesota (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 28,483 |
| Walker Art Center (Group 1), Minneapolis | $ 735,455 |
| WAMSO-Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 8,875 |
| Youth Performance Company (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 40,959 |
| Zeitgeist (Group 3), Saint Paul | $ 29,607 |
| Zenon Dance Company and School, Inc. (Group 3), Minneapolis | $ 50,301 |
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