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Full day grant workshop at the Blue Earth County Historical Society with presenter Steve Paprocki, President, Access Philanthropy. This is a combined podcast with all four sessions for a combined length of 4 hours. Watch the presentation or download the audio. Print PDF
Support from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund enabled the Northfield Historical Society to complete a project that has been part of their long range plan since NHS was established in 1975. The $200,000 grant leveraged over $400,000 of additional money to provide full access to the Scriver Block, which is listed in the National [...]
With a massive state deficit, looming government shutdown and layoffs for thousands of Minnesota state workers, now seems an unlikely time to talk about salary. As is often said, those who work in local history have as part of their compensation an enormous amount of job satisfaction. Others respond that job satisfaction hardly feeds a [...]
The Land, Clean Water and Legacy Amendment (2009-2034) has certain parallels to the broad access and initiatives of the Public Archives Commission (1899-1917), War Records Commission (1918-1925), New Deal Programs (1935-1943), Minnesota Territorial and Statehood Centennials (1947-1950 and 1954-1959), American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1965-1977), and the Minnesota Territorial and Statehood Sesquicentennials (1997-2000 and 2005-2009) which all [...]
This is an audio version of the Writing Successful Grant Projects presentation. Writing grants is not rocket science, but it does take some understanding, thought, and planning to do well. David Grabitske from the Minnesota Historical Society provides general advice on writing grants and creating projects, drawn from his seven years of service in the [...]
Writing grants is not rocket science, but it does take some understanding, thought, and planning to do well. David Grabitske from the Minnesota Historical Society provides general advice on writing grants and creating projects, drawn from his seven years of service in the Society’s Grants Office. Presentation Slides (PDF) Funding Matrix (PDF) Budget Samples (PDF) [...]
To succeed in both the near term and for the long run, local historical organizations may need to adapt, if they have not already done so. Drawing on experience with Minnesota’s local history organizations, it seems as though there are three primary initiatives that should yield success. Many historical organizations rightfully consider themselves as value [...]
Dennis Anderson’s “Memo to whiners: cut it out” (Star Tribune 2/10/2011) mirrored a post here on Why so bleak? Anderson suggests that Minnesotans have a penchant for pessimism even though the state in general has a solid track record. It was that tendency to go for the “low-hanging fruit” of negativity that often hinders local [...]
In Data for Dollars and Alignment for Dollars the need for performance measurement of outcomes was explored. Data is needed to understand the nonprofit cultural field, and aligning its goals and objectives with primary partners and funders could be paramount. Where did this movement originate? And, as some from Minnesota’s nonprofit historical organizations have expressed doubts [...]
In Data for Dollars we looked at how the history museum industry could better articulate its worth in self study. Such articulation is meant to aid advocacy so that people understand not only the industry’s worth, but also its needs. This study would show a certain return on investment, as urged in the recent Pioneer [...]
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