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Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
Sesquicentennial Commemoration
Public Radio Grants

Under Minnesota Laws, 2012, Chapter 264, Article 5, Section 5, the Minnesota Department of Administration requested proposals for public radio grants to develop programming that commemorates the sesquicentennial.

Funding Availability

The total amount of funding available for fiscal year 2013 was $30,000.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be public radio stations meeting all eligibility requirements under Minnesota Statutes § 129D.14, Subd. 3.

Awards

The following grants were awarded:
Minnesota Public Radio: up to $15,000
Northern Community Radio/KAXE: up to $15,000

Public Data

Under Minnesota Statutes §13.599: Names and addresses of grant applicants will be public data once proposal responses
are opened. All remaining data in proposal responses (except trade secret data as defined and classified in §13.37) will be public data after the evaluation process is completed (for this grant, after grant agreements have been fully executed). All data created or maintained by the Department as part of the evaluation process (except trade secret data as defined and classified in §13.37) will be public data after grant agreements have been fully executed.

Approximate Review Timeline

RFP posted on the Department web site August 6, 2012
Questions due no later than 4:30 p.m. Central Time August 24, 2012
Applications due no later than 4:30 p.m. Central Time August 31, 2012
Committee begins review of applications September 7, 2012
Committee recommendations submitted to Commissioner September 21, 2012
Selected grantees announced September 24, 2012

Archived Application Materials

View submitted questions and responses at this link.

For more information, contact:

Office of Grants Management
Jane Xiong, Grants Specialist
50 Sherburne Avenue, Room 309
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-201-2525
jane.xiong@state.mn.us

Learn more about the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund at:

www.legacy.leg.mn