Ask any one of Springboard’s staff – we love what we do because we love artists and their work. The program that’s shown me the breadth and depth of our clients more than any other is our fiscal sponsorship and organizational incubator program. In the nearly five years I’ve been at Springboard, it’s grown from a modest half dozen clients more than tenfold. In that time, we've learned a lot, and also become great fans of fiscal sponsorship as an organizational model. It's a great stepping stone for small groups to take before going through the rigorous, expensive, and bureaucratic process of forming a full tax-exempt nonprofit organization; allows them to focus on their work, and not take on a lot of infrastructure before they're ready.

The best part for us, though, is watching the participants in this program grow and flourish. We've had the good fortune to be a part of so many well-deserved successes with our these clients - it's a breath of fresh air, especially in the current economic climate. I wanted to share them with you, too!

Springboard clients funded in the most recent rounds from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council:
Art of This Gallery
Rainbow Rumpus (former sponsorship client)
Fool's Productions
Theatre Novi Most
Urban Samurai Productions (former sponsorship client)
zAmya Theatre Project (former sponsorship client)
East Metro Symphony Orchestra
Red Letter Theater
Workhaus Playwrights Collective (former sponsorship client)
Sample Night Live! (former sponsorship client)
Minnesota Spoken Word Association
Explorations in Flamenco
Honeywell Concert Band
Commedia Beauregard
TU Dance (former sponsorship client)
Wicked Sister Dance
Wishes for the Sky

(Whew!)

We're also excited to support artists who've received recent funding through A Very Small Arts Fund:
Red Letter Theatre
Bethany Ford
Catalyst Dance
FTF Works


Also, big congratulations to sponsorship clients Emily Johnson of Catalyst Dance, Jila Nikpay and the Body Cartography project for their recent grants from the MAP Fund, the St. Paul Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation, respectively.

Great news (and maybe a bit of the limelight) is always fun to share. (That said, I really hope I didn't leave anyone out!) I plan to spend more space here sharing their work. These artists, as well as those not listed, definitely make my work at Springboard challenging, rewarding, and fun.

-Caly