MRAC activity grants have a direct impact on constituents' ability to create successful arts projects that reach their target communities. MRAC's staff services, training programs and organizational grants help arts organizations strengthen and thrive. MRAC is accessible to its underrepresented communities in terms of relationship, funding and services. MRAC staff are welcoming and informed. Individuals beyond MRAC’s active participants learn about its work. MRAC develops and nurtures relationships, coalitions and networks that share the goal of increasing local arts engagement and community vitality. MRAC’s board of directors and panelists are representative of the constituencies that we are committed to serving. MRAC and its constituents are actively involved in advocacy efforts and have the tools they need to speak on behalf of the arts in their lives and the lives of their communities. MRAC contributes to public policy planning and implementation at the local and state level. Individuals are informed about the impact and public value of MRAC.

* Serve the artistic, cultural and geographic diversity of the metro area through grants and services. * Further the inclusion of artists and arts organizations as essential community resources. * Increase public awareness of and support for the arts.

MRAC serves arts organizations with operating budgets under $400,000, community education units, non-arts nonprofit organizations, and individual artists.

Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington counties.