MPTA Legacy Report 2025

Twin Cities PBS

REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SFY25

REPORT ON GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION IN SFY25

For Period: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

For Period: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

3.303 LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COMMISSION; CREATION AND ORGANIZATION; STAFF; DUTIES.

Subd. 10 As soon as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first, a recipient of a direct appropriation from a fund covered under this section shall submit the information required and, when applicable, compile and submit the same information for any grant recipient or other subrecipient of funding: (i) the name of the project and a project description;(ii) the name, telephone number, members of the board or equivalent governing body, and e-mail address of the funding recipient and, when applicable, the Web site address where the public can directly access detailed information on the recipient’s receipt and use of money for the project; (iii) the amount and source of funding, including the fiscal year of the appropriation; (iv) the amount and source of any additional funding or leverage; (v) the duration of the project; (vi) the number of full-time equivalents funded under the project. For the purposes of this item, “full-time equivalent” means a position directly attributed to the receipt of money from one or more of the funds covered under this section, calculated as the total number of hours planned for the position divided by 2,088; (vii) the direct expenses and administration costs of the project…(ix) the entity acting as the fiscal agent or administering agency and a point of contact for additional information.

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION

Article 4 Sec. 7 Subd. 4. Reporting. A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must report annually by January 15 to the commissioner, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over arts and cultural heritage policy and finance regarding how the previous year’s grant funds were expended. In addition to all information required of each recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund under section 3.303, subdivision 10, the report must contain specific information for each program produced and broadcast, including the cost of production, the number of stations broadcasting the program, estimated viewership, the number of hours of legacy program content available for streaming on websites, and other related measures. If the programs produced include educational material, the public station must report on these efforts.

Hours Available for Streaming

# of Stations Broadcasting Program

Educational Materials Created

Estimated Viewership

3.303, Subd. 10 Reporting Items

Project

Format

Recipient phone number

651-229-1717

Special Project: Four Strangers

4 x 10-min episodes

-

276,650

1

-

Names of board members

See below

Recipient email address

kjelinek@tpt.org

Art Series Pilots

10 x varied length

-

10,765

1

-

Website

www.tpt.org | www.mptalegacymedia.org

1 x 120-min doc; 3 x 40-min episodes

Broadcast Wars

1

225,587

1

-

Amount, source, and fiscal year of the appropriation

$2,073,901.75 SFY25 ACHF and Special Project appropriations and $123,646.10 in SFY24 carryover funds Total additional funds in SFY25: $861,083.05 TPT utilized partnership and private donor funds to supplement and enhance Legacy funded projects. The additional funders included WEM Foundation, Vision Maker Media, Halloran Family Foundation, Geri Nelson, Fred C. and Katherine B Andersen Fund, Friends of MNEX Major Donors, Friends of Arts & Culture Major Donors, Marvin Windows, PBS/PBS Digital Studios, Jennine Speier, Scrooby Foundation, Oliviera Foundation, Black Public Media, Lorraine Hart, and Independent Television Services, Inc.

6 x 30-min episodes

Relish Season 6

1

275,326

3

-

Remember the Magic

1 x 60-min doc

2

128,545

1

-

Amount and source of additional funds

6 x 60-min episodes

Stage Season 4

2

889,823

6

-

50 x 2-min videos (approx. length)

Vertical Videos

-

3,820,720

1

-

Duration of projects

7/1/2024 – 6/30/2025

Estimated Viewership includes video views from streaming apps, station website, YouTube, social media, and broadcast (if applicable).

Fiscal agent or administering agency

Department of Administration

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