MPTA Legacy Report 2025

PBS North

REPORT ON GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION IN SFY25

REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SFY25

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

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

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.

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION

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.

# of Stations Broadcasting Program

Hours Available for Streaming

Educational Materials Created

Estimated Viewership

Project

Format

44 x 30-min weekly episodes 156 x 90-sec broadcast episodes 3x per week 8 x 30-min seasonal weekly broadcast episodes 1 x 60-min broadcast episode; 6 x 10-min digital segments 5 x 60-min seasonal weekly broadcast episodes 6 x 40-min digital docs 1 x 60-min broadcast special 24 x 5-min weekly digital episodes 25 x 5-min weekly digital episodes

Almanac North

2

40,401

22

24

3.303, Subd. 10 Reporting Items

The Slice

2

1,244,832

3.5

3.5

Recipient phone number

218-788-2832

Native Report

2

88,634

4

4

Names of board members

See below

Minnesota Historia

1

40,160

1

1

Recipient email address

pmester@wdse.org

Minnesota Legislative Report

1

1,820

5

5

Website

www.pbsnorth.org | www.mptalegacymedia.org

No Filter

2

2,606

-

5

Amount, source, and fiscal year of the appropriation

$577,215.76 ACHF Grant Appropriation and Special Project Grant Appropriation SFY25 4

Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra

1

-

1

1

Amount and source of additional funds

$5,000 private donation for Native Report

Venture North

1

4,122

3

2

Duration of projects

7/1/2024 – 6/30/2025

Making It Up North

1

1,080

2

2

Fiscal agent or administering agency

Department of Administration

Estimated Viewership includes video views from streaming apps, station website, YouTube, and social media.

78

79

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