FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDELINES
Types and Availability - The Mankato Ballet shall, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, offer financial assistance for dance instruction. Recipients of financial assistance will be expected to contribute scheduled volunteer hours to Mankato Ballet.

Assistance shall be awarded based upon the financial need of the applicant and the financial condition of Mankato Ballet at the time of the application. The maximum award will be no more than 50% of the student’s annual tuition rate. Mankato Ballet may commit up to 2.5% of the current year’s projected tuition fees to a designated financial assistance program.

Financial assistance shall be awarded in the form of waived tuition fees.

Application - Financial assistance applications shall be submitted by the student or by the student’s parent/guardian if the student is under the age of eighteen (18). Application forms can be obtained by contacting Mankato Ballet’s studio at PO Box 114, Mankato MN 56002 or call (507)625-7716 or e-mail info@mankatoballet.com Applications are available to download and print from the Mankato Ballet website from the forms page. Applications need to be returned to: Mankato Ballet Attn: Financial Aid Committee in a sealed envelope. Any application not completed in its entirety or without required documentation will not be processed.

Financial Assistance Qualifications - Applicants shall be awarded financial assistance based solely on financial need. In the event the number of applications exceeds the amount of assistance available, the committee may request additional information to assist in its determination. Based on funds available, some applicants may be denied assistance while other qualified candidates will share in assistance available. 

Linda Munson Memorial Scholarship

Linda Munson began dancing with Mankato Ballet Company when she was 12 years old.  Linda loved to dance!  She found participating in ballet instruction and performing with Mankato Ballet Company to be some of her happiest times.  Linda continued to dance with MBC into her adult life. Her most recent performance in “The Nutcracker” was in 2002.

Linda passed away in the spring of 2004 from angioedema, an allergic reaction.  Her parents, Judy and George Munson, designated MBC as one of the recipients of Linda’s memorials.  It was their wish to establish a scholarship in her name so that her memory and love of ballet would live on at Mankato Ballet Company. 

We are honored to be the recipients of these funds and will take the responsibility of awarding her scholarship very seriously.  If you are interested in applying for this merit based scholarship, please read the following guidelines. 

1. The Linda Munson Memorial Scholarship is a merit based scholarship with a maximum award of $500.

2. All MBC students 12 years old and older by September 1^st are eligible to apply.

3. Students applying for this scholarship must complete the Linda Munson Memorial Scholarship application, submit the required essay and perform in a live audition.  All applicants will perform the same piece for the audition and must attend rehearsal.

5.MBC’s scholarship committee will evaluate the scores from both the essay and audition as well as input from the dancer’s primary instructor regarding the applicant’s dedication and discipline.  The committee will review the scores and comments and choose one student annually to receive this scholarship.