The park is governed by a board of directors that in 2021 includes Sara Rothholz Weiner, Heather Rutledge, Kevin Riach, Sharon Louden, Rosie Kellogg, Esther Callahan, Eric Bruce,  Linda Seebauer Hansen, Stacy O'Reilly, Nora Kaitfors, Beth Theobald.

[3] In 2009 Franconia was the only Minnesota arts organization outside of the Twin Cities to receive National Endowment for the Arts/American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

[4] In 2010 the park was among the selected grantees to receive part of the $20 million allocation from the state of Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

[5] Franconia offers fellowship, internship, and workshop programs that support visual artists at all levels of their career as they create new sculpture to be sited specifically at the park.

In addition, Franconia has a schedule of exhibition tours, art-making workshops, and diverse cultural programming that serves over 14,000 arts learners each year.