Deadline: 10-Jan-2025
The Sauk County is pleased to announce the Arts, Humanities & Historic Preservation (AHHP) Grants to community support organizations and local governments seeking supplementary funds for local arts, humanities, and historical preservation projects.
AHHP grant supported activities must culminate in tangible services presented to the community within twelve months of when the grant is awarded. Public access to the project, program, or service is a requirement of the grant.
Funding Information
Awards may not exceed $4,000.
Eligible Fund
- Grants may be used for the following item related specifically to the event:
- External personnel costs (honoraria, stipends, and fees)
- Space rental
- Insurance
- Marketing
- Travel within the county
- Supplies and materials
- Grants may not be used for:
- Operating expenses
- Building supplies, construction costs, on-going maintenance
- Capital equipment
- Hired employees
- Development of school curriculum or teacher training
- Endowments
- Newsletters
- General website development and maintenance
- Prizes
- Tuition
- Scholarships
- Food or refreshments
- Deficits incurred from prior activities
- Events that are intended primarily for fundraising
- Fundraisers
- Commercial or private ventures
Eligible Projects
- Eligible projects in the arts include public exhibitions, performances, publications, lectures, and video, film or slide documentaries. These activities may encompass dance, theater, music, architecture, folk arts, literary arts and visual arts.
- Eligible projects involve branches of learning that deal with human thought and culture. They include history, languages, literature, poetry, and philosophy. History projects are similar in scope with specific activities directed at research, documentation, and preservation of the unique cultural history of Sauk County.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must hold federal tax-exempt status. This includes organizations exempted under Section 501(c) 3 of the internal revenue code, but other tax-exempt classifications may also apply. These include but are not limited to chambers of commerce, school districts, municipalities or local government agencies located in Sauk County.
- Note: Nonprofit organizations that are not located in Sauk County but that plan to host their grant-funded event in Sauk County are eligible.
- Note: Individuals or groups of individuals seeking to apply must work with an existing nonprofit organization or local unit of government to develop their proposals and act as the applicant for the proposal.
Review Criteria
- The following criteria will be applied by the Committee and panels in the review of all grant applications:
- Quality of the proposed projects: Creativity, innovation, collaboration, implementation, and educational outreach components, which benefit the public, should be specifically described and will receive priority consideration for a grant award. Humanities and historical preservation applications should also include the historical significance of the project.
- Evidence of careful financial planning and fiscal accountability: Applicant must demonstrate ability to successfully complete the project. It is strongly recommended that applicants include a detailed project timeline.
- County-wide Impact: The Committee will give special consideration to proposals that have a wide impact or reach rural areas, diverse audiences and outlying communities in Sauk County.
- Applicant reaches County goals: Applications align with Sauk County objectives and goals that include but are not limited to recognizing and promoting a diversity of artistic expression and the endeavors of artists, providing mentorship and encouragement to young and emerging artists, promoting economic development by encouraging the arts, humanities, and historic preservation.
For more information, visit Sauk County.