Deadline: 4-Mar-22
Applications are now open for the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Grant Program to provide a system of funding for arts and cultural projects and organizations throughout Calcasieu Parish.
Funded annually by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, this grant program ensures a high quality of programming and events for the area to encourage the continued growth of the arts in their community through a competitive grant process. As applicants compete only with other organizations in the parish, decisions about cultural priorities are made locally.
Goals
The goals of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Grant Program are to:
- Strengthen arts organizations;
- Encourage professional artists to undertake projects that have meaningful community involvement and build audiences for the arts;
- Encourage a variety of nonprofit organizations to sponsor arts and cultural activities including classical, contemporary, and traditional arts in eight disciplines;
- Leverage additional local support for the arts;
- Provide arts activities to groups which have had limited arts experiences;
- Provide funding for the arts and cultural activities that are open to the public;
- Introduce the grants process and develop grant writing skills.
Policies
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury Grant Program is designed to:
- Expand efforts to make the arts more accessible in Calcasieu Parish;
- Award grants to organizations located in the parish (Calcasieu) for which funds are designated.
What type of Grants are available?
Eligible organizations may apply for one Project Assistance grant for a specific arts project.
- Project Assistance
- Grant request is $500 minimum and $5000 maximum per application.
- Provides funding for a specific project on one or more single or recurring dates. Up to 100% of eligible expenses.
- To encourage diversity among grant applications, no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total re-grant amount to be distributed by the Arts & Humanities Council shall be allocated toward any number of projects with similar nature or theme.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must be domiciled within Calcasieu Parish. Applicants may not apply for projects that will occur outside of Calcasieu Parish. The official domicile is the applying organization’s official address registered Louisiana Secretary of State and is indicated on the Certificate of Incorporation. All nonprofit organizations must be in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State.
- The following types of organizations may apply for funds:
- Louisiana nonprofit tax-exempt organizations. Organizations without nonprofit tax-exempt status from the IRS must be registered as a nonprofit corporation with the Louisiana Secretary of State.
- Public or private schools and school boards. Each school within a school system is considered a separate entity.
- Colleges of universities sponsoring activities (each university department is considered a separate entity) intended for community participation (not academic, credit-producing, or curriculum-oriented projects). Such activities must provide significant access and the probability of significant attendance by the public.
- Individuals and organizations lacking the legal status to be an applicant may apply by using an eligible nonprofit organization as a fiscal agent for projects that directly benefits the community and includes community participation. This is not a fellowship or award of merit. The fiscal agent assumes legal and financial responsibility.
- Fiscal Agent Requirements:
- Organizations may serve as a fiscal agent for only ONE other applicant – termed sub-applicant – in addition to their own application.
- Fiscal agents must be domiciled in Calcasieu Parish.
- Fiscal agents may not serve as a provider of service within the same project.
- Chapter Organizations/Federal Group Tax Exemption Requirements
- Chapter organizations using federal group tax-exempt status of central organization, if chapter organization is domiciled in Calcasieu Parish, are eligible to apply for project assistance grant funds.
- Organizations must attach IRS non-profit tax-exempt designation letter for the central organization and documentation from the IRS indicating chapter is under the central organization.
- A letter of support from the central organization must be submitted with the application.
For more information, visit https://artscouncilswla.org/grant-opportunities/calcasieu-parish-police-jury-grant-program/