Deadline: 5-Aug-21
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is inviting proposals for Multi-year grants programme to support qualifying organizations with a primary mission of art and culture in Cuyahoga County.
The purpose of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s General Operating Support (GOS) program is to strengthen the community by deepening its access to arts and culture through meaningful, multi-year core support grants to arts and cultural organizations based in and serving Cuyahoga County.
CAC strongly encourages applications from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)-led and serving organizations, as well as others that have been historically excluded or marginalized.
These communities include Latino/a/x, Asian and Asian American, Arab, Native American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, North African; as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, and gender variant people; people with disabilities; and women.
Funding Criteria
The panel will evaluate all eligible applications based on CAC’s Funding Criteria:
- Public Benefit
- An organization’s ability to meaningfully and authentically engage its community to achieve its mission.
- Artistic & Cultural Vibrancy
- An organization’s ability to create quality, mission-driven work that inspires and challenges its community.
- Organisational Capacity
- An organization’s ability to successfully manage resources to their best use now and for years to come.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for the GOS grant program, organizations must meet all the following criteria:
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- Have a primary mission to produce, present or create programs or activities in areas directly concerned with arts or culture heritage (as defined by the Ohio Revised Code) for the general public.
- Have a permanent and viable base in Cuyahoga County for at least three years prior to June 3, 2021. Applicant organization must have a business address in Cuyahoga County and conduct the majority of its local programs and services in Cuyahoga County for the residents of Cuyahoga County and visitors to Cuyahoga County.
- Exist as a 501(c)(3) organization for at least three years or be a successor to an arts or cultural organization that had been a 501(c)(3) organization for at least five years prior to June 3, 2021, and be verified as a 501(c)(3) by GuideStar’s Charity Check Service.
- Check service Employ for a minimum of two years prior to June 3, 2021, at least one paid, professional cultural/artistic and/or administrative staff person working a minimum of 20 hours per week (or 1,040 hours per year) at or above the state-designated minimum wage. This staff person must receive an IRS Form W-2 from the organization reporting wages and withheld taxes and must have approval from the organization’s Board of Directors to sign for financial transactions and grant-related documents.
- Provide independently certified audited financial statements for FY18, FY19, and FY20 if its FY20 total expenses are $750,000 or more; or provide either independently certified audited or reviewed financial statements for FY18, FY19, and FY20 if its FY20 total expenses are less than $750,000.
- Complete an IRS Form 990/990-EZ (Required for all budget sizes) Be incorporated and authorized to do business in Ohio as verified by the Ohio Secretary of State Meet minimum income threshold of $100,000, as determined by a financial review/audit or 990 for fiscal year 2020 Have previously received and successfully completed at least two Project Support grants from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
For more information, visit https://www.cacgrants.org/grant-programs/general-operating-support/