Collaborative Arts Project (CAP) Application

Collaborative Arts Projects (CAP) encourage collaborations among cultural and/or community nonprofit organizations for arts, science and history projects reaching underserved audiences.

Because the monies come from our local government partners, Catawba County, City of Hickory, City of Newton, City of Claremont, City of Conover and Town of Maiden, the grants will be awarded to those projects meeting the two strategic priorities suggested by local government respondents in our recent broad community survey: (1) Offering programs for underserved audiences, such as those whose opportunities to experience events are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics or disability; and (2) Demonstration of collaboration, actual or proposed, with other affiliates of Arts Culture Catawba (ACC) and other community organizations.

Guidelines:

CAP will have a rolling deadline so that the ACC Board could review proposals as received, no less than 60 days in advance.
The funds must be used for new arts, science or history projects taking place in Catawba County.
Applicants must outline in detail the underserved audience to be reached.
The application must include the names and contact people of both (or all) groups, the budget, a summary of the project, and the roles of each collaborating organization.
An evaluation form must be completed at the end of the project. It should include success measures such as numbers reached.
The maximum grant for any project will be $4,000.
Collaborations are encouraged between arts, science and history groups and non‐cultural groups.
Both (or all) partners must be a 501©3, a government organization, or an educational entity.
A maximum of one public school or government organization can be a partner for any project.
Funds may not be used for either capital purchases or fundraising and endowment campaigns.
Projects already funded through another Arts Culture Catawba grant are not eligible.
All publicity and printed materials should include the following: “This project was partially funded by a grant from Arts Culture Catawba.”

Before you begin ...

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This application must be received by the UAC staff no less than 60 days prior to the beginning of the project.

Names of Applying Organizations:

Organization to receive grant funds *

Organization 2 *

Organization 3 (if applicable)

Project Information:

Title of Project *

Amount Requested *

Brief Description of Project, including dates, location, a description of underserved audience to be reached, and how you plan to involve this audience in your planning and marketing: *

Primary Contact *

Mailing Address *

City

State

Zip

Work Phone *

Email Address *

Required Signatures of Authorizing Officials:

Typed names indicate proof of signature by each individual.

Organization 1 *

Organization 2 *

Organization 3 (if applicable)

Attachments:

Please use the provided budget template link to create a project budget that includes the intended use of funds and all income sources for the project. Upload the budget below.

Project Budget Template

Upload a detailed description of the project, one page, single spaced, 12-point type. This should include the roles of the collaborating organizations, a description of the underserved audience, and how this audience will be engaged (in planning and marketing, for example).

Files *