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Our
next grant cycle will begin January 2010. We will
be accepting 2010 grant applications from January to
March 5, 2010. The maximum 2010 grant award will
be $2,000.
Introduction and
Grant 2010 Information
The Oregon Cultural Trust and the Marion
Cultural Development Corporation were established to
support and protect Oregon culture, as presented in
a Plan For Cultural Development in Marion, a
planning document produced by the Marion County
Cultural Coalition, 2003 and 2004. The Trust and the
Marion Cultural Development Corporation will work
to:
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Protect and stabilize Marion County cultural
resources, and to create a solid foundation for
the future.
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Expand public awareness of, quality of, access
to, and use of culture in Marion County.
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Ensure that Marion County cultural resources are
strong and dynamic contributors to Marion
County's communities and quality of life.
The Marion Cultural Development Corporation (MCDC)
will award grants to proposals that:
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Address significant opportunities to advance,
preserve and stabilize cultural resources;
Invest in the vitality of the arts and
humanities;
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Support proposals that have a cultural impact
beyond the applicant; and,
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Promote excellence in cultural projects.
In
general, the following are not eligible for MCDC
grants:
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Scholarships and similar, such as tuition
assistance for studies;
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Operating costs, except as part of a viable
crisis recovery plan;
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Projects whose primary focus is advocacy of a
particular political or religious viewpoint or
which primarily benefit a political, religious,
labor, fraternal, athletic group or commercial
venture;
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Fund-raising efforts, except those in which
fund-raising is incidental to a project that
meets cultural priorities;
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Projects already completed before May 2010.
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Grants to offset previous project deficits.
Grants will be competively awarded to incorporated
non-profit organizations qualifying as tax-exempt
organizations under Internal Revenue Code Section
501(c )(3) or those unincorporated groups or
individuals sponsored by a tax-exempt organization
or local unit of government. Applicants must be
residents of Marion County or maintain their
registered headquarters in Marion County.
The MCDC receives its funds from the Oregon
Cultural Trust. The amount of funding MCDC may award
depends both upon the funds businesses and
individuals donate to the Oregon Cultural Trust in
the previous fiscal year and upon the amount of
carry-over funding, if any, maintained by the MCDC.
The MCDC cannot guarantee that it will have any
funds or any particular level of funds to distribute
in any year.
The MCDC’s Grant Year begins when the Oregon
Cultural Trust distributes funds to County and
Tribal Coalitions. Grants award recipients will
begin their actual Grant Year when they receive
notification of funding from MCDC, and the Grant
Year will extend to the same date of the following
year. Only proposals that occur within this Grant
Year are eligible for an MCDC award. Normally
notification of funding will occur in early May.
Grant applicants should
generally consider MCDC funds to be essential seed
funds or supplemental funds and not the sole source
of funding for their projects. As a general rule the
grantee will be required to provide matching funds
in at least a one-to-one ratio.
The
Application Process
An application form
must be submitted.
Application forms
are available from:
Marion Cultural
Development Corporation, 105 High Street, Salem, OR
97301-3667, or from the website: http://www.marionculturaltrust.org
In
case there are several applications that show an
interest in similar or complementary projects, the
Grants Committee may notify all appropriate
applicants and encourage collaborative planning,
resource sharing, or other forms of cooperation.
The Grants Committee may request additional
information about the project or the applicant.
No
Appeal. Grants will be awarded by the full MCDC
after review of the Grants Committee's
recommendations. The MCDC will provide a brief
indication of its reason for rejecting an
application. There will be no appeal. Unsuccessful
applicants who wish to reapply in subsequent grant
cycles may ask the MCDC for a confidential,
constructive explanation of the basis of the MCDC's
decision, and the new application should correct any
deficiencies the MCDC notes. The MCDC and Grants
Committee will respect the privacy of applicants and
the confidentiality of fiscal and proprietary
information they submit, to the extent allowed by
law. Deliberations and decisions will be made in
private as permitted by law.
Grant
Administration Guidelines
In
making awards, the Grants Committee and the MCDC
will be alert to fairness and accountability issues.
Fairness will include assurance that, over time,
grants are fairly distributed to individuals and
organizations bringing cultural experience to all
parts of Marion County. Accountability will include
measures to indicate when the promised product has
been completed.
The MCDC will have the power to impose appropriate
safeguards on awards to protect public funds. These
safeguards may include ongoing communications,
including structured progress reports, between the
applicant and either the MCDC or its fiscal agent or
overseer for the project. Projects undertaken by a
single individual will be monitored by MCDC to
ensure that the project goes forward, if
appropriate, in the event the individual applicant
is unable or unwilling to follow through as
promised. Funds may be dispensed in installments,
with subsequent installments dependent upon
satisfactory progress reports, including meeting
pre-established progress benchmarks.
The MCDC may recall funds if they are misused, if
the applicant fails to comply with grant conditions,
or if projects are abandoned. The MCDC shall have
recourse to law to recover misappropriated funds.
Successful applicants will be required to submit
final reports to the MCDC, for its use in assessing
its own achievement and in revising Plan priorities,
goals, and strategies, and for public review. The
MCDC will send applicants an "award package" which
will include a contract agreement, public relations
information and evaluation forms.
The MCDC may hold an annual
event to present successful applicants to the public
in order to expand community awareness of cultural
activities and cultural providers in the County. The
MCDC may require successful applicants to
participate in this event.
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