CRITERIA
FOR FUNDING
Abilene
Cultural Affairs Council Grants Assistance Program |
| Promotion
of Tourism |
| • Project
promotes cultural tourism and preserves
and enriches the diverse cultural resources
of the community |
|
| Quality |
| • High
artistic merit as perceived by peers, critics
and the public |
| • Innovation
and creativity in programming and artistic
content |
| • Vision
and leadership of artistic staff |
| • Activity
furthers applicant's stated artistic mission |
| • Responsiveness
to community art needs |
|
| Community
Involvement |
| • Evidence
of efforts to reach a diverse audience |
| • Evidence
of leadership and board representation
involving different social, economic, and
racial groups |
| • Innovation
in programming to reach new and special
audiences, including collaborative
programs with other groups |
| • Evidence
of legitimate efforts to involve minority
individuals on artistic, technical
administrative, policy and audience levels |
|
| Administrative
and Fiscal Responsibility |
| • Evidence
that organization has ca continuing history
of growth, stability and vision |
| • Evidence
of leadership of administrative staff |
| • Evidence
of organization's ability to accomplish
proposed goals |
| • Evidence
of efficiency and effectiveness of organization |
• Evidence
of effective board/staff interaction |
| • Accuracy
and completeness in financial reporting |
|
| Contribution
to Local Economy |
| • Effectiveness
of marketing efforts |
| • Evidence
of effort to secure financial support from
both private and public sectors |
| • Diversity
of funding sources, earned and unearned |
| • Evidence
of audience growth |
|
| Distribution
of Funds and Amount of Funding Available |
| • Evidence
that artistic programming is not a duplication
of other local efforts |
| • Evidence
that the applicant's financial resources
are experiencing appropriate growth in
relation
to Council funding |
|
| (Peer
review panelists rate each application on these
six criteria) |
