Amherst Cultural Council

Amount Available for Granting in FY 2011

(information not yet available)

PASS applications are accepted.

LCC Program Guidelines (PDF)

Funding Priorities

Additional Criteria

9) Priority is given to Amherst artist(s)/cultural groups

10) Venues must be confirmed when submitting an application. Please include a letter from the venue as confirmation

11) Priority is given to projects that demonstrate strong planning

12) Priority is given to individuals with strong qualifications and/or track record

We will consider all grants. Approximately one third of our funding went to PASS grants in the last granting cycle.

Local Guidelines

Deadline for applicaitons: October 15th

Submit 8 copies of the application to Jones Library, Amherst. Applications must be postmarked by Oct 15 or they will not be considered

Eligibility

Applicants can be:
A) arts, humanities or interpretive science organizations

B) individuals including artists, science educators, historians or other humanists, parents, community members, etc.

C) community organizations including, but not limited to, schools, social service organizations, business and civic groups, neighborhood centers, youth, senior and family associations, etc. Incorporated organizations must be nonprofit; unincorporated associations must have a nonprofit purpose.

Criteria

Applications are evaluated in terms of several review criteria:

1)Project must be arts, humanities, or interpretive science based.

2)Projects must provide public benefit.

3) Proposals from schools and libraries must not request support for activities that should be or used to be part of the municipal budget (i.e., teacher salaries, classroom supplies, school-sponsored clubs and organizations, library books/videos, etc.). Enrichment projects utilizing outside professionals are allowed.

4) Local council funds are not intended to be used as the sole source of funding for projects of a continuing nature.

5) Projects must not discriminate on any basis and must make reasonable accommodations to insure that people with disabilities have equal physical and communications access.

6) Project requests for capital expenditures (items that value over $500 and have a life span of more than 3 years) require additional information in the form of supplemental questions and must demonstrate a 2:1 funding match.

7) Local council funds may not be used to purchase food.

8) Individual students are not eligible to apply for scholarships. An organization may sponsor a scholarship provided it shows evidence of an open and fair review and award process. The applicant organization must also ensure a public benefit component in which the award recipient “gives back” to the community in the form of a lecture, master class, exhibit, performance, etc.

Grant Applicants

• Tips for Grant Applicants
• LCC Grant Application (PDF, 20 KB)
• PASS Grant Application (PDF, 35 KB)

Grant Recipients

• LCC Reimbursement Form
• Credit and Publicity Kit for LCC and PASS Grant Recipients
• Download an MCC Credit Logo

FY 2010

Name	Project	Discipline	Amount
Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce	Amherst Art Walk	Visual Arts	$400
Amherst Ballet Theatre Companuy	"Krater, Ewer, Amphora"	Dance	$1,250
Amherst Cinema Arts Center	Steamboat Bill, Jr.	Media Arts	$800
Amherst History Museum	Archaeology Day	Multidisciplinary	$300
Amherst Leisure Services and Supplemental Education	ALSCT Access Program	Theater	$500
Amherst Public Arts Commission	Visiting Artists Program	Design Arts	$600
Arcadia Players, Inc.	Season Support	Media Arts	$500
Arena Civic Theatre	To Kill a Mocking Bird	Theater	$600
Castle Hill Theatre Company	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Theater	$200
Crocker Farm Elementary School	Cirque Mechanics	Theater	$240
Crocker Farm Elementary School	Goodnight Moon	Theater	$240
Crocker Farm Elementary School	Strega Nona	Theater	$306
Da Camera Singers	Da Camera Singers, 40 Years	Music	$500
Donohue, Therese Brady	Tico and the Golden Wings	Theater	$600
Fort River Elementary School	Global Arts	Theater	$330
Fort River Elementary School	Click Clack Moo	Theater	$480
Gallery A3	In Dialogue	Visual Arts	$500
Hampshire Choral Society	St Paul Opus 36	Music	$800
Hampshire Shakespeare Company, Ltd.	Shakespeare Under the Stars, 2010	Storytelling	$1,000
Hampshire-Franklin Children's Day Care Center	Go, Kids Art,Go!	Visual Arts	$350
Henderson, Steve	A Gravedigger's Gift	Theater	$800
Jones Library, Inc.	Children's Music Series	Music	$300
jubilat/Jones Reading Series & Book Group	Jubilat Jones Reading Series	Literature	$500
Kennedy, Daniel	Young Composer's Concert	Music	$300
KO Theater Works, Inc.	Melancholy, a Comedy	Theater	$1,300
Kontrabecki, Stacy	Selling Online Opportunities for Artists	Visual Arts	$100
Kraft, Stephanie	Emancypantki	Literature	$100
Live in Concert, Inc	Curiosity	Visual Arts	$100
Mark's Meadow School	Strega Nona	Theater	$630
Mark's Meadow School	Dallas Children's Theatre	Theater	$510
Mohawk Trail Concerts, Inc.	A Festival of American Music	Music	$500
multi-arts,inc.	Theatrical show on Amherst's history	Theater	$250
Music in Deerfield	Music in Deerfield, Inc.	Music	$700
Old Deerfield Productions	North Country	Theater	$500
Otter and Moo Puppet theatre	Trees, Bees, and Knees	Storytelling	$400
PACE Theatre	Jesus Christ Superstar	Theater	$200
Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival	Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival	Visual Arts	$900
Piti Theatre Company	Salmon Falls	Storytelling	$200
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association	The Bib Read	Literature	$100
Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestra	Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestra	Music	$500
The Dance Generators	Generations on the Move	Dance	$200
The Jones Library, Inc	Celebrate the Word	Humanities	$900
The United Arc	Your Story in Poetry Program	Literature	$300
Tincknell, Roger	Across the Americas	Music	$200
University Gallery	Greening the Valley	Multidisciplinary	$300
Wildwood Elementary School	Goodnight Moon	Theater	$660
Wildwood Elementary School	Strega Nona	Theater	$924
Women of Color Leadership Network	Body Politics 2010	Theater	$200
Youth Action Coalition, Inc.	Get Up Get down	Visual Arts	$1,150
Youth Action Coalition, Inc.	GirlsEye View	Multidisciplinary	$1,000