In order to apply for an LCC grant, applicants must meet all eligibility and criteria requirements of the LCC Program.
Ashland Cultural Council Grant
Acceptance Requirements
Following are criteria that will be used to filter ACC grant
proposals and applications. If the applications fit these criteria, they will
be considered for a grant.
1.
ACC will give priority to applications that are held
within Town of Ashland and benefit Ashland
residents
2.
We always look for new applicants and/or for new projects each grant season
3.
The Project should be held at a venue that is easily accessible to the target
audience. For instance, an after school elementary kids project needs to be
easily accessible for the child, transportation cannot become an issue. A
senior project needs to be reachable to seniors who cannot drive
4.
A specific
date and location is necessary for the project to be considered.
5.
The project should be free to the residents of Ashland.
6.
A breakup of expected costs will be required for the application to be
considered.
In addition, the
following conditions must be met:
·
Applicant's project must be clearly related to the
arts, humanities, civics, history or interpretive
sciences.
·
Applicant's project must provide adequate public
benefit for the Ashland community and provide adequate public access.
Explanation of handicap accessibility of the venue must be included in application.
·
Applicant must have a clear, written commitment
of location and date of event from sponsoring organization or venue.
·
Funding for applicant's project must not
substitute for or replace other public funding of programs in the arts,
humanities, civics, history or interpretive sciences.
·
Ashland Cultural Council funds are not intended to be used as the sole source of funding of
projects.
·
Ticket prices for events will be taken into
consideration during grant approval process and must be included in your
application.
·
Ashland Cultural Council’s support should be
acknowledged during the program/project and verification of such must be
provided for grant payout. All marketing materials should clearly indicate that
this was possible with help from the Ashland Cultural Council.