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Program Description
The Creative Intersections Program provides grants up to $15,000 to support innovative projects and partnerships that engage the arts as a strategy for building and enriching communities in the seven-county metropolitan area.
This grant program is designed to support innovative partnership projects that address a community challenge or leverage an opportunity within community for growth and enrichment. Funded projects should be an investment in arts and culture as one of the cornerstones of community building and vitality.
This funding stream is not an alternative pathway to funding the “usual and customary” programs of your group. Please review the Creative Intersections grant guidelines and FAQ page for the specific eligibility requirements and to help you consider whether your project idea clearly meets the program intent and grant review criteria.
Program Requirements
Requirements listed here are intended to give a sense of the program. For a full description of requirements and eligibility rules, see guidelines.
Partnerships
All applicant organizations must demonstrate that there are at least three partners (including applicant group), one of which must be a public or nonprofit, arts partner.
Nonprofit Status
The applicant group must be incorporated as a nonprofit in the State of Minnesota. If you are incorporated but do not have IRS tax-exempt status, you must apply using a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization as a fiscal sponsor.
You must be able to furnish proof of your organization’s IRS tax-exempt status –or- furnish a letter of agreement with your fiscal sponsor and proof of your fiscal sponsor’s IRS tax-exempt status.
Eligibility
To ensure eligibility, all applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss proposal ideas with MRAC staff before beginning an MRAC application. You are encouraged to attend the application workshop for this grant program, which takes place in the month prior to application deadline. All eligibility requirements are fully outlined in the guidelines. For general eligibility, see the Eligibility page.
Budget
For every two MRAC dollars requested, you must match or raise one dollar from a source other than MRAC. In-kind goods and services cannot be included in the budget as part of your match.
Oversight
Your group must have a board of directors or an advisory committee that provides input on your project.
Who does the Creative Intersections grant fund?
- Nonprofit arts groups with annualized operating expenses less than $400,000.
- Informal and/or unincorporated arts-focused groups and one-time arts projects with expenses less than $400,000. The applicant group must have a board of directors or advisory committee that provides input on the project and oversight of the grant funds.
- Nonprofit, non-arts organizations and community education units with annualized arts programming expenses less than $400,000.
For a description of what the Creative Intersections grant does not fund,
see the guidelines and the Eligibility
page.
Deadlines
Creative Intersections grant has one deadline this fiscal year, July 1 – June 30. See "Important Dates" at the top of this page.
Help
Application workshops for this program take place one month prior to application deadline. Organizations interested in applying should contact Gwen Cannon at 651-523-6389 or by email at gwen@mrac.org for technical support in the application process.
Application Materials
Please note: Application Materials for the FY 11 Creative Intersections grant will be available soon!
Click the links above to download the grant guidelines and form(s) in PDF format.
You must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or the commercial Adobe Acrobat
installed on your computer to view these files. Click
here to download Acrobat Reader. If you have trouble downloading or reading
these forms, call the MRAC office at 651-645-0402 and ask them to send you the
application materials by U.S. mail.
Read the instructions carefully before filling out the grant application.
You may fill out the grant application electronically by filling in the
fields and printing.
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