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Community Arts Grants Information Session!

Friday, February 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. join us in the Annex Conference Room, Mercado Verde Building, 7373 East Scottsdale Mall, Suite 18, Scottsdale, Arizona, to review the application and ask any questions you may have about the 2012-2013 Community Arts Grant process.

The 2012-2013 Community Arts Grant Program Application is posted on our website found at http://www.sccarts.org/grant_application.php.

Please RSVP your attendance to Community Arts Grant Administrator Marilyn Williams by phone at 480-874-4660, or by email at marilynw@sccarts.org, by 5:00 on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

The Scottsdale Cultural Council's Community Arts Grants Program provides funding for Scottsdale-based arts and cultural organizations as well as to Valley arts organizations for projects that take place in the Scottsdale community to promote long-term growth in Scottsdale's arts community and to meet short-term funding needs.

There are two grant categories:  projects and general operating support.  General Operating Support grants are designed to support Scottsdale-based organizations whose missions are primarily the arts.   Grant requests should be at least $1,000 but not more than $20,000. 

Twelve copies of the 3 hole punched Grant applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13, 2012, to:       

Grants Program

Attn:  Marilyn Williams

Scottsdale Cultural Council

7380 East Second Street

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Do not staple; instead use clips.  Any non-punched materials must be enclosed in a 3-hole punched sheet protector.

Please address any application questions to:

Marilyn Williams

Community Arts Grant Administrator

Marilynw@sccarts.org

480-874-4663.

Official notification of grant awards will be mailed by July 2012.

Grant funds are to be expended for activities occurring between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.  A final report must be submitted to the Scottsdale Cultural Council within 90 days of the project completion date or by September 30, 2013 whichever date is earlier.  The report must delineate expenditure of funds and describe the success and challenges of the project. 

 Eligibility

• Applicant must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts or cultural organization;

• Applicant must have its primary place of programs or business located within the boundaries of the City of Scottsdale, or projects proposed from organizations not based in Scottsdale must primarily serve Scottsdale residents;

• Applicant/organization must have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline.

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Click here for the 2012-13 Community Arts Grant Application in .pdf form.

Click here for the 2012-13 Community Arts Grant Application in Word format.

The Scottsdale Cultural Council, a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is contracted by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, to administer certain City arts and cultural projects and to manage the City-owned Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Scottsdale Public Art Program. The programs of the Scottsdale Cultural Council are made possible, in part, by the support of members and donors and grants received from the Arizona Commission on the Arts through appropriations from the Arizona State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.