Amount Available for Granting in FY 2012
$4,002
Applications for field trips are accepted. (Formerly known as PASS applications.)
LCC Program Guidelines (PDF)
The postmark deadline for applications is October 15
Funding Priorities
Preference will be given to Ayer-based non-profit organizations and local artists/humanists for projects that will benefit the Ayer community.
It is recommended that applicants based outside of Ayer collaborate with or secure the sponsorship of an Ayer organization/institution/individual. Evidence of collaboration or sponsorship, in the form of a letter from the Ayer entity, must be attached to the application.
Local Guidelines
Mission
Ayer Cultural Council's mission is to promote, nurture and maintain the vitality of the cultural resources within the Ayer community. With the annual Grant from the state, our role is to distribute the funding appropriately to support various activities that would enhance cultural awareness in the Ayer community.
Eligibility
The wide range of supported activities includes a broad variety of art forms, ongoing work of individual artists and writers, collaborative projects on literature, and historical as well as environmental education.
Criteria
Applicants can be:
Arts, humanities or interpretive science organizations; Individuals including artists, science educators, historians or other humanists, parents, community members, etc.;
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. Individual applicants are required to be Massachusetts’s residents for at least one year; organizations must be organized and operating in the state of Massachusetts for at least one year.
Procedure
Applications musts be submitted on the official application form. Application forms are available online at www.massculturalcouncil.org . Completed applications must be received or postmarked by Oct. 15 or the next business day should the 15th fall on a weekend or holiday. Send application and support materials to the Ayer Cultural Council, 1 Main Street, Ayer, MA 01432.
Applicants must submit one set of supporting materials. Not necessary but helpful are letters of support/commitment from sponsoring organizations.
Conditions
Projects must demonstrate their relationship to the town.
Projects must be completed within one year of the date of final written notice of grant award approved locally and by the state.
Events and activities must be held in physically accessible facilities.
Payments are on a reimbursement basis after the project is completed. Payment requests must document expenses with invoices, canceled checks, receipts and/or contracts.
The sponsoring group or individual must acknowledge LCC support in all published materials and announcements regarding the LCC supported event. The MCC logo is available at the MCC's website, www.massculturalcouncil.org or by contacting the MCC. The credit statement "This program is supported in part by a grant from the Ayer Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency." may be used as well. Failure to comply may jeopardize future funding.