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If you've received a grant from us during this funding cycle, please remember that all LCC grants are reimbursement based. You must complete the project for which funding was approved BEFORE requesting payment of the grant amount from the Shutesbury Cultural Council. Please submit a reimbursement request form, accompanied with documentation that the project occurred (receipts, cancelled checks, program books). Once we approve the reimbursement request, we will then forward it to our town accountant for payment. The earliest date that a grant recipient may request reimbursement is January.
Amount Available for Granting in FY 2013
$4,150
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
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, 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 residents for at least one year; organizations must be organized and operating in the state for at least one year.
IN ADDITION:
LCC Grant Applications are used to bring a broad range of cultural event to our community, such as performances, artsists in residency, lectures or demonstrations.
Field Trip Applications are to be used if you are requesting money for K-12 students' field trips to cultural performances. Admission to the event or institution must be $12 or less. For example, you are taking a group of Shutesbury students to see a performance and are requesting financial support. You may request assistance from the Shutesbury Cultural Council for ticket reimbursement and transportation.
Local Guidelines
The purpose of the Shutesbury Cultural Council is to promote and maintain the vitality of local cultural resources and to ensure these resources are shared within the Shutesbury community. The Council is committed to funding a diverse cross-section of activities. We support a broad variety of art forms, the ongoing work of individual artists, environmental education projects, collaborative proposals that bring together artists and other types of organizations, local cultural groups and projects that serve specific populations -- youth, elders, low-income, disabled.
Applications are evaluated in terms of several review criteria: artistic or creative merit; project design; qualifications, dedication and track record of the individuals and organizations involved; physical accessibility of any facilities being used; and community benefit/involvement. 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. Shutesbury-based applicants are given preference over those from out of town. The council will carefully scrutinize repeated requests; such proposals should show other sources of support to show the project is not dependent solely on council funding.
Here is a list of guidelines for you to follow when submitting an application to the Shutesbury Cultural Council:
1. Applications must be postmarked by October 15.
2. You may use the application form available on this website. We do not have a form unique to the Shutesbury Cultural Council.
3. Please submit only one copy of your proposal (and please request to the MCC to streamline their process to include applying online!).
4. Your application must state, as explicitly as possible, the ways in which your program will benefit the Shutesbury community. Please remember that this must include a public benefit component as well.
5. The Shutesbury Cultural Council requests additional information be limited to one item.
6. The event must take place between January 1 and December 31 of the following year.