Iowa Community Cultural Grant applications due May 1
For Immediate Release March 27, 2009
Grants support employment for Iowa arts, cultural and history workers
(DES MOINES, Iowa) – Iowa Community Cultural Grant applications are due at the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs administrative office by 4:30 p.m. on May 1, 2009.
ICCG grants are for Iowa communities and organizations seeking funding for fiscal year 2010 (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010). DCA is located at 600 E. Locust Street, Third Floor West, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
Guidelines and application forms for this grant program are posted on the DCA Web site, www.culturalaffairs.org. All applications submitted for the May 1, 2009 deadline must use the new forms and guidelines.
The ICCG program provides matching grants to support organizations and projects that provide employment for Iowans while enhancing Iowa’s artistic, cultural and historical resources. Projects include but are not limited to museum exhibits, historic restoration and archaeology projects; folklife and other festivals; public art or ethnic heritage projects; and performing arts events and companies.
Local governments and their subsidiaries, tribal councils, and nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations are eligible for cash-match awards that range from $1,000 to $25,000 to fund salary support for new, enhanced or contracted positions. All application, guidelines and criteria as well as a listing of previous year awardees are available at www.culturalaffairs.org (click on “funding”).
For more information, contact Riki Saltzman at Riki.Saltzman@iowa.gov or 515-242-6195.
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The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is responsible for developing the state’s interest in the areas of the arts, history and other cultural matters with the advice and assistance from its two divisions: the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council. DCA preserves, researches, interprets and promotes an awareness and understanding of local, state and regional history and stimulates and encourages the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in them. It implements tourism-related art and history projects as directed by the General Assembly and designs a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan with the assistance of the Iowa Arts Council to develop the arts in Iowa. More information about DCA is available at www.culturalaffairs.org.
