Project Grant Checklist


For complete application, call the Cultural Services office
480/350-5287 or print narrative and budget


Application package contents

  • Completed Applicant Data and Signature
  • Completed Narrative (maximum 3 one-sided 8 1/2 x 1 pages)
  • Balanced and Accurate Project Budget.
  • Project Partner Tentative Agreements or letters of Agreement from project partners and artist(s)   listed in project budget. (State financial agreements and specific contributions/services to this project.)
  • One-page resume/biography of each proposed artist
  • Signed Project Grant Application Checklist

Items for organizations (not schools)

  • A copy of applicant organization's IRS 501(c)3 Letter of Determination
  • A copy of organization’s first page of last year's filing: "Corporation Annual Report" with the State of Arizona Corporation Commission, and the accompanying financial statement.
    (This annual report with financial disclosure is required of all non-profit organizations registered with the Arizona Corporation Commission.)
  • List of organization’s staff with job titles
  • List of Board of Directors with affiliations and addresses

Optional materials to document the artistic quality of the project. City of Tempe staff will make these materials available to panelists at the review panel meeting.

  • One (1) of the following: slides, cassette, CD or videotape (no originals, duplicate copies only). Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returning these materials.
  • If submitting an audio or video example:
    - Limit your selection to 2-3 minutes
    - Cue your taped example to an appropriate section
    - Label and briefly describe the context and date of event
  • If submitting slides:
    - Limit your submission to no more than ten (10) 35mm slides
    - Label each slide in the order you want it to appear
    - Include a list of slides submitted with artist's name, title, date artwork was completed, dimensions, and art medium
  • Any attachments which support the application, such as brochures, educational materials, manuscripts (for creative writing) or publications. Include no more than three examples.
  • Send grant application to ~ city of Tempe Cultural Services, 3340 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85282-5404. 

Postmark deadline: April 7, 2008
(Late applications will not be accepted.)


Questions
Edna Vihel Center for the Arts
3340 S. Rural Road
Tempe, AZ 85282
Telephone: 480/350-5287