Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) Grant Opportunities
The Director of Regional Services at Arts United administers both the IAC (Indiana Arts Commission) grant program and the CPG (Community Partnership Grant) program.

Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) Regional Partnership Initiative
www.in.gov/arts/

In 1997, the Indiana Arts Commission and 12 community-based organizations jointly established the Indiana Regional Partnership Initiative, a collaborative project to enhance support for arts and cultural activities statewide, especially in underserved areas.

The partnership was developed to address issues that arose during the IAC's most recent strategic planning process: 1) the desire for easy access to quality technical assistance that would further the financial, managerial, and artistic development of arts providers, and 2) the desire for more local control in the allocation of state and federal resources for the arts.

Each of the 12 Regional Partner Organizations work in cooperation with the IAC to provide four "core" services to artists, arts providers, and arts consumers in a specific multi-county region of Indiana. The core services are: Cultural Planning, Grantsmaking, Information & Referral, and Technical Assistance. Regional cultural planning efforts began in 1998.

The Regional Partners use information about the needs of local artists, arts providers, and arts consumers to develop and provide services.

IAC Grant-making Philosophy
The Indiana Arts Commission and all Regional Partner Organizations recognize the importance of public financial support to sustain a wide variety of artistic disciplines and expressions within each region. Grants will serve as an incentive for developing and strengthening the capacity of communities to plan and implement quality arts activities. All funding decisions will be made in open processes that meaningfully involve citizens in decisions about how state and federal tax dollars will be used to support the arts in each region and statewide.

General Eligibility and Restrictions Eligibility
Organizations must meet four basic requirements to apply:
1. Must be either an Indiana public agency (part of city, county, or state government) OR a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt agency
    OR is a part of a larger Indiana public agency or tax-exempt nonprofit organization and has a separately identifiable
    organizational structure, governing body, and financial reporting system.
2. Private nonprofit organizations must be incorporated in the state of Indiana at the time of application, and have received
    recognition of tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In some cases, an eligible tax-exempt organization
    may act as a fiscal sponsor for an organization that has not yet secured federal tax-exempt status.
3. Have no outstanding overdue IAC or RPO Final Grant Reports.
4. Must be Indiana-based and have an Indiana address within the IAC regional area in which application is made. Nonprofit
    corporations that are based in another state must be registered in Indiana as a Foreign Corporation, have an IAC regional
    address, and provide arts activities in that region to be eligible.

General Restrictions
The Regional Partnership Initiative funding cannot be used for:
· cash reserves; deficit reduction, or deficit elimination
· events in private dwelling places or other locations not open to the general public
· consumable supplies and materials not directly related to the project
· capital acquisitions (purchase of artwork); capital expenditures (office equipment); restoration, or new construction of buildings
· costs of receptions, food, or beverages
· travel outside the United States
· indirect costs or underwriting for ongoing residencies or curricular programs in degree-granting colleges and universities
· activities not associated with arts programs and services
· projects to be delivered outside the state of Indiana
· project expenses outside the state fiscal year ( ie: July 1-June 30)
· activities that are solely for the purpose of fundraising; private functions, religious services, lobbying activities,
  or any non-public activity
· one application per organization unless it is acting as a fiscal sponsor

IAC GRANT INFORMATION
FY2009 IAC Arts Organization Support/Arts Project Support Grant Application (in three parts):
1). FY09 IAC Grant Guidelines (PDF Version)
2). FY09 IAC Application Form (Word Version)
3). FY09 Grant Application Appendix (PDF Version)

IAC GRANT MANAGEMENT
1). Required Funding Acknowledgement Information (PDF Version) or (Word Version)
2). IAC FY 2008 Final Grant Report Form (PDF Version) or (Word Version)
3). IAC FY 2009 Final Grant Report Form (Word Version)

ARTS UNITED GRANT PANELIST NOMINATION FORM (Word Version)

For more information contact Jan Shupert-Arick, Director of Regional Services at (260) 424-0646 or
jshupert-arick@artsunited.org.