How to Apply - Technical Assistance

 

STEP 1: Find out if your project fits all our requirements

STEP 2: Download the application form:
(Adobe PDF version or MS Word version)

STEP 3: Submit all of the required materials

STEP 4: Submit by the deadline



ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

  1. Only not-for-profit, performing and literary arts presenting organizations and statewide presenting consortia in South Arts' nine-state region are eligible to apply. South Arts' nine-state region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.  For the purposes of these guidelines, literary arts presenters are defined as organizations that present writers for readings. 
  2. Presenting organizations must have not-for-profit, tax-exempt status or be an official unit of local, county or state government. Applicants must provide proof of not-for-profit or government status.
  3. All applicants must have a DUNS number. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a DUNS number. Find out more about the DUNS number and how to get one.
  4. All services must take place in South Arts' nine-state region (in the presenter’s state).
  5. Presenters must contract with an outside consultant (i.e., employees or staff cannot provide consultation activities).
  6. Presenters are limited to only one Technical Assistance grant per South Arts fiscal year.
  7. The project must take place between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.
  8. All grant recipients are required to provide accessibility for constituents with disabilities at grant-funded events. The National Endowment for the Arts has provided a resource, the Design for Accessibility handbook, to assist organizations in making accommodations. Please visit the Endowment's Web site.
  9. Presenters who have failed to submit final reports for any previous South Arts grant by the application deadline for this program will not be considered for funding in this grant cycle.
  10. Presenters who fail to properly acknowledge South Arts' and NEA’s support in programs and press materials may not be considered for additional funding.


PLEASE NOTE 

  • Technical Assistance grants are NOT transferable to other services. All changes in the services must be submitted in writing to South Arts before the project start date. Awards may be revised or revoked in light of such changes.
  • All South Arts grant awards require a dollar-for-dollar cash match. 
  • Applicants are eligible to receive up to 50% of the consultant fee as listed in the contract (subject to the noted limits). Special consideration will be given to presenters in underserved communities. Underserved communities include those communities in which people lack arts programs, services, or resources due to geography, economic conditions, cultural background, socio-political circumstances, disability, age or other demonstrable factors. The term “community” can refer to a group of people with a common heritage or characteristics, whether or not living in the same location.
  • All grant requests are subject to funding availability. Grants are awarded on a first come/first served basis until funding is depleted.


IN ORDER TO APPLY

Please submit the following:

  • Completed application form with original signature
    (Adobe PDF version or MS Word version)
  • One-page project narrative
  • A copy of the signed letter of intent or contract between the consultant and the presenting organization stating the services, date(s) and fee (signed by both parties)
  • A copy of the consultant’s resume AND client list
  • A copy of the organization’s 501(c)(3) letter or proof of government status
  • Self-addressed, stamped postcard for application acknowledgment


NOTE: South Arts staff requests that applications be bound by paper clips. Please do not use presentation folders, page protectors, etc.

Mail application materials to:
Nikki Estes
South Arts
1800 Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 808
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

 

DEADLINE

Applications must be postmarked at least 60 days prior to the project start date.  Applicants should request a legibly dated US Postal Service postmark (from a federal postal service center) or receipt from a commercial carrier. Privately metered postmarks will NOT be accepted as proof of timely mailing (Please do NOT risk ineligibility – make a visit to your local post office!).

South Arts strictly adheres to application deadlines and will NOT accept applications that are late, faxed, incomplete, or illegible.  Applicants will be notified of funding decisions in writing within four weeks of receipt, at which time grant contracts will be sent to funded applicants.  Contracts must be signed and returned within two weeks of their receipt.

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