FUNDING RESTRICTIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS

The OAC cannot fund the following activities, organizations and expenditures:

Activities-General

	1)	Applications to eliminate or reduce existing deficits.

	2)	Interest expenses paid on loans or debts.

	3)	Hospitality expenses, such as food and beverages for openings, receptions or benefits.

	4)	Fundraising efforts, such as social events, benefits and entrepreneurial activities.

	5)	United Fund drives or joint arts funding campaigns.

	6)	Applications for projects that primarily present political, denominational, religious, or sectarian ideas or projects that enhance the property of religious institutions.

	7)	Arts activities that are essentially recreational or therapeutic, except when the focus of the activities is on art-making led by professional artists and/or includes a public component.

	8)	Applications for arts activities that have already begun or have already occurred.

	9)	Applications that use as a match funds from other Ohio Arts Council programs or funds from re-grant programs supported by the OAC.

	10)	Applications for out-of-state travel, except for professional development, conferences or workshops.

	11)	Requests for artists' fees when information about the artists and samples of the artists' work have not been included in the support materials.

Academic Activities

       1) Scholarship assistance for academic credit.

    2) Programs of public and private schools, including school districts, affiliates, colleges and universities that are not designed to involve the general public; this restriction does not affect the Artist Express, Artist in Residence and Arts Partnership programs.

    3) Applications to support salaries and overhead of public and private schools, college, university and government agency staff, and faculty and operations.

    4) Projects that are primarily for academic credit.

Organizations-Specific Situations

       1) Applications from organizations not incorporated in Ohio and/or not located in Ohio.

    2) Applications from organizations whose membership and participation policies do not comply with nondiscrimination laws.

    3) Applications from organizations that are requesting or receiving funds from other OAC programs to operate the same or a similar program in the same fiscal year.

    4) Applications from organizations that did not submit final reports within the time required for the preceding fiscal year.

    5) Applications from organizations acting as fiscal agents for individual artists.

    6) Applications from organizations where programming and facilities do not meet or exceed federal ADA requirements.

Equipment and Capital Expenses

1) Brick and mortar activities and capital improvements, except in the Individual Excellence Awards.

2) Equipment purchases exceeding $500, except in the Individual Excellence Awards.

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