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Contract Summary
The following pages relate to Clause
9 of the contract your organization signed in order to receive a grant
from the Ohio Arts Council. This material should be reviewed by both the
person signing the grant agreement and the appropriate marketing staff
of your organization.
It explains the legal requirements for crediting the OAC that your organization
is contractually obligated to fulfill. The OAC is referred to as the Council;
your organization is called the Grant Recipient. Failure to comply with
all terms of the agreement may jeopardize future funding. Compliance with
these requirements will be reviewed when your organization requests grants
in the future.
If you are an individual grant recipient please read our For
Individuals page for specific requirements.
Using the Credit Logo
You must credit the Ohio Arts Council for the support it provides by using
the agency's current credit logo. The logo must be reproduced as a unit
without alteration. Each TIFF file is available in the largest appropriate
size for print materials. The logo with text may be downsized to no smaller
than 1" wide. The simpler version of the logo is for ads and postcards
only and is provided in the only size in which it is to be used. It may
not be reduced or enlarged (if you can use a larger logo we request that
you use the more descriptive logo with text). If you would like to use an
OAC logo for signs or banners and need a vector based file please email
Stephanie Dawson at stephanie.dawson@oac.state.oh.us
for an EPS file.
click here for access to the web-ready logo
[HTML code]
click here for access to high resolution print versions
of the logo
[TIFF files]
Promotional Materials
Grant recipients must give logo credit to the Council regarding all activities
that the Council funds. The logo should appear in such promotional materials
as newsletters, calendars, catalogues, brochures, flyers, posters, programs,
postcard announcements, newspapers, programs, films and other media forms,
electronic transmissions, including Internet sites regarding all activities
for which Council funds are used. Organizations that receive support from
the OAC's Sustainability Program must provide the aforementioned credit
in all promotional materials.
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Programs
Credit must be given on the title page of all programs printed by grant
recipients in a font size not smaller than 8-point. The Council also must
be listed in the donor category that is most appropriate to the level
of financial support that the organization received from the Council.
Sustainability funded organizations with budgets of more than $1.5 million
also must do the following:
- Performing arts organizations and organizations that print event programs that
receive $75,000 or more in total OAC funding in any fiscal year shall provide one full
page of advertising space in all season programs. The Ohio Arts Council will provide
camera-ready art.
- Performing arts organizations and organizations that print event programs that
receive less than $75,000 in total OAC funding in any fiscal year shall provide one-half
page of advertising space in all season programs. The Ohio Arts Council will provide
camera-ready art.
While they are not required to use one, organizations with budgets of
less than $1.5 million that receive Sustainability funding may request
a camera-ready ad from the Ohio Arts Council to use in their programs.
For Arts Learning Residency sponsors credit must appear on the program,
or flyer used in residency-related events. In lieu of a written program,
verbal credit should be made during the event. See "Providing Written
or Oral Credit" section.
Educational Materials
Logo credit must be given to the Council in all educational materials
distributed in association with any Council-funded program or exhibition,
including brochures, pamphlets, flyers, postcards, etc. Organizations
that receive Sustainability support also must provide the aforementioned
credit in their educational materials.
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Print Advertising
Logo credit must be given to the Council in all print advertising placed
by a grant recipient that is 10 column inches or larger. Billboard advertising
must include the Council logo. Any advertising, regardless of size or
length, placed by a grant recipient that credits a specific funding source
also must credit the Council. When the financial support of the Council
comprises the largest share of multiple sources of financial support for
a project, performance or exhibition, acknowledgment of Council support
shall be proportionally more prominent in the printed, audio and video
materials, publicity and advertising than acknowledgment of other sources
of financial support. Residency sponsors should adjust size and placement
to be appropriate to the advertising design. Organizations that receive
Sustainability support must provide the aforementioned credit in all ads.
Electronic Advertising
Logo credit must be given to the Council in all electronic advertising
including television and the Internet. Organizations must use the OAC
credit logo on their websites along with a hyperlink back to the OAC web
site. For Sustainability support, the OAC credit logo must appear on the
front page of the organization's web site or on the web page designated
for donor recognition that corresponds to the OAC-funded project. When
the financial support of the Council comprises the largest share of multiple
sources of financial support for a project, performance or exhibition,
acknowledgement of Council support shall be proportionally more prominent
in the electronic advertising than acknowledgement of other sources of
financial support. Residency sponsors must credit Council in all advertising
that is residency-related.
Providing Written or Oral Credit
Exhibition Signage
For any exhibition presented with funding from the Council or for organizations
that receive operating support, exhibition wall text must include the
Council listed with other major public, private and corporate sponsors,
in proportional order of the size of contribution. If there is no sponsors'
list in the wall text a placard must be placed at the entrance to the
exhibition crediting the Council as follows:
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program or organization
with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence
and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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Promotional Appearances and Newspaper Interviews
During television and radio appearances by representatives of the grant
recipient, oral credit must be given at least once during a broadcast
to acknowledge the support the grant recipient received from the Council
toward its project or program. The grant recipient also must acknowledge
the Council's support in any newspaper interviews about the grant recipient's
programs.
News Releases
News releases must credit OAC support, using the credit paragraph
printed above.
Oral Credit
When written credit is not applicable, in cases where there is no printed
program, oral credit shall be given before each event or performance.
Non-written announcements apply to radio broadcasts and audio descriptions
for people who are hearing impaired. If an announcement is not feasible,
a sign must be placed at the entrance to the event crediting the Council
as follows:
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program or organization
with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence
and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Organizations that receive Sustainability support also must provide the
aforementioned credit.
The Council reserves the right to negotiate additional requirements regarding
credit and publicity case by case.
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Collaborators
Organizations that are official collaborators with the primary grant
recipient must comply with the aforementioned requirements. The grant
recipient is responsible for informing all of its collaborators about
this policy and seeing that they fulfill these obligations.
Co-Sponsorship
Programs that are co-sponsored will have additional, specific publicity
requirements, depending on the program at the time of negotiation. Under
no circumstances may a grant recipient state or imply that its programs
and activities are sponsored, co-sponsored or presented by the Council
without expressed, written consent from the Council.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the requirements outlined
in this contract please contact Jami
Goldstein in the OAC's Public Information Office.
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