Strategic Plan 2006-2010

Strategic Funding Frameworks

Strategic Funding supports public benefit and public participations, responds to artistic growth and authenticity; reaches a broad range of artists, organizations and communities; reaches those who articulate goals and demonstrate progress; provides leverage and learning to the applicant and is distributed through transparent, accountable and streamlined processes.

Grantmaking takes place in the following areas:

• General Operating Support

• Project Grants

• Arts Learning

• Artists

1. Funds reach those with a commitment to artistic growth and authenticity for the creator and the participants.

2. Funds reach those who articulate clear and measurable goals.

3. Funds reach those who produce evidence of progress.

4. Funds support activities that generate public benefit and public participation.

5. Funds reach those whose management capacities demonstrate healthy and appropriate business practices.

6. Funds encourage risk-taking and innovation that is appropriate to the community.

7. Funds support the arts-related needs of organizations and schools, providing a foundation for their work in community.

8. Funds encourage teachers, administrators, school boards and parents to include learning in and through the arts as part of the school/district mission, policy and practice.

9. Funds provide professional development for organizations and artists. community.

10. Funds are spread broadly (attempting to reach all Arizona counties), to reach many and varied communities.

11. Funding is progressive: more is given to small organizations in relationships to their budget than large.

12. Funding provides leverage to obtain other funds.

13. Funding processes are as streamlined and barrier-free as possible while maintaining accountability and credibility.

14. Funding processes should be designed, where possible, to provide benefit to the applicant by building in learning opportunities and diagnostics to assist them in their own progress.

15. Funding processes give priority to rural organizations, ethnic-run organizations and organizations primarily serving people with disabilities.

16. Funding processes are transparent to applicants and the public.

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