4.2. SR BEAUTIFICATION & PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE 11-20-2023

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Minnesota State Arts Board FY 2024 Arts Experiences Program Overview and Application Instructions page 4 tax-exempt or public fiscal sponsor. 2. An eligible organizational application must be all of the following. a. An organization, entity or group that is: − A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt arts organization; or − A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonarts organization that regularly offers arts programming as an integral part of its mission; or − A unit of state, local, or tribal government, or a public school; or − An arts affiliate of a nonprofit organization or public entity; or − An arts group without 501(c)(3) status applying with a Minnesota tax-exempt or public fiscal sponsor. b. Physically located in Minnesota. The majority of the applicant’s arts programming, services, or activities must take place in Minnesota, and must primarily serve and engage Minnesota audiences and participants. c. Have been in existence and actively providing arts programming in Minnesota as an important part of its mission for at least two years prior to the application deadline. d. Have at least one paid staff person in a position of artistic or administrative oversight. The paid staff person may be full-time or part-time, salaried or contracted. An organization may submit an application in only one of the following programs in FY 2024: Arts Education, Arts Experiences, Cultural Expression. Additional eligibility limitations for organizational applicants • For all applicants regardless of organization type, a program, division, or affiliate of an organization and its host organization cannot both apply for an Arts Experiences grant. • A nonprofit or government applicant that is not an arts organization must be able to separately identify its arts programming revenues and expenses from its nonarts financial activity. • An applicant that is an arts affiliate must be able to separately identify its arts programming revenues and expenses from its host institution’s financial activity. • Organizations whose main purpose is to raise funds for another person, organization, or cause are not eligible to apply in this program. • Any state agency, public entity, or nonprofit organization that receives a legislative appropriation or legislatively mandated grant from the State of Minnesota’s arts and cultural heritage fund for FY 2024 is NOT eligible to receive a FY 2024 Arts Experiences grant. Definitions • Applicant – Throughout this document and in the application forms, the word applicant means an individual artist or culture bearer, an arts nonprofit organization, an arts affiliate, an arts group with a fiscal sponsor, or a public entity that is applying for funding. It does not refer to the fiscal sponsor of an arts group without 501(c)(3) status or the host institution of an arts affiliate. • Arts affiliate – A distinct arts program hosted by a Minnesota public institution or nonprofit organization that provides arts programming or activities that primarily serve the general public, not the host institution and/or its constituents. The affiliate must have a citizen advisory or governing board that is independent from the host organization’s board. It must maintain financial statements that are separate from the host institution’s budget and must receive charitable arts support from multiple sources beyond the support it receives from the