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 (e.g., food and beverages for openings, receptions or benefits).

	4.	Fundraising efforts (e.g., 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 includes a public component, when appropriate.

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

	9.	Applications that use as a match funds from other OAC 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 Arts Partnership program.

    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.

    7. Applications for operating support from arts organizations that are receiving support from the legislature through a line in the state's operating budget during the same fiscal year in which legislative support is available.

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.

This section of Guidelines is available as a PDF for you to download and print out if you prefer to read it offline. You must also read Appendix A: Legal Requirements if you plan to apply for OAC funding. A PDF of the complete version of the Guidelines is available in the Introduction.

PDF of Funding Restrictions (67K)
PDF of Legal Requirements and OAC Rules (67K)
PDF of Appendix E: Credit and Publicity Responsibilities (182K)

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