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the National Standard for Arts Infor- GRANTING PROCEOURES matlon Exchange and help the North Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss Carolina Arts Councll inform the General proposals w~th the Councll staff prior tu Assembly of the ultimate beneficiaries submitting applications. Speclal assistance to of state arts funds. Recognizing that disabled appllcants is available on request. proposed program participation can only be estimated, please be as accurate at After appllcatlons are submitted, the Councl! possible and use these target percentages may contact the applicants to discuss the as a guide in future reporting, proposals. Applications are then presented to the Council~s Criteria and Grant Allocations Co~nlttee for review and recommendations. The FUNOING POLICIES Board of Oirectors takes final action on all 1. The involvement of racial minorities is grant requests. The staff may not discuss the an Important consideration in the CouncilJs decisions untll after written notification has evaluation of programs. Applicants are been made. urged to seek minority participation in When an organization is awarded a grant by the their projects. Rinority organizations are Council, it receives a contract letter and encouraged to apply to the Council. copies of regulations which must be agreed to 2. Grassroots funds must be matched dollar- as part of the contract. The contract will for-dollar with cash raised locally and specify the grant amount and budget of the spent for the arts in the applicant's project for which funds are being awarded and county during the same fisca! year for any special stipulatlons. Grant funds will not which funding is requested. ~atchlng funds be available to the grant recipient until the need not be in hand at the time of contract is signed and returned to the Councll application but can be anticipated. In- by the person who is legally able to obligate kind contributions cannot rerlace cash the recipient. for matching purposes, but_can be document- If the amount of funds granted is different ed as supplemental evidence of support, from the amount requested by an applicant, then 3. No funds received from the North the applicant must submit a revised budget Carolina Arts Council may be used to match before a contract can be prepared. another grant from the Council. In addition,Funds'must be spent only on the activities the same matching funds may not be used specified in the grant applicatlon. for more than one Council grant. The grant recipient is obligated to maintain ~.The Council does not make grants for.. complete and accurate records of all activities internal programs at colleges, universities, ._~ .~ .... ~ .L _ ~-__ corr~nunlty colmeges, or technlcam institutes 'records must be available to local, state, and Grants to these intitutions are.considered federal audit. The records are to be kept for only for programs that are community- based or generate area-wide arts involven~ent?tee years from the submission of the final reports, and if an audit is begun the records 5. Grassroots Funds may not be used for should be maintained until the audit is re- deficit funding or to hire permanent solved. Also, ibp grG~t:r ~ust aa~:r~ personnel, standard administrative and accounting practices. 6. The Council only funds organizations After funds have been awarded, the grantee must that demonstrate financial and admini- submit a written request and obtain approval strative stability. Incomplete appllcations before making any substantlal changes in the cannot be funded. Reports on any previous grant program. Any grant monies ~hich remain Council grants must be prompt and complete, unobligated and unspent at the end of the grant or ne~ applications can not be funded, period must be refunded to the Council.