Agawam Cultural Council
The Agawam Cultural Council is an all-volunteer local partner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and is funded, in part, by the MCC.
The ACC is charged with advancing the Arts in our community by dispersing state-provided monies via a grant application process. In addition, utilizing funds from our own fundraising efforts — including freewill audience donations — we have made it our mission to present a range of engaging, entertaining, and educational events open to audiences of all ages
from Agawam and the surrounding communities.
Contact
Bob Kadis
agawamcc@yahoo.com
413-789-4814
http://www.agawamcc.org/
Address
Town Hall
36 Main Street
Agawam, MA 01001-1837
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FY22 Allocation
$20,400
FY22 Local Priorities
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 5/1/2017
Local Guidelines:
a) Applicants must have a local Partner / Venue in Agawam.
����(A partial list of possible sponsoring venues in Agawam can be found here.)
b) The Agawam Cultural Council will also entertain grant requests from schools and youth groups to cover ticket and transportation
costs of field trips for school-age children.
c) The ACC will No Longer accept paper applications. All applications must be submitted online.
For details click here. For an application form click on the “Apply Now” tab.
FAQs:
Must applicant be a town resident? No
May institutions as well as individuals apply? Yes
Must the event be open to the public? Yes (Exceptions — such as schools or nursing homes.)
Must the project have a specified date? No
May the project have an estimated date? Yes
Must the project have a specified location or venue? Yes (Applications without an arranged venue will
go unfunded)
Is a letter of confirmation, support or intent from a sponsoring institution required? Yes
(for this purpose, “venue” and “institution” are interchangeable.)
Is a sample (or published review, etc.) of the artist’s work required? Yes
Must applicant or institutional representative be available to attend an ACC meeting after the submission period has closed, to answer questions about
the application that they submitted?
Yes
(If requested)
Additional guidelines: Questions should be sent to the ACC e-mail address at:
agawamcc@yahoo.com, or you may call ACC Chair Bob Kadis at (413) 789-4814, or send an e-mail directly to:
r.kadis@comcast.net
FY22 Local Guidelines
a) ACC Non-Dependency —
Because local council funding is not intended to be used as the sole source of funding for projects of a continuing nature, we encourage funding from other sources. In the first year of a particular program, we may elect to give a large grant. Over time, however, the percentage of the project budget coming from the ACC is expected to decrease. A good rule of thumb is that if the same project has been funded by the ACC at the same level for three years in a row, it violates the non-dependency criteria. When we say same project, we mean that the project has no differences or variations from year to year. A project may appear to be the same, but if it has a different theme, different people involved, or serves a different audience, it would not be considered to be the same project.
b) Applicants must have a Local Partner / Venue in Agawam. (A partial list of possible sponsoring venues in Agawam can be found here.)
c) Artists/applicants are not eligible during consecutive years.
d) The Agawam Cultural Council will also entertain grant requests to cover ticket and transportation costs for field trips for school-age children from schools and youth groups.
FAQ’s:
Must applicant be a town resident? No
May institutions as well as individuals apply? Yes
Should an applicant have a local or institutional sponsor? Yes
Must the event be open to the public? Yes (Exceptions — such as schools or nursing homes.)
Must the project have a specified date? No
May the project have an estimated date? Yes
Must the project have a specified location or venue? Yes (Applications without an arranged venue may go unfunded)
Is a letter of support from a sponsoring institution required? Yes
Is a sample of the artist’s work required? Yes
Are multiple copies of application form required? No (only 1 required to submit)
Are additional copies of supporting presenter’s resumes required? No (only 1 required)
Must applicant or institutional representative be available to attend an ACC meeting after October 15th to answer questions about the application that they submitted? Yes (If requested)
How Grant Recipients Are Paid
Reimbursement Grants
