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Colorado Creates - Deadline June 21, 2012

The purpose of Colorado Creates, CCI’s largest grant program, is to provide critical financial support that helps nonprofit cultural organizations and communities produce and present arts and cultural activities, bringing jobs to their communities and enhancing the quality of life. For Fiscal Year 201-12, 132 grants were awarded totaling $908,500 million, reaching 32 counties across the state.

Colorado Creates can stimulate creativity and support arts and cultural activities statewide by providing:

Access to grants that leverage other funds and provide a seal of excellence
Support for existing arts and cultural events and venues and arts education activities
Support in as many communities as possible
A more streamlined and standardized grant application
Access to general operating support

Colorado Creates awards are awarded annually on a competitive basis. Proposals are reviewed by panels based on three review criteria:

Artistic excellence and merit of proposed activities
Community involvement and benefit from proposed activities
Implementation capacity, such as effective planning, management, and budgeting of the organization and the project.

NEW THIS YEAR

The Deadline for electronic submission of the Colorado Creates Application is during the business day at 4:00 p.m. on June 21, 2012.
ALL support materials will be uploaded electronically through the Culture Grants Online (CGO) system; no hard copies of application materials will be accepted.
The customized version of the Colorado Common Grant Application form introduced last year has two added questions in which applicants can address the artistic excellence or merit of the project or the organizational services and explain financial statements. You are strongly encouraged to review the Colorado Common Grant Application User’s Guide click here.
This is the first year that applicants must “sit out” one year if they have received funding through Grants to Artists and Organizations or Colorado Creates for three consecutive years. You may check your eligibility with CCI staff before you start your application.

DEADLINE AND TIMELINE

Only online applications will be accepted. You must hit the “submit” button by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Your artistic work samples will be uploaded and submitted as a part of your application. No hard copies of work samples will be accepted.

The funding period is July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. Funded activities may begin any time after July 1, 2012.

Click on the Start Here button above for application Calendar and Grant Guidelines including Award Information, Eligibility, Application Review and Award Administration. Click on the To Apply button when you are ready to begin filling out the online application. Click on Application Tools for guidance and assistance in planning your project and completing your application.