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SUBJECT: Ora <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 4, 2014 <br />County Arts Grant Recipients <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts <br />Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Copy of Awards to be Distributed <br />Spring 2014 Grant Awards Spreadsheet <br />"Specific Attendee List to Follow" <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 -a <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Martha Shannon, Arts Commission <br />919- 968 -2011 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and nonprofit organizations receiving Spring <br />2014 Orange County Arts Grants. <br />BACKGROUND: In the spring, the Orange County Arts Commission awards grants to local <br />nonprofit organizations sponsoring arts projects using funds received from state government <br />through the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. In 1985 the Orange <br />County Arts Commission was designated by the BOCC — and approved by the NC Arts Council <br />— as the Local Distributing Agent (now called Designated County Partner) to award state <br />Grassroots Arts Program funds to nonprofit agencies in Orange County. <br />Grants are awarded for arts programming in all arts disciplines for artistic merit and benefits to <br />the residents of Orange County. Each recipient must match the grant amount in order to <br />receive funding. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The $30,951 in state funds awarded to the Arts Commission in FY2014- <br />15 — for Arts Commission purposes and for granting to outside nonprofit agencies sponsoring <br />arts projects — represents a pass- through of state funds. As always, grants to individual artists <br />are paid from County funds allocated by the BOCC for local arts grants during FY2014 -15. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local <br />recipients of the awards during the September 4, 2014 meeting with the presentation of checks <br />by the Board Chair. <br />