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a) 054 PURPOSE. To.allow for the decentrali- - development. In addition,to qualify as £Y NORTH CAROLINA q fy ,ARTS allNC1L zation of state grants decisions and to an LDA,an organization must meet the provide a system of annual arts funding following standards: to every county in the state. • Grassroots 1. It must exist primarily to aid the arts. DESCRIPTION. The Grassroots Arts L Its purpose must be to support all Arts Program,g Program is a partnership program art forms,induding the performing,vis- between the Council and the communi- ual and literary. ties of the state.The State of North 3. Its programs must be open to the Distribution' Carolina provides its major support of entire community,and it must actively " local arts projects through this program seek the involvement of all parts of the Through local � by allocating funds to the•counties on a county. - Distributing: ' per capita basis. 4. It must be a non-profit,tax-exempt Generally funds are distributed in a organization. Agents (LDAs) county by an organization which is 5. It must be governed by a citizen W nominated by the county.commission- • board which is not self-perpetuating. (A ers and approved by the Council as board is considered not self- Local Distributing.Agent(LDA).The •perpetuating if its members are elected LDA is the Council's partner in making or appointed by persons other than the grants to local arts organizations for arts board members themselves and if its development. Local projects should be members serve terms limited in number supported through Grassroots funds and duration.) rather than other Council grant catego- 6. It must have been incorporated and ries designed for specific needs.Corn- active for at least one full year prior to munity arts organizations should deal being nominated as an LDA. directly with their LDAs when seeking.. 7. It must be able to demonstrate Grassroots funds.for local projects. administrative and financial stability. In counties which do not yet have 8. It must be able to match Grassroots LDAs,interested organizations should Arts Program funds at a'ratio of one-to- apply directly to the State Council for one with public and/or private funds portions,of their counties'allocations. from within the county in which it is located. -*NOMINATION. The Board of Corn- - - missioners of each county may nomi- COUNTY PLAN. Annually the LDA will nate one organization which,if prepare a plan for the distribution and approved by the North Carolina Arts expenditure of that county's funds.The Council,will become the official LDA plan must be designed to assist in the for that county's Grassroots Arts Pro- total development of the arts in that gram funds. county and should be the product of a It will not be necessary for the corn- careful process which includes provi; missioners to repeat this process annu- sions for public input into the use of ally and the official LDA will remain so funds.The planning process should until such time as it no longer meets the consider the needs of individual artists, necessary standards as described below. established and emerging arts organize- The determination that an organization tions,racial minorities,and the general ceases to meet the necessary standards public. will be the responsibility of the North The plan will be submitted to the Carolina Arts Council. North Carolina Arts Council for review. Quality arts experiences should be Upon approval of the plan,the Council the primary goal of any organization will send the funds directly to the LDA. nominated as the LDA.The organization At the end of the funding period,the should be one which sponsors success- LDA will report to the Council on the ful programs and provides useful serv- expenditure of both the grant and ices to its county and is recognized by matching funds and will show that they the community for its leadership in arts were spent in accordance with the approved plan. ' - i continued