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4 <br /> TOTAL <br /> NC Arts Council Funding: Grassroots Arts Program $25,508 <br /> NC Arts Council Funding: ARPA $35,001 <br /> Orange County Funding: Artist Support Grants $28,800 <br /> Orange County Funding: Outside Agencies $29,711 <br /> TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $119,020 <br /> Total dollar amount requests $158,497 <br /> Total grants awarded 38, or 81% of applications <br /> Total applications received 47, 45 eligible <br /> Total first-time applicants 12, or 30% of applicants <br /> 1 <br /> 2 The OCAC grant review and awards process is as follows: <br /> 3 <br /> 4 1. The grant application process is open for two months. Two virtual training sessions <br /> 5 occurred and the OCAC director was available for one-on-one meetings. <br /> 6 2. After the due date, OCAC staff conducts an initial compliance and eligibility review. <br /> 7 Applications found noncompliant or outside of the grant requirements are considered <br /> 8 disqualified. Eligible organizations are given a compliance score based on prior year <br /> 9 adherence to grant requirements such as logo usage and reporting. <br /> 10 3. Qualified applications are forwarded to members of each review panel for initial review <br /> 11 and scoring. This year's grant panels included the following: <br /> 12 a. Visual Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with visual arts expertise, as well <br /> 13 as one visual arts professional from the community. <br /> 14 b. Performing Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with performing arts <br /> 15 expertise, as well as one performing arts professional from the community. <br /> 16 c. Literary Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with literary arts expertise. <br /> 17 4. Non-governmental Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) applicants are also evaluated by a <br /> 18 Financial Review Panel who examine submitted financial documents to determine <br /> 19 financial solvency and stability. <br /> 20 5. Each panel met virtually to evaluate assigned applications. Feedback, first strengths and <br /> 21 then challenges, was offered by panelists and recorded by OCAC staff. After discussion, <br /> 22 each panelist submitted a score through the online platform for each of the categories <br /> 23 below. After all scores were submitted, the Director recorded the final score per applicant. <br /> 24 6. The scoring rubric for this year's grant program was as follows: <br /> 25 GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM - ORGANIZATIONS <br /> 26 Artistic Merit— 30% <br /> 27 Community Impact—25% <br /> 28 Program Management— 15% <br /> 29 Financial Review— 10% <br /> 30 NC Arts Council Priority of Funding — 10% <br /> 31 Compliance score (prior grantees only) — 10% <br /> 32 GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM - SCHOOLS <br /> 33 Artistic Merit—40% <br /> 34 Integration in curriculum/enrichment—40% <br /> 35 Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage — 20% <br /> 36 ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS <br /> 37 Artistic Merit—40% <br /> 38 Community Impact— 30% <br /> 39 Program Management—20% <br />