​0:00
time to join this webinar we wanted to just have an opportunity to walk through
0:07
some of the guidelines about around the opportunity fund and
0:13
have an opportunity to answer any questions you might have thank you for your interest in the
0:20
opportunity fund we are um you know excited to see what you are
0:27
all working on and you know hope to have the opportunity to be a part of it so
0:34
um we just have a really kind of short presentation of a few slides a lot of it
0:39
is information you've seen since you have taken a look at the website and
0:45
submitted a letter of interest but wanted to just take a few minutes to
0:51
walk through that and I would I'll just highlight kind of the things that I see as the key pieces of information but
0:59
then we will definitely have um most of the time available for
1:05
um you know to to hear your questions and do our best to answer them so
1:11
um we will go ahead and start and
1:16
Bria maybe we should start with um our introductions
1:22
sure yeah I guess we have a small enough group that we can do some introductions right um so so maybe I'll start and I'll kick
1:29
it over to you Emily and then maybe we can just have people pass pass it along so I'm Priya
1:37
sarkar arts and culture officer with the city of Charlotte and I work with our arts and culture
1:44
Advisory Board to oversee the infusion fund which is what this opportunity fund is a part of as well as overseeing a the
1:53
development of a comprehensive arts and culture plan for Charlotte and Mecklenburg uh and I'm joined by my
1:59
colleague Emily thank you Emily I'll turn it over to you
2:04
um hi I'm Emily kunzey I work in the city manager's office and I am helping Priya um with the opportunity fund
2:12
applications and um and The Advisory Board so welcome everybody
2:19
um I just really wanted um you to introduce yourself for you so I don't know if we need to do a whole round but you know what let's do a quick
2:27
round robin because it's I think one of the nice things about these is that we all get to know each other and some of
2:32
us may know each other and others won't so how about um just because we have a small group maybe just a quick introduce
2:38
yourself and what maybe what if you're an artist or if you're with an organization that's applying okay I'm
2:45
gonna throw it to Ann Lambert and then Anne when you're done um throw it to someone else
2:51
hi I'm Anne Lambert I represent Charlotte South Broadway on this call and I'll throw it to Stephanie Soto
3:01
hi I'm Stephanie Soto and I'm uh the founder of creative minds mobile and
3:08
we're a startup a company trying to uh showcase art and film in
3:16
underrepresented areas and I will send it over to Carlos Alexis
3:29
like hello can you hear me yes okay sorry I just got to my office
3:36
and I'm trying to you just got me when I was trying to switch between the phone and the office
3:43
um but I'm Carlos Alexis Cruz I am uh oh my God who am I I'm in the the uh
3:49
producing artistic director of the new visit circus project and uh I also am
3:55
the new director for a graduate programming Community Center practices at UNC Charlotte
4:02
and if somebody can if there is anybody else because I can't see anybody else in this in my phone that would be good you
4:08
can pass it yeah all right so my name is Marcus Smith I
4:14
am the founder of gold mine creative which is a brand that wants to give
4:19
um artists creatives entrepreneurships a platform kind of almost like a sponsorship so that they can shine and
4:25
do what they do and I would like to pass this to Donald Peters
4:32
hello I'm Donald Peters um I am a local artist I work in the area
4:41
of ceramics um and I'll pass it to
4:46
I don't think Friday Jones is gone hi my name is Friday Jones I'm an ace or
4:53
an artist creative entrepreneur and I make music and help other artists develop their personal Brands and I will
5:01
pass it to Nigel Malone hey this is Nigel Malone I'm the founder
5:08
of colorful noise and I host a free audio engineering
5:13
classes for the non-profit I'm working with Wilson
5:19
stem it's a middle school um in a low-income area but you know I'm
5:25
planning to offer introductory to audio engineering and music production classes on to them
5:33
and I'll pass it to you or let me see if I can see some people
5:39
uh
5:45
well I can't see anyone so if anyone wants to go
5:51
oh sorry on the audio so I can't see anyone but
5:58
my name is Crystal Hampton so glad to hear all of you and I represent I'm the
6:05
founder of Jill's connection and jump 3.0 we are new here to Charlotte
6:10
offering holistic services to the community for Community enrichment as
6:17
well as for uh youth United for offering Youth Empowerment programs and
6:24
Performing Arts so thank you for having us
6:36
or Cheryl that's fine it's fine I just I can't really see um many names either
6:41
but I'm Cheryl Wade I am a volunteer mom I am the booster club president for
6:46
tough High School's um theater uh program and we are a part
6:51
of CMS and I'm just jumping on and trying to see we are extremely underfunded
6:57
um unfortunately CMS does not offer any funding to the Performing Arts so we're just kind of out here on our own trying
7:03
to find creative ways to um get some funding
7:08
hey I just want to hop in on that note can y'all hear me okay
7:14
yes yes okay good sorry I I'm I'm trying to multitask a mom as well here so and
7:21
uh going to the gym while doing this so uh my name is Kathleen Finch and I'm the president of Charlotte Street Art
7:27
collaborative our mission is to help artists attain and maintain maintain the
7:34
sustainable living in the Arts do workshops and events that are free to those who come in and also be a grants
7:41
we're able to pay the artist because exposure is a dirty word we need to
7:47
start thinking more in the Realms of paying artists for what they do yes exposure helps but you know new New
7:53
Logic new way of thinking um regards to theater hey I'm sending you some love I hear about actors theater clothing
8:00
closing excuse me and it hurts my heart a little bit so but I just want to send some love to everyone out there and all
8:06
that you do and uh I'll send it to you okay see
8:12
till okay I'm Taylor Swift I'm the artistic
8:21
director and founder of moving poets and we do a whole whole bunch of stuff founded in Charlotte North Carolina we
8:28
exist in Berlin and in Charlotte now today we do work specifically focusing
8:33
on bringing together different cultures and art forms to tell stories
8:39
and I'll hand it over to Cheryl
8:45
see I think she already went
8:52
oh sorry who didn't go yet let me see because I only can see one layer on them
8:58
who didn't go yet if you ready Jacqueline I hand it over to Jacqueline
9:05
Jacqueline white um
9:12
can you guys hear me I don't even know no yes okay hey I'm Jackie white hi till
9:18
how are you I'm representing the open door dance Foundation we're trying to
9:23
enhance and create a black box theater for dance on Central Avenue
9:30
and now the next person hi my name is Gladys Knights and I'm the
9:38
director and founder of the holiday Wish Foundation um I'm also in East Charlotte so I'm
9:44
looking forward to meeting you um Jacqueline um our mission is to identify support
9:51
and extend visibility um and and uh
9:56
also funding to outstanding yet underfunded LGBT creatives leaders in
10:04
Grassroots organization organizations in the community
10:10
and I don't know if there's anyone who hasn't gone but you're welcome to go next
10:17
I'll I'll go if anybody can you hear me okay hello my name is PJ
10:24
Barnes I am the owner and founder of screw up TV and reel it up Productions we do sketch comedy short films and
10:31
whatnot but mainly right now we're focusing on our on our live shows we're trying to get more live shows here uh in
10:38
Charlotte uh in including a lot of the artists out here in the community we like to include local musicians improv
10:45
troops stand-up comedians and whatnot we're the only uh we're now the only sketch comedy troupe in Charlotte
10:51
um so we're trying to build that platform trying to get our increase run visit our
10:56
visibility and um overall bring bring some more laughter to Charlotte so
11:07
oh wow popcorn popcorn the next person um I'm I'm on the road so I can't I
11:13
can't search right now I'm sorry hey guys I can go if nobody else is left
11:22
can y'all hear me yes go for it okay my name is Cody Hughes I own redefine you media and we
11:29
are trying to eliminate the cost for small businesses in Charlotte to get uh branding videos and all the media they
11:36
need for uh just the social media that people use today we're trying to provide photos videos and anything we can to
11:42
kind of eliminate that pain for growing businesses
11:50
great let's see is that everybody has everyone gone if you haven't gone please
11:56
feel free to jump in and introduce yourself
12:03
I I didn't say anything about uh I didn't realize that that was a prompt but
12:08
um but in case you don't know uh new vasude is a social circus company addressing equity and bringing uh
12:15
communities together through circus Arts addressing social issues and yeah things that part that pertains to
12:22
all of us in the city of Charlotte great thank you
12:30
okay I think that's everyone but if anyone hasn't gone feel free to jump in and then of course if anyone else joins
12:36
well um pause so they can introduce themselves well thank you again for
12:43
being here and thank you for introducing yourself and sharing a bit about what you do and in in what capacity you're
12:50
participating on this call today um I'm gonna go through the uh
12:56
opportunity fund information um and again some of it uh or probably
13:02
most of it you know you've seen but I'll just touch on some things and if there are a lot of words on the
13:08
slide don't worry it's words you've seen on the website but we wanted to capture these you know um for this deck so that
13:15
we also have it you know as a kind of a leap be behind for anyone who um in future might you know need this
13:22
information and want to access this information so let's see if I can
13:30
I can decide okay so just briefly we'll do an
13:36
overview talk about the eligibility talk a little bit about the process and then the main thing is we'll
13:42
um keep the most of this time we have together for questions and answers
13:49
okay um so just briefly the uh the
13:57
opportunity fund is a I'm not going to read this to you also because you guys have read this online but the the gist
14:03
of the opportunity fund is that it is a subset of the infusion fund which is a
14:09
pool of funding that is uh a public-private partnership uh among the
14:15
city of Charlotte and private donors and the foundation for the Carolinas and as
14:22
you may know the infusion fund is a three-year fund and we're actually a
14:27
little bit into the second of the three fiscal years and so the opportunity fund is a subset
14:36
of that money that uh we are using to offer a
14:45
um a funding mechanism that is complementary to what else is available in Charlotte Mecklenburg so you know we
14:52
um have found that there are you know various funds that might be available
14:58
and some of them exist on a kind of a fixed Grant cycle others may not it may
15:04
not be clear you know how to access those funds and so the goal of this funding mechanism is to offer uh project
15:12
program and initiative support so these are not General operating funds but it's
15:17
support for specific projects programs or initiatives that
15:23
um and and to offer that support on a rolling basis so that means we are of
15:28
course you know taking in letters of intent uh on a rolling basis as you know
15:37
um it's because you've already sent those in uh and so it's not on a fixed
15:42
cycle but we're considering these on an ongoing basis while we have these this subset of four hundred thousand dollars
15:49
available this is the pool that The Advisory board has identified as wanting
15:56
to um you know offer through this mechanism and will basically offer these either
16:03
through the fall till December when we'll pause and kind of reflect uh in
16:10
terms of The Advisory Board looking at you know what what have we supported through this thus far what are we
16:17
learning from it what are what kinds of projects you're coming through
16:22
um and so the goal is to do that either when we reach December or when we have
16:29
allocated the four hundred thousand dollars whichever comes first um and you know at that point then The
16:35
Advisory Board will will reflect and you know assess the progress and you know
16:42
discuss what they like to continue with this
16:47
um mechanism in the spring or past the four hundred thousand dollars or would
16:53
they like to you know pause and you know do something else
16:58
um so uh so one of the things the key features of this is of course that it is
17:03
on a rolling basis which allows us to provide support in a more Nimble fashion
17:10
of course we know that you know Arts and Cultural projects and and programs don't
17:16
necessarily always um fit to funding cycles and so we wanted
17:23
to have a way to support things that is able to be more responsive to when
17:30
things are happening in the community and the other piece about this is that
17:36
it is available via open call so of course we do have eligibility guidelines just like you know any any kind of
17:43
mechanism but um we we do want to have this be
17:49
available via open call and so those are two of the key features and
17:56
um you know the projects and programs uh that are applied for
18:01
um you know need to begin by the end of this fiscal year which is by June 30th
18:07
of 2023 that's when our current fiscal year ends for the infusion fund
18:13
um and they uh they need to begin by then and they need to be completed by June 30th 2020 24 meaning that that's
18:22
the end of the infusion fed essentially so it's and some projects your project may actually just begin and end you know
18:28
really soon it might happen this fall and that's fine but we also know that some things kind of unfold over a period of time and
18:35
so that's why we've identified the range the time time frame as we have
18:41
um and so uh let me go to the next slide
18:49
and you can see here uh you know the the reason why we wanted to do the
18:55
opportunity fund there's a few reasons so again as I mentioned we know that projects and programs can happen really
19:00
anytime and a lot of times it may be that something doesn't fit with an available
19:05
funding source or funding opportunity so we're hoping that this mechanism will
19:11
help to fill some of those gaps in funding um and we also you know want to have
19:18
something that's available that isn't um uh you know necessarily requiring
19:24
sustained or unrestricted funding we know of course that that is really important funding and a lot of the
19:30
funding that the infusion fund uh provides is that type of funding but we
19:35
wanted to complement that with Project funding and then uh as you hopefully are
19:41
aware by now but if not uh we'll share with you that you know we are in the process of developing a comprehensive
19:48
arts and culture plan uh for Charlotte and uh we are you know
19:54
um in the early stages of that but we are in the process of listening to the community and doing a lot of research
20:00
and Analysis right now and that planning process is going to yield a plan that uh
20:06
is basically a vision and a strategy for supporting
20:11
um and cultivating arts and culture in the future and uh that planning process is going to
20:18
unfold throughout the rest of this fall and through the spring and we anticipate having a completed plan
20:26
um probably around May of next year but as we are listening to the community and
20:33
we're doing research and Analysis that is being uh you know facilitated by a
20:38
planning consultant team um we wanted to have something that
20:44
allows us to potentially test things that align with things that we're hearing uh or learning through the
20:50
planning process and this uh also is something that allows us to potentially
20:55
do that so there's a variety of things that could be funded through this opportunity
21:02
fund mechanism and you see some of those here this is not necessarily an exhaustive list but you know arts and
21:09
cultural experiences um organizational technical support and with that I want to just note again it's
21:15
not meant to be unrestricted General operations of an organization but if
21:21
you're doing a specific project or program or initiative and there's
21:27
something specific that relates to technical support or organizational support within that
21:34
um it could be eligible um and then uh there's of course
21:42
programming and collaborations and uh that is one that I will highlight that
21:48
the arts and culture Advisory Board is um for a long time has been uh talking
21:53
about the importance of collaboration um they're excited by the collaborations
21:59
that are happening and they're you know really have um expressed the importance of that
22:05
moving forward and wanting to support collaboration and incentivize that and
22:10
it also is one of the things we are hearing through the arts and culture planning process that is underway is
22:16
that that's a big area um an area that's a strength for Charlotte but also an area of Greater
22:21
opportunity so I wanted to just highlight that because that is also something that
22:27
um is part of the um you know one of the things that The Advisory Board will be evaluating
22:34
um as it evaluates potential um as it evaluates
22:40
so again here just noting that if these are restricted funds so again it's
22:46
um you if you're you know when you're submitting a full proposal after the LOI is deemed eligible the
22:54
um the full proposal will include a project budget form that lets us know
23:01
how you plan to spend these funds and also how they fit into the bigger picture of your project you know what
23:08
other fund funding are you expecting to raise or earn and how are you expecting
23:14
to spend you know that many as well so how does this opportunity fund Grant you
23:21
know if it is awarded how does that fit into the full picture um and so the uses of the funds are
23:27
restricted to the way that you propose to use them um and then again here you see a longer
23:34
list of the different types of things that could potentially be eligible as
23:40
long as it is you know for you know an arts and culture project programmer
23:46
initiative and it is for a specific thing that is um not uh General
23:51
operations for an organization
23:57
uh so eligibility and guidelines here again noting that
24:03
so here there is and I know with some of these there's been some confusion
24:08
um the in in terms of who can apply um it can be a non-profit organization
24:14
artist or group of artists or a creative business with a non-profit Fiscal Agent
24:19
or sponsor as the lead and the key with that because I think that that can be an
24:24
area that is a little bit um um sometimes a little murky is the reason we need to do that is that we
24:33
cannot give a grant to a for-profit entity
24:39
um and also the the grants themselves are dispersed by the foundation with the
24:44
Carolinas which is our financial partner for this and so the foundation for the
24:50
Carolinas they actually have you know restrictions by the IRS on whom they can
24:56
award funds to and so the grants that they make do have to go to a non-profit
25:05
organization or to be for um not-for-profit uh charitable purposes
25:11
essentially it's like if you go to their website they have kind of the language there about the the types of uses that
25:19
they can fund and so that's where this requirement comes from in needing to uh
25:27
be you know and not either be a non-profit organization or uh be uh you
25:34
know have a non-profit Fiscal Agent or sponsor as the lead and so then also if if it's a creative business that is part
25:42
of a say collaborative project um that that could be the case but you
25:49
would need to have a non-profit as the lead and it would need to be for you know charitable purposes or non-profit
25:56
purposes rather than kind of um simply you know a for-profit
26:01
um Endeavor um and we can come back to that when we get to the Q a if there's more questions
26:06
about that but for now I'll just go ahead and kind of um touch on the the rest of this information
26:13
um so the applicant can be located in Charlotte uh anywhere in Charlotte and Mecklenburg and then the project needs
26:20
to take place either completely in Charlotte Mecklenburg or primarily in Charlotte Mecklenburg so the key is that
26:26
this project really needs to benefit the Charlotte Mecklenburg community you'll see here again it's that time
26:33
frame starting by the end of this fiscal year and ending by the end of next fiscal year
26:39
um and then um if you I don't think anyone on this sort in this call is but if your
26:46
organization receives um annual General operating funds
26:51
through the infusion funds then your your organization would be eligible for
26:57
collaboration projects only so again that's part of um the the goal of incentivizing the
27:04
collaboration with other organizations and with artists and creatives
27:09
um but if you are not an organization that has received um annual operating support through the
27:15
infusion fund then you're you could apply for any of those various types of
27:21
uh projects or programs that were listed on the previous couple of slides
27:27
um and then the maximum request is uh up is fifty thousand dollars that said I know a question we often get
27:34
as well how much should I ask for um and so I'll kind of go ahead and
27:40
touch on that now my advice always is a couple of things one is certainly you
27:47
know look at what your whole project requires and you know be be you know
27:53
real about what you need to make your project happen um in the context of what it will cost
28:01
and what other um funding sources that you might have
28:06
or expect or be pursuing um and then the other piece is also
28:12
keeping in mind the um the pool of funds that are available so
28:18
I can tell you that you know of the four hundred thousand dollars that that you
28:24
know that's our pausing point for The Advisory Board to to reflect
28:29
um we uh as you may have seen a couple weeks ago we announced that you know the
28:36
awarding of the first two grants through this uh this open call
28:41
um and so currently and so those first two grants amounted to
28:48
um 85 So currently we're at we have 315 000
28:54
left of the 400 000. so um and you know we also have received a
29:02
lot of letters of Interest now we are going through them and as Emily said you know we are vet those to see what's
29:10
eligible and um depending on you know it may not be that all of the Lois are eligible but
29:17
you know just want to be transparent that as you might imagine there has been a lot of interest in this mechanism and
29:24
so just kind of keeping in mind how much do we have available
29:29
um and um thinking about the size of your request in context of that as well as
29:35
what you need to make happen
29:42
um so these are the guiding principles that hopefully you um um have seen on the website via the link
29:50
that that we had uh The Guiding principles were adopted by our arts and
29:56
culture Advisory Board back in January of this year and we really uh use these
30:03
to um you know to undergird all the work that we do we check in with these every
30:10
meeting every monthly meeting for a while we were having twice monthly meetings so we check in with them all
30:16
the time whenever we are looking at funding uh decisions we look at these
30:25
guiding principles and um you know with the uh with the two
30:31
projects that were have been awarded you know just recently as well as with two projects that we
30:38
kind of piloted this idea with last spring uh before kind of creating it
30:43
into a formal structure with each of those we really looked at this and
30:50
looked at exactly how do the projects align with these guiding principles and
30:56
you know specifically talk to that and kind of highlighted those guiding principles that the Project's aligned
31:02
with um as part of the board's consideration and decision-making process so
31:10
um you know as you've seen that's one of the key things that we we look at
31:16
because we do want to um you know for the opportunity fund for anything that is supported through that
31:22
to also align with these principles and it's not that um everything you know
31:29
has to come back it's um it's not that your project has to
31:34
align with all of them um uh but you know the greater alignment there is with these I think the more
31:42
um the more of a fit it's going to be with the goals of the infusion funding of the opportunity fund
31:50
so just a bit about how the process works um so you are you know kind of already
31:56
in that the first part of the process where uh our staff team are reviewing
32:03
the letters of intent and um vetting the projects for eligibility
32:09
and for you know to see if it seems to be a fit a potential fit with the
32:15
opportunity fund uh goals and guidelines and then so if if yes then it's that
32:22
stage of um being invited to submit more information
32:28
you may already have a lot of the information in your letter of intent but again there's definitely certain things
32:34
that we are that will help us um to get a good understanding of your
32:41
project or your program and um will help The Advisory Board to
32:47
understand whether it is you know a good fit and to make make their recommendations
32:52
um or and make the reward decision uh and so I don't think we have there's kind of a a lot of questions that we ask
32:59
regarding that and so if you've already received which I think pretty much everyone maybe on this call has
33:06
um uh your Loi has been um uh determined to be eligible so you
33:13
may have already received this information from Emily by email but in any case we are just today we did put up
33:19
an FAQ uh where we have also outlined the kinds of things that
33:25
um will help us um to assess the opportunity if you're including it in your full proposal
33:33
and so um note that the full proposal we don't have a form that's another one of the
33:40
there are a couple of things that we have done and again this is a bit of an experiment for us too but we are trying
33:46
to make the process easier um for for you all for folks who are
33:53
applying by having the letter of intent be pretty short
33:58
um just enough to give us an understanding of whether the Project's eligible so then the full proposal we
34:06
don't have a form for that which is providing the kind of information that will be helpful to us
34:12
to know um and so it doesn't have to be in any particular format and we know that for
34:18
some of you you're um you may already have materials that you've developed related to your project that cover a lot
34:24
of this and you you know we don't want you to have to put that into some other format just for this proposal
34:32
um so we um we're you know we welcome in you know
34:37
anything you may already have prepared that might answer a lot of the questions that we're asking and then maybe you
34:43
only would need to supply some supplemental information answering a few of the questions that maybe aren't
34:48
covered you know and what you already have for others of you you may not have um materials developed yet you might be
34:55
kind of at an earlier stage in your process for your project and that's fine too and so for you it may just make
35:02
sense to like you know create a Word document or whatever you know uh uh kind of document and just kind of answer the
35:08
questions um if you don't already have something developed that covers that information so we're hoping that by doing it this
35:16
way it'll be easier for you to share the information
35:21
um that said we do have a project form excuse me a budget form that is standard
35:27
that will definitely make it um uh it'll be helpful to us to have this
35:34
kind of form um to understand what your project budget is and so that is why we're
35:40
asking that you complete that form versus if you have the budget and some other some other fashion
35:46
um so then uh once we have your complete proposal materials including some things
35:53
like you know the proof of being a 501c3 non-profit or maybe it's a memorandum of
35:59
understanding with your fiscal sponsor and of any you know any letters of
36:04
support from if you have some key collaborators that you're participating in participating with and and you know
36:12
your project really depends on collaborating with those entities um you know having
36:17
a letter that from them saying yes we are actually participating in this project in this way
36:24
um so having those things and your project budget once we have all of that uh if we will those go to a working
36:32
group of The Advisory board that focuses on funding so they review everything and we'll discuss the proposals and
36:41
decide you know which ones um the what funding recommendations they'd like to make and then they make
36:47
those and they go to the full board uh and the full board would you know take those recommendations and
36:54
ask any questions they might have and then the full board would vote
37:00
um so that's happening on a monthly basis and
37:05
um and so we also have figured out a schedule on which we would
37:10
need to be able to do that so that folks have enough time to review the proposals
37:16
that you share and so that's also something that we now have as of today we've put that
37:24
on the website so that you can see when that is so again it's it's kind of like if you're able to send your complete
37:32
materials by the time that we would need them for this month great then we'll include it for this month but if you
37:38
need more time to get your proposal materials together and send it in that's fine too and it can go into the next
37:46
round you know meaning next month so it's it's kind of more about what works
37:51
for your schedule and your timing for your project or for your timing on assembling the materials
38:00
um and so go to the next thing here you go here's just a snapshot of what I just
38:07
walked through so you can see um kind of how this works
38:14
and we'll definitely do our best to you know get back to you as in a timely
38:20
fashion as quickly as we can following uh the decisions by the working group
38:27
and the full board
38:34
um and then here this is information you've probably also seen on the website so it won't read it to you but
38:40
um you can just see it's a lot of the things that I've already touched upon in terms of uh factors that The Advisory
38:47
Group will be taking into account you know um does the does the project seem to
38:55
align well with the goals of the opportunity fund and The Guiding principles
39:00
um and you know how feasible does the project seem to be to to actually you
39:07
know um Implement and uh though you know does the budget
39:13
seem appropriate does the level of their request the amount seem you know reasonable
39:19
um and uh you know any other ways that it might you know might it help inform the
39:26
cultural planning process or another key piece that The Advisory Board is really
39:31
interested in is does it address um access does it increase uh access of
39:39
say the general public to arts and culture or does it maybe increase access
39:44
for artists and creatives to a certain you know thing uh resource or services
39:50
or anything like that and so um understanding that will also be
39:56
Factor uh so also just some notes you know uh
40:02
it it's possible that uh the amount requested might not end up being you
40:08
know the amount that is awarded uh uh it could but um
40:14
you know The Advisory Board May uh May recommend funding at a different
40:20
level uh and that I think really the most likely Factor would be availability
40:26
of funds and the number of requests that we have and it may also have to do with
40:31
you know kind of looking at the overall picture of the full project budget
40:37
um and then uh I think the other the other pieces
40:43
um here you've seen or we've touched on and something just to be aware of is that after the project is done or when a
40:50
year has passed from the date of the award then we will um ask you to submit a
40:57
um a brief you know final report about the project to us and the descriptive
41:02
portion of that would would kind of just be more like you know how did it go what did you learn you know did anything go
41:09
differently than you thought um you know so questions along those lines and then there will be uh just an
41:17
updated version of that project budget form where you would fill in the actual numbers you know whereas at this stage
41:23
you're submitting proposed or projected budget numbers
41:31
um here's the schedule that I mentioned just a moment ago so you can see here
41:38
that uh for this month anything you know any letters of intent we're receiving
41:44
through today we will be able to um you know we're thinking of that as
41:51
sort of the last date by which we would need to receive the letters of intent so that then you know we can vet them and
41:58
turn around and invite um in a proposal you know and for you all I think you probably
42:05
um I recall correctly uh you've already submitted a letter of intent and so
42:10
you're now in that proposal stage uh and so here you can see that Thursday October 13th is the date by which we
42:17
need the full completed proposal materials in order to be able to include
42:22
them in this round and then you can see that um toward the end of next week is when
42:29
our working group would they'll be reviewing the materials before then but then they'll discuss the proposals that
42:37
are in this round and they'll make their determinations of what they might recommend and then The Advisory board
42:45
meeting for this month is on Tuesday October 25th it's from five or it's from four to seven PM
42:52
um and uh if you're not aware you know those meetings are public
42:57
um and so you're able to you know the public can come and attend the meetings
43:02
uh but so that would be the the meeting in which any uh grants
43:09
um that the working group recommends uh would be considered by the full board and if they feel ready to vote on them
43:17
they would vote on them that day and then you can see what the the timing
43:23
is for the next couple of months through December in case you end up not
43:29
submitting in this round but rolling over into the next
43:35
um and then one thing I'll just mention before we open it up for questions is that there is an element of you know
43:42
when you think about what this opportunity fund was created to try to help support and I was talking about
43:49
that um that factor of timing and timeliness and
43:55
um you know things that might not fit a cycle there there's an element of you know
44:01
this project or program might not happen but for this money
44:08
um we're kind of looking to try to offer support for things that
44:13
um either maybe they don't fit other funding Cycles in terms of timing or
44:19
maybe they don't fit the guidelines of other things that are available in
44:25
Charlotte Mecklenburg and um if uh if it's one of those and they
44:32
don't fit any of those things well okay we can see how this this would be the resource you know that that would be
44:39
available providing of course that it meets these guidelines um but there's also the possibility that
44:45
this your project might already have funding from some other sources some of the existing sources
44:50
um but maybe you have a funding Gap maybe there is some amount that you need to make up that isn't covered by those
44:57
other things whether it's other grants or donations or um or earn Revenue you know maybe you're
45:05
excuse me planning to earn a certain amount through ticket sales or merchandise or something like that
45:12
um so that is also um the kind of thing that this mechanism
45:17
is um designed to be able to support is when you sort of put together all the
45:22
money that you can through these other places or ways and this is something that plugs that Gap or helps you reach
45:30
your your total um so just wanted to note that because that is one of the factors as well that
45:37
The Advisory Board is looking for so with that I'm going to pause and take a drink and I'm going to
45:44
um and let me stop sharing my screen for the moment so I can see faces
45:53
um and let's open it up for questions
46:00
okay till I see your hands up go for it
46:07
okay just unmute it um just I was just looking at the eligibility guidelines and on there it
46:13
stated that the projects uh have to begin June 30th and end 2023 and
46:21
June 30 2024 that's not how I originally understood it I thought it could be ongoing projects that already gonna
46:27
happen soon from now they yes so they can't they have to start by June 30th 23 2023 meaning they
46:36
need to begin this yeah they need to begin during this fiscal year
46:41
so they have to start by June 30th 2023 yeah it's fine if they go past that okay
46:47
and then my next question would be since we have a project coming up very very
46:52
um soon already and um we have um basically some of the expenses of the
46:59
project will already occur before um the decision will be made
47:05
however the vast majority will occur after the decision that's been made I just want to make sure like when we look
47:11
at budget do shall we look at it as a total thing together or should be just rather focused on the ones that would
47:18
happen after the decision does that make sense so I think so let me let me answer the
47:25
question you tell me if I got it wrong I got got your question wrong so I think I
47:31
would say for your total budget when you're filling out your total project Budget on the form consider all the
47:38
expenses including ones you've already incurred and I would put the ones you've already incurred in the column that says
47:44
actual and that would be like there's you know there's uh if you if you have got the
47:50
form handy to look at um I meant to have that pulled up but I
47:55
don't have it handy I'll try if I get a moment but there's basically on the left half of the form is infusion funding and
48:02
the right half of the form is non-infusion funding and again that could be grants donations earned Revenue
48:09
your own money that you're putting into it meaning like you know the organization is maybe self-funding
48:14
something um so that's everything that would be on the right and of course each of those is
48:21
broken up into proposed and actual so I think anything you've already incurred put on the non-infusion side that is
48:27
actual you've already spent it and then I think you're also asking so if you're
48:33
seeking funding from the infusion fund um would you are you asking like should
48:39
you include all expenses including ones you've already incurred or focus on ones that you have yet to incur am I
48:45
interpreting your question correctly that that correct well just from the basically
48:50
um we assume that uh the decisions will be made on the 25th right uh the project
48:57
of course is already running because it start already like it opens to the public on the 27th already but that's
49:03
when when the major expense is going to happen right on that end but of course before actually that's when the bills
49:10
are coming in let's say like that the bills come in uh November 1st that's when all the big bills start coming in
49:19
but that doesn't mean of course that the project is already running you know it's like in a concrete case for us you know
49:24
we had like significant amount of money uh pledged that fell down due to divorce and this is just reality yeah oh well so
49:34
I would definitely say that I would say that in the in the proposal so that we understand what right like what the
49:41
circumstances are um so I think that in that case you could you could oh
49:48
sorry am I Frozen Can you guys hear me okay okay thank you thank you
49:54
um so I think that you you can certainly include
50:00
um you can certainly include uh
50:05
expenses you're already incurring in the request
50:11
um I think the part to keep in mind as you're kind of explaining in your
50:17
descriptive uh you know descriptive part is
50:23
um just that piece of you know but for this funding would this project occur so
50:28
in this case it sounds like the project will still move forward but you were expecting some funds that
50:35
aren't going to be that are not now coming through but you're almost to the date of the project so you're not going
50:41
to back out of the project now you're going to go through it and so I think making that clear will be important so
50:48
that the advisor board understands you know Why without you know X funding that and
50:56
some things I think that helps they basically I mean basically what it
51:01
comes down to is like like of course that uh since we have loads of artists involved in this one basically basically
51:07
comes down to where the the artist is going to be able to get paid a fair rate or if they're gonna like so many times
51:13
have to show the part of it because some part has moved out right yeah yeah I
51:19
think you you please uh go you know we do we
51:25
want to make sure you know we we do want artists and creatives to be paid for their work
51:33
and and time and labor and skills and so um I think that uh just just indicate
51:41
that when you're in the budget and the notes of the budget form as well as when you're describing you know the project
51:48
and specifically what you're seeking funding for uh and I think that should be fine
51:53
yeah yeah okay thank you okay sure okay let's see I think the next hand I
51:59
saw up is Gladys am I saying I'm sorry if I mispronouncing your name I know you
52:04
introduced yourself earlier that's okay my name is Gladys thank you ladies
52:10
um so I'm on the same mindset of uh till I believe that the pro the
52:17
um program or the funding was supposed to be for next year however we've began
52:23
we so I submitted a project for next year but uh programming is twofold like
52:30
we have a program that is in December and we have a program that's in the summer so
52:36
um so my question is although I applied for the program for the summer can at
52:43
this point Can I submit information and um it's pretty much the same thing we're
52:48
looking for funding for our artists we're looking for um technical support
52:53
um and so forth it's pretty much on the same mission
52:59
okay and that's for this December December it would be to December yes it will be for December and um you know I
53:07
would carry it for both because it's um pretty much the same Mission
53:12
um of providing funding and uh visibility for LGBT people of color in
53:18
the community like leaders and organizations and creatives so
53:23
um should I just focus on that the for the original program or can I
53:29
add in the program for December
53:36
certainly apply program that's happening sooner if you
53:43
still need funding for the December program if the December program is taken care of then I wouldn't focus on that
53:50
because again the the thing that the proposal would need to be demonstrating
53:56
you know for the advisory boards understanding is how is this particular money the um the grant through the
54:03
opportunity fund how is it essential to making this project or program happen
54:09
um so I think in that sense it's in terms of timing I think it's fine to apply for December and not summer since
54:15
that's what's coming up it really more depends on if you know it was December squared away already
54:21
um then maybe this this this grant isn't going to be the
54:27
you know um make that difference you know in the in the program happening if
54:32
it was kind of already underway and and um kind of squared away in terms of
54:37
resources so that's kind of more something for you to decide you know I think um and then with this with the
54:43
summer program if you were already going to incur uh expenses before the summer that
54:51
relate to the summer program you could you could still apply for things that you know are going to be you're gonna
54:57
have to pay for sooner than summer um and I think I would just say that my my sense is that with this with the
55:05
funds that are happening now The Advisory Board is likely to you know
55:10
prioritize things that are happening sooner you know what I mean like in terms of that timeliness factor
55:18
um they are probably going to look at okay what what is happening soon that
55:23
you know aligns with all these guidelines and eligibility and that are
55:28
um you know really you know this funding right at this moment is going to be the critical kind of deciding piece I think
55:34
that is going to be um that's going to be part of their
55:39
um consideration if that makes sense yes it does um where would I be able to get
55:45
that form the budget form that you just posted foreign
55:50
I'm sorry I sent you an email on September 27th and I just sent you another email in
55:58
case you didn't get that one okay I'm gonna check my SPAM as well okay all right
56:03
thank you sure and thanks Emily
56:09
um okay next hand I see is Kimberly
56:15
thank you so much uh teal touched on a lot of what I was um saying uh thinking in my head the only
56:23
thing that I wanted to know let me see here the only thing that I
56:29
wanted to know was is there a way like because we have an
56:35
event that's coming up but it's going to be right after it's when you guys make the decision on
56:41
October the 25th but part of it is still project planning that leads to the next event that will be in April but my
56:49
question to you is is there a determination factor that
56:54
happens um can you guys determine before The
57:00
Advisory Board meeting publicly um that you're going to award
57:08
um a grant I guess because it just kind of provides
57:13
a support mechanism behind those that are investing into the
57:18
project that's putting their personal funds into it just to make it happen but just say if it doesn't then you know
57:25
we're kind of like at a loss so I was just wondering is there like a commitment letter that could be received
57:31
prior to the award awarded date or is that's just it is just the awarded date of the day I
57:40
mean you guys take it to the board The Advisory Board they make a decision publicly if you're gonna get it and then
57:47
once it's made that's when you know if you have the grant or not right yeah
57:52
unfortunately there's not something we can do before because they don't even make the decision until they're in their
57:58
room together you know on that day so that's the soonest we even know if they're gonna do it okay okay and um
58:06
that's clear um for me and then all the other questions were
58:11
answered because it just it still it'll be a good setup for success for leading into the next project even though we had
58:18
this in mind for this one just we may not even do it because it's just like you're at the point
58:24
I've stretched myself too close yeah yeah
58:29
but thank you so much just all I needed to know certainly yeah thank you for the
58:34
question okay I see Friday's hands up hi Friday I feel like we get to see you like two or
58:41
three times a week it's awesome I know Friday for those of you who don't know Friday she has been in like so many of
58:48
our arts and culture planning Workshops the sector workshops so it's awesome I feel we haven't met in person but I feel
58:53
like we know each other I know we have that in person you were actually at Charlotte okay yes okay please go go for
59:01
it what's your what's your question no problem thank you and they're awesome meeting so if anybody in here hasn't
59:07
attended it's like really really really helpful just getting your voice out there and hearing other people
59:13
um but I had two questions so the first one was just a little bit of clarity on key collaborators so
59:20
um I think that I only have one but like the way that I'm designing this program I'd love to have lots of like guest
59:25
speakers or you know other people that can contribute so I wouldn't necessarily think of them as key collaborators I
59:33
have one organization that I think would be um really important but I just kind of
59:39
wanted to know a little bit more about that um and then the second question was fiscal sponsorship so I was approved for
59:47
fiscal sponsorship and that's the one that I put on my letter but now I may
59:53
have a different fiscal sponsor so I just wanted to know in terms of The Proposal
59:59
um and maybe this is more General like how different can the letter of intent be from your proposal with like details
1:00:06
like that where I might want to go with a local fiscal sponsor over like a
1:00:11
national fiscal sponsor sure um so I'll take the second question
1:00:16
first the fiscal sponsor no no problem you put like use the one
1:00:22
that you want to use for the for the full proposal of course you're going to
1:00:27
need the mem you know the mou or whatever the letter from them say yes we're going to be the fiscal sponsor so
1:00:34
that's fine if it's a different one um and then on the key collaborators
1:00:39
um just based on what you've shared um uh and I think I think I think Emily
1:00:45
you forwarded me this question earlier today too about key collaborators um that I think you're right that your
1:00:52
main organization partner is the one that we would like to have a mou from
1:00:57
that that just lets us know that yes you know this this project really depends on the partnership with this collaborating
1:01:04
organization so that's why we would we need to know that they've really signed
1:01:10
on right um and then if if the programming depends on
1:01:16
guest speakers as you said and those could change I don't think you need to
1:01:21
have an mou from every one of those like right now um I will say that if you definitely
1:01:27
have anybody lined up that has said yeah I'm down I'm I'm definitely gonna
1:01:32
participate it wouldn't hurt you know for to include a short statement from
1:01:38
them that says yes I'm I'm participating um because I guess I would just say this
1:01:44
is sort of just another you know kind of General um um thing to keep in mind is my
1:01:52
experiences the more so you don't have to have everything
1:01:58
figured out right now with the project however the more that is figured out the
1:02:03
easier it is for the Advisory Board to really see what you're envisioning and
1:02:09
to understand that it is feasible it is likely to happen so if that makes sense
1:02:14
it just sort of you know it's like lowering the risk that it may not happen it may not pan
1:02:19
out now that said we understand like these are projects and this is arts and culture and there's going to be you know
1:02:25
maybe some level of risk with that and The Advisory Board understands that but um it just helps you know the more you
1:02:32
do have situated if you can let us know then it it helps right it just kind of
1:02:38
strengthens the case that to you know to that this thing is going to happen you
1:02:43
know or likely to happen thank you that certainly answers sure sure
1:02:49
um and actually I think I see another question here from Gladys can you
1:02:55
elaborate on the type of collaborations you prefer um so sure you know I would say the
1:03:03
there are a variety of types of collaborations that the arts and culture Advisory board has discussed over the
1:03:09
last um several months you know I mean really since it got together last December
1:03:16
um I think the if if there's
1:03:23
I think that they would prioritize collaborations amongst different arts
1:03:29
and culture organizations or Arts and Cultural organizations and artists and
1:03:34
creatives you know like individual artists and creatives or groups um however they would also you know
1:03:42
um be open to collaborations between arts and culture and non-arts and
1:03:48
culture organizations you know maybe it's arts and culture with neighborhood organization or arts and culture that's
1:03:56
partnering with an education organization or you know someone I think the key is they are really going to look
1:04:03
at is this an arts and culture project or is it a something else project you know what I mean so I think they're all
1:04:09
certainly in my time you know have have seen different kinds of projects and programs and and that involve
1:04:16
collaborators that come from the arts and culture realm and collaborators that are in some other you know part of the
1:04:23
community um but sometimes the the project or program it sits more in the realm of
1:04:30
arts and culture and it's just them collaborating on something and sometimes it feels more like a something else kind
1:04:36
of project like not arts and culture her but maybe a little bit more like this is this this is more in the realm of Social
1:04:43
Service or it's more in the realm of fill in the blank and I think that what I've observed with this arts and culture
1:04:49
Advisory Board understandably is if when I think that if it's clear to
1:04:55
them that yeah this is an arts and culture project that's going to have a a greater likelihood of getting
1:05:01
recommended for funding and if it's the kind of thing that feels like it's maybe just a touch of arts and culture and
1:05:07
mostly something else then it's maybe going to have less of a chance of getting funded because the purpose of
1:05:15
the infusion fund is truly to support arts and culture that makes sense
1:05:22
um quick question uh regarding the collaborator um what if they're getting paid
1:05:29
does that matter oh yeah yeah in fact we have a thing um
1:05:34
um somewhere on the some are on the guidelines or the the evaluate the website where um we really want to make
1:05:41
sure that collaborators are getting compensated appropriately especially because we do we're aware
1:05:48
that unfortunately um there are times when uh maybe one call at one organization uh
1:05:57
doesn't get compensated fairly or you know they're just putting stuff in but not getting as much out of the
1:06:02
collaboration and another organization might be really getting more out of the collaboration and so we
1:06:08
um we really are encouraging collaborate collaborative projects to demonstrate
1:06:14
that the participants who are collaborators are you know a fairly fairly uh compensated
1:06:23
for what they're doing great thanks
1:06:29
um okay Kimberly I see your hand up I'm not sure that's from before yeah that was me yeah that was me so I had
1:06:37
submitted my application and um I was invited to this call thank you so
1:06:43
much for this information session I I didn't note
1:06:48
I noted the annual event but there's a series events so I didn't note the date of all of my events so I was just
1:06:56
wondering like I didn't get any information so I'm over here saying I didn't get it I didn't get an email so I don't know if
1:07:02
it's just because where I am at this point of review or anything of that nature yeah I think
1:07:08
so I because I I can't really I remember because we ran into each other at the coffee shop right and so I remember yeah
1:07:15
um so it's because of where you are in the point of review um and so I think let you'll hear from
1:07:22
us really soon I need to that's one thing where um I need to look at one thing I'm just
1:07:29
kind of looking back at your letter of intent um to to double check you know the the
1:07:37
eligibility um but yeah wanted didn't want you to miss out on this q a in case you know um
1:07:44
in case you moved into the next phase yes okay great I was feeling a little
1:07:49
something over here like oh my God what did I do and even So like um I feel
1:07:55
confident in what we are able to do with arts and culture here that is our intent
1:08:02
and helping to drive the ecosystem in that space um
1:08:08
but what I um and I'm again very appreciative of this
1:08:13
I I just wanted to be clear about you know your evaluation
1:08:20
process and you know if even if I were I'm confident you know I'm just being
1:08:25
positive but if you guys were to say no you didn't make it this time do you
1:08:31
share feedback um what you're looking for or what didn't you make like can you reapply you
1:08:37
know like just want to know about that too because I you know I just want to yeah yeah yeah
1:08:43
so yeah definitely believe in Sharing feedback um I think sometimes
1:08:49
um you know I mean in one case hopefully this conversation has been helpful just kind of clarifying some of the things
1:08:54
that The Advisory Board is going to be looking for and thinking about in the evaluation um of the of these opportunities
1:09:02
um and so yeah we can definitely provide feedback if the letter of intent isn't
1:09:08
um isn't uh accepted for the next phase or if the full proposal isn't awarded
1:09:15
um and in terms of reapplying I think it kind of depends on so yes as an
1:09:21
applicant if if the eligibility isn't an issue because of like
1:09:28
the applicant status meaning like for-profit and not working on a collaboration with a non-profit as a
1:09:35
lead then you could reapply um and but if the project itself is
1:09:42
um determined to be not a fit then I would not recommend reapplying with the same project but maybe there's a
1:09:48
different project that would be a better fit and so then you could reapply does that make sense
1:09:53
it does thank you so much sure I'm confident
1:10:00
that was my that was uh some something along the lines and I know we probably passed I don't even know until what time
1:10:06
we're supposed to go but at 5 30. that's okay we could do a couple more questions sure because my my question was that
1:10:13
because I know you know how hard you know this this board and panels don't mean to provide feedback is a tough
1:10:18
thing and um and you know and I'm thankful that that's a you know part of the the scope that you're deeming and
1:10:25
sort of like viable with this project um but definitely you know I think um I
1:10:32
I if like after the letter of intent which is eligible I mean like to reapply
1:10:38
with the same project in such a short period of time you know um I don't know if people are gonna see another
1:10:43
perspective or not so you know I had that same question um uh because technically we have like
1:10:49
you know three sides you know three openings to potentially like apply with the same project
1:10:56
um but but but also kind of like you know with previous experiences
1:11:01
understanding like how tough that actually would be to both being able to provide the meaningful feedback to
1:11:07
change fully and also how in that short period of time you can address the questions that you're being asked you've
1:11:13
been asked of to like change or bring a different perspective um I was going to ask for an example if
1:11:19
that has happened in the first round like you know but um yeah so that was it
1:11:24
well yeah so the first rounds um there were four proposals that were
1:11:29
considered because there were four complete proposals that were ready to go to The Advisory Board
1:11:35
to the working group I should say for consideration and one of them was determined to be not not a good fit and
1:11:42
that's why it was not um meaning it was kind of like uh up for discussion whether it was
1:11:48
going to be a fit or not and so that's why it went forward and then in conversation The Advisory Board felt
1:11:55
that it was not um and then two of them were recommended for funding and then the fourth one The
1:12:02
Advisory Board felt like they needed more some more information there were like too many outstanding questions
1:12:09
um to uh but they didn't want to decline it outright either and so we're basically going back to that
1:12:14
organization to ask for say hey you know the board had some questions I think in
1:12:21
term of the time the turnaround that you mentioned that kind of depends on the project too right like I mean I think
1:12:27
it's uh I think it's a good thing that The Advisory Board may come back to ask some more questions before making a
1:12:33
determination if they're not sure um but it does kind of depend on you
1:12:39
know maybe the project happens right away and there wouldn't be time for that or maybe the project there's a little bit more time and there would be time to
1:12:46
you know answer some questions so um for me that's kind of like a case-by-case basis it would just we'll
1:12:53
just have to see
1:12:59
any other questions yes I I do and I'm sorry I don't have my
1:13:07
face on there only because I just went to the gym and y'all don't want to see that so but uh I do have a question twofold
1:13:15
which may have been answered to some degree already but as far as the timing of the event we
1:13:23
have one larger event that we put on Charlotte Edge Fest and that event is is
1:13:28
on a specific date unless of course it rains and we have to fall to our rain date but we do also put on workshops
1:13:36
throughout the year so should I just focus on funding for one particular
1:13:42
event the larger event or could I include funding for the workshops as
1:13:48
well so I think if you include I would
1:13:57
recommend choosing one because if you are seeking funding for
1:14:02
multiple programs it I think it will start to Veer into the realm of
1:14:08
just kind of operating support for the organization's work you know what I mean which is not like a distinct project or
1:14:15
program which is what this is intended to support so I would recommend choosing
1:14:20
the one that you feel has the greatest alignment with the guidelines and The Guiding principles
1:14:26
and going for that one um as well as the one that maybe has the
1:14:32
greatest um alignment with that factor of this would not happen but for this money
1:14:38
like this opportunity fund Grant is critical to making this possible and so
1:14:44
I think yeah if you if you look at the two options that you're I would suggest which one fits better with with those
1:14:51
things okay that makes sense um the other question I had was related
1:14:56
to timing and again it's probably something that's been answered already I was I planned way in advance just
1:15:02
because it's a it's a big event we start officially planning in January but you know there's all these little things
1:15:08
that that start uh early on but um I reserved a date for July because I
1:15:14
thought it started on June 30th so is that still going to be okay or should I
1:15:20
try to change that I mean I would do the date that is going
1:15:27
to be right for your organization um you know I would not plan around this
1:15:33
funding um but you know the project does need to for for this for this grant the project
1:15:40
would need to um it would need to take place by June 30th
1:15:45
so so it has to have the project has to finish by June 30th or it needs to begin
1:15:51
by June 30th oh okay so would planning consist of Beginning by or no
1:15:58
because it's one specific event if you're incurring expenses sooner than
1:16:03
that then um I think that that would be eligible okay so I would have to pick a
1:16:10
date if I wanted it to count for the actual event itself because there are a lot of fees that you know involved like
1:16:17
for instance paying the artists as we talked about that which is exceptionally important um I would need to make sure that the
1:16:23
date of the event is prior to the 30th is that correct yeah I think that if it weren't prior to
1:16:30
this well again I don't want to tell you to choose your date based on this funding mechanism because also you're
1:16:36
hopefully look gonna be looking at other funding sources um but so I would never say basic base
1:16:43
your plans on us um but um in order I think that you would have
1:16:48
a greater chance of receiving support if the event itself happens before June
1:16:55
30th um and if it's if it's like a one-time event um and uh and also I think you know
1:17:03
again just noting that the board is going to be looking at projects like what's what's timely what's coming up
1:17:10
that really needs this funding now got it okay so I misunderstood that I apologize but thank you so much
1:17:19
sure absolutely all of a sudden everyone's faces went away so I can't see anybody sorry
1:17:32
Jill has a question okay not really I I'm not allowed to just throw a Shameless pitch
1:17:40
anybody who would like to join us on our upcoming The Little Prince Adventure uh at the
1:17:46
booth Playhouse um 27th of October through the 30th please shoot me an email I can also put
1:17:54
it in the chat and I'll let you know put it in the chat everybody put your that's
1:17:59
part of what this is all about Shameless self yeah put put your links
1:18:06
in the chat we can go to each other's things cool cool that's great okay I see Marcus's hand up
1:18:14
yes I'm sorry about that so quick question regarding
1:18:19
um the collaborations if you're not a non-profit but one of
1:18:25
your collaborations or your collaborators on the project projects are but that's still classified for the
1:18:32
funding yeah I think that would be fine but I
1:18:38
would I think they should be they would need to be the lead and it would need to be like a significant you know what I
1:18:44
mean like their role would need to be significant and it would end the and the the activities would need to be you know
1:18:52
demonstrated as like this is for a charitable purpose in terms of this Hearts back to what I was saying about
1:18:58
the foundation for the Carolinas so for example if it if it and I will I will
1:19:03
not name any names but I will say we did Emily remembers one of the first Lois we
1:19:09
got there it was very clearly a
1:19:14
it's just a for-profit entity and a money-making sort of you know operation
1:19:19
and it actually wasn't really our sin culture but in any case
1:19:24
um that wouldn't there's no way the foundation could cut a check for that like it's it just would violate their
1:19:30
IRS you know um standing so it it does have to be the
1:19:35
kind of activity that you know you would be demonstrating that it's uh you know
1:19:41
um charitable purpose or uh you know there's a public benefit to it or you know however it is
1:19:48
and I think for that as well um you know I would recommend if you're collaborating with a non-profit then it
1:19:55
might be best for the non-profit to be the applicant as the lead and you you
1:20:01
know you're still a key collaborator obviously so then you could submit the uh memorandum of understanding that
1:20:08
you're collaborating but um yeah I think that the um
1:20:14
the uh that's something the board would look at is okay so what kind of activity
1:20:20
is this what role is the non-profit playing and what role is the for-profit playing that kind of thing
1:20:26
gotch I appreciate it sure
1:20:33
all right any other questions
1:20:42
okay well hearing none um I will um just encourage you if you do have
1:20:49
other questions I I think everyone has Emily's email address or mine you know
1:20:55
through this process thus far so do you let us know
1:21:00
um and thank you again for taking time to apply to be interested in finding out
1:21:06
more about the opportunity fund thank you for all the work that you all are doing in community and
1:21:12
um yeah thanks for sharing about your work with us too we really appreciate it so hope this has been helpful
1:21:19
feel free to go back online if you're kind of you know want to refresh your memory about something we talked about
1:21:24
like Emily said this link is going to eventually go on the website probably in the next day or so and then we also have
1:21:31
added an FAQ to the website that touches on a lot of this stuff too including what would be in the full proposal
1:21:38
so thank you everyone and uh we'll we'll see each other at the
1:21:45
Little Prince I think take care
1:21:57
thanks Emily