BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM - Doris DukePre-LOI informational webinars: August 2 and August 3, 2016...
Transcript of BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM - Doris DukePre-LOI informational webinars: August 2 and August 3, 2016...
DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ARTBUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM
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DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ARTBUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM
PROGRAM STAFF
Aly Solot, Program Assistant: [email protected]
Jeremy Williams, Webinar Producer: [email protected]
Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer: [email protected]
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DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ARTBUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM
Webinar agenda
Building Bridges Program mission
Program overview
Application process: timeline and deadlines
Grantee presentation: Rachel Cooper, Asia Society and Adrienne Dorn, The Cedar Cultural Center
Q & A
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PROGRAM MISSION
Goals
Rationale
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Global Muslim Population: DiversitySource: Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2010
Distribution of Muslims in the United StatesSource: Public Religion Research Institute and Social Science Research Solutions
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GRANTS OVERVIEW
$1.75 million to be awarded
Grants between $25,000 - $300,000
Grant period 1 – 3 years
Grant funding 75% of total project budget
Total grant request up to 25% of annual expenses
Past grantees eligible to apply; combined grants no more than $300,000
Operating expense budgets more than $100,000 eligible; $25,000 for arts programming
Grants awarded through competitive review process
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APPLICATION PROCESS
Two-tiered process, each tier needs to be completed to progress to the next
TIER 1: Letter of Interest (LOI) a brief, preliminary proposal
TIER 2: Full Proposal from organizations selected by the LOI review panel
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Key Dates
Pre-LOI informational webinars: August 2 and August 3, 2016
Letters of Interest (LOI) due: September 9, 2016 at 3pm EDT
LOI selections announced: week of October 24, 2016
Pre-Full proposal webinar: November 2, 2016
Full proposals due: December 9, 2016 at 3pm EDT
Grants awarded: February 2017
Funded projects start date: March-December, 2017
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Project Elements
Project design, structure, implementation
Organizational strengths to develop proposals
• Core capabilities
• Audience knowledge
• Resources
Projects may be
• New programs
• Existing project expansion
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Organizational Eligibility
One application
US-based projects
501 (c) (3) tax exempt status
Annual operating expenses more than $100,000; $25,000 arts-based programs
3 years of successful arts and/or media arts producing or presenting experience
Preference for organization size not a consideration once eligibility criteria are met
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Fiscal Sponsorship
Fiscal sponsorship option:
www.fiscalsponsordirectory.org
Arts service organizations examples:
www.fracturedatlas.org
www.nyfa.org
www.thefield.org
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Review Factors
Project vision and concept
Program quality and impact
Organizational experience and ability to implement
Organization’s financial stability
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DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM Projects and Areas Not Funded:
Requests from individuals Development, publication or distribution of books or reports Scholarly research or scholarly presentations Historically focused initiatives Production or distribution of a single film will generally not be competitive A single performance by a single artist’s production Single artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theater and multi-disciplinary performing arts
are available through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Arts Program:
http://www.ddcf.org/Programs/Arts/Initiatives--Strategies/Artistic-Creation-and-Distribution/
Development and installation of exhibitions. Associated public education programs are eligible
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Grantee Presentation
August 2nd: Rachel Cooper, Global Cultural Programs Director,
Asia Society, New York, NY
August 3rd: Adrienne Dorn, Executive Director
The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Webinar attendee questions
FAQs: On website
Additional Questions
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For further information: www.ddcf.org/Programs/Building-Bridges
Questions about logistics including, deadline dates, online submissions or any technical issues may be addressed to
Aly, [email protected]
Any additional questions about the program may be addressed to:
Zeyba, [email protected]
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