[TheForge] Grants? OT:

[ries]

NO money goes "unclaimed".

There is no mysterious grantmaking organisation with a chest full of  
leprocan gold.

Most state grants go thru the state arts commissions, or similar state  
agencies, and they are always getting ten times as many applications  
as they fund.
I have been on juries, as a volunteer, helping to decide who gets  
money, both for government agencies, and for non-profits- for  
instance, in the State of Washington, we have a non-profit called  
Artists Trust, which a friend of mine founded. It is entirely  
shoestring- a few government grants, but mostly tiny private  
donations, often from other artists- no hidden billionaires.
It gives grants of $1500, and to decide on the 6 or so our panel  
awarded, we looked at the work of hundreds of artists. This is about  
average.
They give away one $10,000 grant, to a woman artist over 60, every  
year, and for that one, they consider many candidates as well.

In California, the State Arts gave out, I believe, about $1 million  
last year for artists in schools, to 130 schools. I would bet 5 times  
that many schools applied for the money.

There are similar grants available for historical sites and museums-  
and they are usually hotly contested for, and never as much money as  
the recepients would like.

Especially these days, money is very tight. The National Endowment for  
the Arts has a budget about 1/3 that of Military bands, and most of it  
goes to big city art museums, opera, ballet, and symphonies.

Ries
On Mar 8, 2009, at 12:01 AM, Grant Marcoux wrote:

Folks:  Regarding grants, they seem to be given out under the rubric of
education, community service or heritage related activities.  I'm no  
expert,
but it is my understanding that HUGE amounts of money go unclaimed  
yearly
because no one knows of the particular grants and none apply for the  
funds.

I think there are lists of grants that are compiled, but I don't know  
how
they are listed.

Regarding insurance for blacksmithing activities, most educational
institutions are self-insured.  For my classes, I use a hold-harmless
agreement which has passed judicial scrutiny.  California broadly  
recognizes
assumption of risk, other states may differ.

I'd be interested in hearing other folks experiences in these areas

Grant

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if they're already in the net,
they can't rise to the bait.

GRAF wrote:
>
> Jonathan Barnhart wrote:
>>  I tried looking around on the net and so far they mostly seem to  
>> be for
non profit organizations.
>
> Okay, no body else has risen to the bait, and I just can't take it any
more.
> You are talking about a blacksmith shop right?
> So what is the problem?
>
> Mike Graf
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