Arizona Administrative Code › Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 2 - Arizona Commission on the Arts › Article 2 - GRANTMAKING PROCEDURES FOR GRANTS FROM THE ARIZONA ARTS TRUST FUND › Section R2-2-201 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In this Article, unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
"Applicant" means an organization that applies for a
				  grant.
"Application" means the documentation and material that an
				  applicant submits to request a grant.
"Arizona Arts Trust Fund" means the fund created by A.R.S. §
									41-983.01
				  and funded with $15 from each annual filing fee submitted to the Arizona
				  Corporation Commission by for-profit corporations.
"Arizona Arts Trust Fund Grant" means a general operating
				  support grant that includes funds derived from the Arizona Arts Trust
				  Fund.
"Board member" means a trustee of a non-profit organization
				  elected or appointed according to that organization's bylaws.
"Commission" means the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a
				  state agency, consisting of fifteen members appointed by the Governor.
"Commissioner" means one of 15 Governor-appointed members of
				  the Commission responsible for the administration of the Arizona Arts Program
				  and the Arizona Arts Endowment Fund.
"Criteria" means the established and published standards used
				  to evaluate an application to determine whether a grant award is
				  recommended.
"Denial conference" means the method by which an applicant
				  that was not recommended for a grant may request a review of their
				  application.
"Fiscal agent" means any Arizona organization, designated
				  501(c)(3) tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service, that accepts grant funds
				  on behalf of an organization not meeting the nonprofit tax-exempt
				  requirements.
"General operating support" means a grants program
				  administered by the Commission that provides funds to organizations to be used
				  for administrative or artistic expenses, or both.
"Grant" means an award of financial support to an
				  organization, for the purposes requested in the application.
"Grant conditions" means specific requirements, agreed to by
				  the grantee in writing, that must be met or undertaken to receive a
				  grant.
"Grant deadline" means the published date by which an
				  application must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Commission to be
				  considered for a grant.
"Grant review panel" means a group of citizens appointed by
				  the Commission to review and make recommendations on public policy and
				  applications for grants.
"Grant review panel chair" means a Commissioner who serves as
				  a non-voting member of the panel to ensure that state law is followed and that
				  there is an open, fair process for the review of applications by the grant
				  review panel.
"Grant review panel comments" means documented comments made
				  by the grant review panelists during the application review process that become
				  the public record of the process after the final grants are awarded.
"Grant review panelist" means an individual serving on the
				  grant review panel.
"Grantee" means an organization receiving grant funds.
"Guidelines" means information published annually describing
				  the Commission's grant program, including the application process, forms and
				  formats, eligibility requirements, and criteria.
"Legal requirements" means the federal and state standards
				  and regulations including those regarding fair labor, civil rights,
				  accessibility, age discrimination, lobbying with appropriated monies,
				  accounting records, and other published requirements to which organizations
				  accepting a grant must adhere.
"Match" means an applicant's financial contribution to a
				  project, in addition to a grant, that demonstrates the community support of the
				  project.
"Non-profit organization" means a school, governmental unit,
				  or corporation that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
				  Internal Revenue Code.
"Substantial interest" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									38-502.
"Underserved populations" means persons who are members of
				  ethnic or racial minorities, have disabilities, or are from communities outside
				  the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson.