Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority › Part XI - Arts and Culture › Chapter 301 - Iowa Community Cultural Grants (ICCG) Program › Rule 261-301.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following definitions shall apply when used in this
				  chapter unless otherwise noted:
"Advisory committee"
means the committee
				  comprised of at least three representatives from across the state with
				  expertise in the arts, history, and economic development. The advisory
				  committee shall review each application and make recommendations to the
				  director for funding of eligible projects.
"Application"
means an official ICCG
				  application form as provided by the authority.
"Authority"
means the Iowa economic
				  development authority.
"Community group"
means an Iowa nonprofit,
				  tax-exempt organization which is open to the general public and established for
				  the promotion and development of one or more of the following disciplines or
				  activities: the arts, history, culture, ethnicity, historic preservation,
				  tourism, economic development, festivals, or municipal libraries. "Community
				  group" shall not include a school, college, university, political party, labor
				  union, state or federal government agency, religious organization, church,
				  convention, or association of churches operated primarily for religious
				  purposes, or operated, supervised, controlled or principally supported by a
				  religious organization, church, convention, or association of churches.
				  "Community group" also shall not include any organization whose primary purpose
				  is to support any excluded type of organization.
"Director"
means the director of the
				  authority, or designee.
"Eligible activity"
means a qualified
				  festival; performing, visual, or literary arts project; historic preservation,
				  museum, tourism, or ethnic heritage project which will enhance Iowa's cultural
				  climate, and which will provide jobs for Iowans while serving the general
				  public.
"Eligible applicant"
means an incorporated
				  city in Iowa, county government, tribal council, or an Iowa community group
				  which is federally tax-exempt under United States Internal Revenue Code Section
				  501(c)(3) and incorporated under the Iowa nonprofit corporation Act. Iowa
				  community groups may apply for ICCG funds through a fiscal agent which is
				  federally tax-exempt and otherwise eligible to apply.
"Fiscal agent"
means an organization which
				  meets the definition of eligible applicant, and which serves as the legal
				  applicant of record, redistributes the funds to the intended receiver, and is
				  responsible for all published requirements of the ICCG program including
				  contracts, budgets, fiscal records, and reports.
"Grantee"
means any applicant receiving
				  grant funds under the ICCG program.
"ICCG"
means the Iowa community cultural
				  grants program as administered by the authority.
"In-kind contribution"
means a noncash
				  contribution provided by a grantee as a part of the grantee's matching share of
				  a project.
"Matching funds"
means those funds which are
				  locally contributed for the specifically funded project and which, when
				  combined with in-kind contributions, shall equal at least 50 percent or more of
				  the total project cost. Matching funds shall be provided by the eligible
				  applicant and shall not include any portion of another authority, Iowa arts
				  council, or state historical society of Iowa grant.
"Proposed project"
means an eligible
				  activity for which an eligible applicant has submitted a single application for
				  funding of a single project.