Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 665 - State Council on the Arts › Chapter 20 - Grants and Certification › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Cultural Facilities Grant Program › Section 665-RICR-20-00-1.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of these Regulations, the
				 following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Applicant" means a private non-profit
				 organization that has non-profit Internal Revenue Code,  26 U.S.C. §
												501(c)(3)  status with the IRS.
2.
				 "Council" means the Governing Body of the Rhode Island State Council on the
				 Arts, an agency of the State government as described in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				 42-75.
3. "Cultural Arts and the
				 Economy Grant Program" means six million dollars ($6,000,000.00) of the
				 Creative and Cultural Economy Bonds to be administered by the Rhode Island
				 State Council of the Arts pursuant to Chapter 80, Article 2, §
											1(6)(a)     of
				 the 2020 Rhode Island Public Laws and allocated to two (2) Rhode Island
				 non-profit arts and cultural organizations that are specifically identified as
				 recipients of designated amounts of the Creative and Cultural Economy Bond
				 funds, as well as grant recipients that will be identified through a
				 competitive grant process.
4.
				 "Cultural Facilities Grants Program" means a competitive grants program set
				 forth in Chapter 80, Article 2, §
											1(6)(a)(3)     of the 2020 Rhode Island
				 Public Laws "[f]or 1:1 matching grants to be allocated by the Rhode Island
				 State Council on the Arts to 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural organizations which
				 lease or own their performance space, and for RISCA's expenses in administering
				 the program."
5. "Creative and
				 Cultural Economy Bonds" means approved 2021 State ballot question that
				 authorizes the State of Rhode Island to issue general obligation bonds,
				 refunding bonds, and temporary notes in an amount not to exceed seven million
				 dollars ($7,000,000.00) to fund capital improvement, preservation, renovation
				 and new construction projects for public and nonprofit artistic, performance
				 centers, historic sites, museums and cultural art centers located throughout
				 the State of Rhode Island.
6.
				 "Cultural facility" means a building which shall be used primarily for the
				 programming, production, presentation, exhibition of any of the arts and
				 cultural disciplines. These disciplines include music, dance, theatre, creative
				 writing, literature, architecture, painting, sculpture, folk arts, photography,
				 crafts, media arts, visual arts, and programs of art museums. Civic buildings
				 and libraries are not considered cultural facilities, but identified areas
				 within these structures specifically designated for the production,
				 presentation and exhibition of the arts may be eligible for support.
7. "Director" means the Executive Director of
				 the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts as described in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 Chapter 42-75.
8. "Matching dollar"
				 or "Matching funds" means actual cash or in-kind contributions raised and
				 designated for the purpose of matching a grant award from the Cultural
				 Facilities Grant program. Match must be on a 1:1 cash or in-kind basis as
				 determined by RISCA, and must be documented in a manner established by RISCA.
				 Matching funds may include private funds donated or loaned to the Grantee by a
				 financial institution or community-based lender and designated for the project,
				 or Federal or municipal appropriations. Funds appropriated by the State of
				 Rhode Island or previously awarded through either the State Cultural Facilities
				 Grant Program or State Preservation Grants may not be counted as part of the
				 Match. Matching funds may NOT include operating funds.
9. "Named recipients" means the two (2) Rhode
				 Island non-profit arts and cultural organizations that are specifically
				 identified in Chapter 80 of the 2020 Rhode Island Public Laws as being
				 recipients of designated amounts of the Creative and Cultural Economy Bond
				 funds: specifically, Trinity Repertory Company (two million five hundred
				 thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00)); and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
				 and Music School (one million five hundred thousand dollars
				 ($1,500,000.00)).
10. "Non-profit
				 agency" means a group or organization which has qualified as a tax exempt
				 public charity under the Internal Revenue Code,  26 U.S.C. §
												501(c)(3)  formed for the purpose of developing and promoting the work of artists in
				 various visual and performing art forms such as music, dance, theatre, film,
				 sculpture, painting, photography and the visual arts, multimedia, poetry, and
				 performance art.
11. "Renovation"
				 means to restore a facility to a better state, through repairing or
				 rebuilding.
12. "RISCA" means the
				 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, an agency of the State government as
				 described in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-75 that is authorized to administer the
				 State Cultural Facilities Grant Program. This term shall also apply to any
				 contractor engaged to manage any aspect of this program under the direct
				 control of RISCA.
13. "State
				 Cultural Facilities Grants" means competitive grants awarded from the two
				 million dollars ($2,000,000.00) in funds identified in Chapter 80 of the 2020
				 Rhode Island Public Laws under Article 2, §
											1(6)(a)(3)"Other funds to be
				 allocated by RISCA as, "For 1:1 matching grants to be allocated by the Rhode
				 Island State Council on the Arts to 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural organizations
				 which lease or own their performance space, and for RISCA's expenses in
				 administering the program. In awarding such grants RISCA shall take into
				 account financial need, the availability or actual expenditure of matching
				 funds for the projects, available gifts or grants for projects, the amount of
				 square footage to be improved, the geographical location and characteristics of
				 audiences benefitted."
14. "State
				 Preservation Grants" means competitive grants administered by the Rhode Island
				 Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) to "provide funds to
				 cities, towns and non-profit organizations to preserve, renovate and improve
				 public and nonprofit historic sites, museums, and cultural art centers located
				 in historic structures in the State of Rhode Island.