This is a General Operating Fund for Saint Paul based arts and cultural nonprofit organizations, a one-time emergency relief program. Organizations MUST be designated as a 501c3 and enter a "Federal Tax ID" or Employee Identification Number (EIN) that can be verified as "Tax Exempt" by the IRS into this section of the application.

For "Application Title", simply enter your organization's name, or use a name that describes how you intend to use the funds if awarded.

There is no need to specify the requested award amount in this application, as funds will be awarded as follows:

PED staff will review and designate each eligible applicant as either located within the Cultural District or another district.

• The Cultural District pool of funds will be equally distributed amongst all Cultural District-designated organizations. Because of the larger funding pool required to be invested in the Cultural District, and the number of arts and cultural organizations estimated to be located within the Cultural District, award amounts are expected to be greater than $5,000.

For an organization to be designated as located in the Cultural District, at least one of the following must apply:

• • The organization’s address registered with the IRS for tax-exempt status (i.e. EIN) and/or Minnesota Secretary of State falls within the Cultural District; and/or
  • The organization owns or leases property in the Cultural District for purposes related to its mission; and/or
  • The organization has been awarded a Cultural STAR grant designated as a Cultural District investment between 2015 and 2019 (staff can be contacted to verify).

• For all other applicants, it is expected that more applications from eligible organizations will be received than funding available. $5,000 grants will be awarded on a randomly-selected basis. It is expected that about 53 grants will be awarded in this category, based on the estimated funding available of $264,000 from “Other Funds” (i.e. outside the Cultural District).

If fewer eligible applications are received than funding available, the funding will be equally distributed amongst the organizations in this category.

Please respond to every question. PED staff will review applications to determine eligibility. PED staff may request additional information or documentation.

PED staff may request additional information or documentation.

Thank you for applying to the 2020 Cultural STAR program's General Operating Fund. The initial staff review of your application indicates that your organization is eligible to receive a General Operating Fund grant. We have additional follow-up questions that we need you to respond to by TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 at 5pm in order to finalize our review for eligibility and grant award amount.

The City is supplementing Cultural STAR funding with CARES Act dollars. Grants utilizing CARES Act dollars cannot exceed the amount of eligible expenses or demonstrated loss of income, nor can the funds be used for expenses that have been or will be reimbursed under any other federal program, such as those detailed in #1 below. In addition, eligible expenses for these CARES Act funds must have been paid or incurred between March 1 and September 30, 2020. Funds cannot be used for estimated future expenses, under CARES Act requirements.

Grant amounts will be up to $30,000, and grantees will be awarded the maximum amount for which they qualify.