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Please see the complete guidelines and eligibility requirements at: stpaul.gov/CulturalSTAR. 

An applicant is only allowed to be awarded funding from the Cultural STAR Program once in a calendar year, except Saint Paul-based nonprofit organizations located outside the Cultural District, which may apply twice per round, and receive funding up to two times per calendar year - once for projects taking place outside the Cultural District and once for projects taking place in the Cultural District.

An applicant may receive funding for an organizational development/special project three years in a row, and then must take a year off.

Under the Minnesota Data Practices Act, the following data, when submitted by an organization requesting financial assistance, are private or nonpublic data: financial information, including credit reports; financial statements; net worth calculations; business plans; income and expense projections; balance sheets; customer lists; income tax returns; and design, market, and feasibility studies not paid for with public funds. Except as noted in the following sentence, the above-referenced data become public when financial assistance is provided. The following data remains private or nonpublic even if financial assistance is provided: business plans; income and expense projections not related to the financial assistance provided; customer lists; income tax returns; and design, market, and feasibility studies not paid for with public funds.

The City of Saint Paul is requesting certain private or nonpublic data for the purpose of providing financial assistance through its Cultural STAR Program (the “Program”). You are not legally required to provide any private or nonpublic data; however, if you do not provide the requested data, you will not be eligible for financial assistance offered through the Program.  Private or nonpublic data will be used by City staff to administer the Program. Private or nonpublic data may be provided to the state or legislative auditor and can be shared upon court order.