Section 665-RICR-20-00-1.3 - DefinitionsA. 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.665 R.I. Code R. 665-RICR-20-00-1.3
Amended effective 9/5/2021