STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: March 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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A resolution authorizing the guidelines for the Cultural Organizations Program within the Office of Arts and Culture to support cultural services in the City of Dallas for FY 2021-22 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)
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BACKGROUND
The Cultural Policy of the City of Dallas, adopted on November 28, 2018, provides that guidelines for the various Cultural Funding Programs will be submitted for review and approval of the City Council. This serves to affirm the artistic nature of services to be provided through these various cultural programs and to specify the review and selection process for cultural services.
The Cultural Organizations Program (COP) is the support program through which the Office of Arts and Culture contracts for a full season of cultural services with established non-profit organizations for a variety of cultural programs that include concerts, plays, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other cultural programming for the benefit of Dallas residents and visitors.
The FY 2021-22 COP guidelines are consistent with COP guidelines from previous fiscal years; the last major updates to these guidelines were made in FY 2019-20 to align with Dallas Cultural Plan 2018 priorities, including alignment to staff and board diversity goals, and resident panel evaluation of cultural programming in underserved neighborhoods around Dallas.
Updates made in the current proposed guidelines are:
* Removal of the requirement to submit audited financial statements for organizations with annual budgets under $500,000.00, in line with industry standards; the requirement to submit audited financial statements for organizations with annual budgets over $500,000.00 or holding long-term facili...
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