grants for community cultural development

Funding for service-learning in the arts?  Community-campus partnerships
involving the arts?

 Rockefeller Foundation Offers Funding for Community
        Cultural Development Projects

 Deadline: April 1, 2003 (first-round applications)

 A program of the Rockefeller Foundation's
 ( http://www.rockfound.org/ ) Creativity & Culture Divi-
 sion, the Partnerships Affirming Community Transformation
 program is designed to support U.S.-based community cul-
 tural development projects undertaken by artists and other
 cultural professionals in collaboration with community
 members to "express identity, concerns, and aspirations
 through the arts and media, building cultural capacity,
 and contributing to social change."

 In 2003, PACT seeks to develop the field of community cul-
 tural development by supporting projects that can become
 models for the field of community cultural development;
 have as an aim the strengthening of networks and sharing
 of knowledge among practitioners and theorists of art for
 social change; outline plans to supply training and/or
 leadership development for a new generation of community
 cultural development workers; and demonstrate commitment,
 experience, and innovation in asset-based community deve-
 lopment. Projects selected for funding will be those that
 most directly and comprehensively give voice to poor and
 excluded people; allow cultural democracy and exchange on
 an equal basis; provide a critical examination of cultural
 values; endeavor to frame public discourse; strive to
 effect change at the core of society; and explore or
 expand the social role of the artist.

 Because the PACT program is intended to encourage collab-
 orations involving community artists and other community
 members, applications should outline proposed partnerships
 and, to the extent possible, projected roles of, and
 relationships with, project partners. The grant applica-
 tion must be made by a tax-exempt organization that is
 a partner in the process and which acts in a fiduciary
 capacity as the formal grant recipient. All projects must
 be based in the United States.

 Grant amounts will range from $10,000 to $50,000 per pro-
 ject per year, depending on scope and need. Support may
 be requested for a period of between one and three years.

 Complete program guidelines and downloadable application
 sheets, as well as background information on the field of
 cultural development and lists of past and present PACT
 grantees, are available at the Rockefeller Foundation Web
 site.

 RFP Link:

 http://www.rockfound.org/display.asp?context=3&collection=0&subcollection=
 0&DocID=482&SectionTypeID=16&Preview=0&ARCurrent=1

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promotes health through partnerships between communities and educational
institutions.  Check out our website at www.ccph.info

Mark your calendar for CCPH's 7th annual conference - April 26-29, 2003 in
San Diego, CA. The conference will feature a symposium jointly planned and
sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office
of University Partnerships and the Community Outreach Partnership Centers
program. This will present an unprecedented opportunity for advancing
community-campus partnerships that truly span the campus and contribute to
public problem-solving and healthier communities.

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