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| Organization Name | South Haven Center for the Arts |
| Please tell us the amount of funding you are requesting Aware to raise for your organization from the Aware annual fundraising event. | $5000 |
| If your organization received Aware funding in the previous years, how many clients were serviced and/or how many services were provided with those funds. If you receive Aware funding this current year, how many clients will be serviced and/or how many services will be provided with these funds? | The South Haven Center for the Arts is very grateful to have received funding from West Shore Aware in previous years: $1,000 in 2019, $2,500.00 in 2020, $1,700.00 in 2021, and $500 in 2022. Each year this funding was used to provide free art programming to members of our community |
| Please provide a listing of the Officers and Board members of your organization. | President Jennifer Sistrunk Kendra Kingsbury |
| Your Contact Information | Kerry Hagy |
| Phone | 2696371041 |
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| Scoring Criteria | |
| 1. Description of the Organization (maximum 5 points, please limit to ½ pages) | South Haven Center for the Arts is the primary arts non-profit in the greater South Haven area and in Van Buren County. Serving the region for over 75 years, the Center for the Arts provides cultural enrichment to a population diverse in age, ethnicity, economic status, and education level. The Center for the Arts serves the community by providing exhibitions, events, classes, workshops and the summer art fair. We serve our local school students through an annual exhibition, field trips, family events, art teacher professional development and free summer art classes. We provide art outreach and collaborate with community organizations free of charge including the Youth Development Corporation, the South Haven Library, and the Foundry Hall. South Haven Center for the Arts is the d/b/a for the South Haven Art Association which is a 501(c)(3). The organization has an engaged and committed over site board, over 200 members, 100 volunteers, and a staff of three. South Haven Center for the Arts is community supported through local grants, sponsorships, annual appeals, private donations, and family and corporate memberships. SHCA produces events and fundraisers to earn additional revenue. |
| 2. Funding Request (maximum 35 points, total, please limit to 1 page) | The Center for the Arts mission is to enrich our community through the arts. The South Haven Center for the Arts is currently finalizing a draft of a new strategic plan that will outline how we will focus on growing our visual arts programming to children and families. In the past year we have expanded programming by offering new opportunities free of cost for families and children to explore art materials and mediums, find the calm to create, and explore their own artistic process. Examples of this programming includes an open studio for artists ages 8-12 as well as art making stations that accompany every exhibition and which are free and open to the public during exhibitions. In the next fiscal year we will continue to add to our programming with more classes, collaborations, and invitations to create. Additionally, the education committee of the South Haven Center for the Arts would like to focus on adding more culturally diverse programming, including culturally diverse arts including Mexican and Ecuadorian arts, reflecting the heritage of our committee and community members. Our outreach program to schools and youth organizations, family programming and children's classes are at the core of our mission and this funding will allow us to serve more children in the South Haven area through growth of our programs. |
| 3. Funding Justification (maximum 40 points, please limit to 1 page) | The South Haven Center for the Arts is funding almost 50% through earned income through running an annual juried art fair and an annual holiday market. We are a membership organization and derive 20% of our funding from membership fees and contributions from our members. We generally receive operational funding from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council as well as programmatic funding from the South Haven community Foundation, the Rotary Club of South Haven, and the Kiwanis Club of South Haven. Our funding includes generous sponsorships from local companies including the Edward Jones Office of Paul Hix. We also host two annual fundraiser to raise funds to support our mission. In the 2024 fiscal year we received programmatic funding from the giving circle South Haven Women Who Care to support the growth of our education and outreach programming, and the funding from Westshore Aware will allow us to continue the growth and impact of this programming. |
| 4. Summary | The Center for the Arts mission is to enrich our community through the arts. The South Haven outreach programs to schools and youth organizations, family programming and children's classes are at the core of our mission and this funding will allow us to serve more children in the South Haven area through growth of our programs. In the next fiscal year, we will continue to add to our programming with more classes, collaborations, and invitations to create. |
| Application Agreement | This is an application, otherwise known as a Request for Funding (RFF), from
West Shore Aware. This RFF is a request from your organization to Aware, for Aware to host a
Fundraising Event for your organization. By completing this RFF, your organization is requesting to be considered by Aware’s membership for an Aware fundraising event to be held during the summer of this year, also known as the White Party.
If your organization is chosen for a fundraising event by the Aware membership, your organization will agree to the following terms and conditions for the said fundraising event. 1. Aware will be given and provided full credit for the fundraising event in all of you organization’s publicity and advertising for said event, to include but not limited to event posters, newspaper advertising, handouts, radio and television advertising for the event, and organizational announcements concerning the event. 2. Your organization will only use the funds raised by Aware from said event for the purpose described in the RFF submitted to Aware. 3. Your organization understands that West Shore Aware is a philanthropic organization of LBGTQ+ individuals and their supporters, and that the funds your organization receives from Aware will be coming from the West Michigan lakeshore community. 4. The funds received from Aware as a result of the fundraising event will be net, after expenses for said fundraising event are paid. 5. Aware may use the name of your organization in its own advertising and publicity as a recipient of funds.. 6. Your organization will supply Aware with written approval to hold, or be part of a fundraising event held by Aware. 7. West Shore Aware reserves the right to audit any organization that receives funding to determine whether the funds were used as described in its RFF. 8. Your organization will allow West Shore Aware to use you organization’s name on the West Shore Aware website. In addition, if your organization has a website, you will link that website to the West Shore Aware website and allow West Shore Aware to link to your organization’s site. West Shore Aware’s web site link must remain on your web site for a full year from the date of the monetary disbursement. Failure to do so will disqualify you from requesting future funding. Once you have completed the RFF and agreed to the aforementioned, please submit it. Please sign this document below, indicating acceptance of the aforementioned terms and conditions. By signing the document, you acknowledge your organization is a registered 501(C) 3 Charitable organization. |
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| Date | 04/30/2024 |
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