DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM 1

DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM PROGRAM STAFF Aly Solot, Program Assistant: ASolot@DDCF.org Jeremy Williams, Webinar Producer: Jwilliams@DDCF.org Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer: Zrahman@DDCF.org 2

DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Webinar agenda  Building Bridges Program mission  Program overview  Application process: timeline and deadlines  Grantee presentation: Rachel Cooper, Asia Society and Adrienne Dorn, The Cedar Cultural Center  Q & A 3

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  PROGRAM MISSION  Goals  Rationale 4

Global Muslim Population: Diversity Source: Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2010

Distribution of Muslims in the United States Source: Public Religion Research Institute and Social Science Research Solutions

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  GRANTS OVERVIEW  $1.75 million to be awarded  Grants between $25,000 - $300,000  Grant period 1 – 3 years  Grant funding 75% of total project budget  Total grant request up to 25% of annual expenses  Past grantees eligible to apply; combined grants no more than $300,000  Operating expense budgets more than $100,000 eligible; $25,000 for arts programming  Grants awarded through competitive review process 7

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  APPLICATION PROCESS Two-tiered process, each tier needs to be completed to progress to the next TIER 1: Letter of Interest (LOI) a brief, preliminary proposal TIER 2: Full Proposal from organizations selected by the LOI review panel 8

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Key Dates  Pre-LOI informational webinars: August 2 and August 3, 2016  Letters of Interest (LOI) due: September 9, 2016 at 3pm EDT  LOI selections announced: week of October 24, 2016  Pre-Full proposal webinar: November 2, 2016  Full proposals due: December 9, 2016 at 3pm EDT  Grants awarded: February 2017  Funded projects start date : March-December, 2017 9

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Project Elements  Project design, structure, implementation  Organizational strengths to develop proposals • Core capabilities • Audience knowledge • Resources  Projects may be • New programs • Existing project expansion 10

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Organizational Eligibility  One application  US-based projects  501 (c) (3) tax exempt status  Annual operating expenses more than $100,000; $25,000 arts-based programs  3 years of successful arts and/or media arts producing or presenting experience  Preference for organization size not a consideration once eligibility criteria are met 11

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Fiscal Sponsorship Fiscal sponsorship option: www.fiscalsponsordirectory.org Arts service organizations examples:  www.fracturedatlas.org  www.nyfa.org  www.thefield.org 12

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Review Factors  Project vision and concept  Program quality and impact  Organizational experience and ability to implement  Organization’s financial stability 13

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Projects and Areas Not Funded:  Requests from individuals  Development, publication or distribution of books or reports  Scholarly research or scholarly presentations  Historically focused initiatives  Production or distribution of a single film will generally not be competitive  A single performance by a single artist’s production  Single artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theater and multi-disciplinary performing arts are available through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Arts Program: http://www.ddcf.org/Programs/Arts/Initiatives--Strategies/Artistic-Creation-and-Distribution/  Development and installation of exhibitions. Associated public education programs are eligible 14

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DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Grantee Presentation August 2 nd : Rachel Cooper, Global Cultural Programs Director, Asia Society, New York, NY August 3 rd : Adrienne Dorn, Executive Director The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN 16

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  Webinar attendee questions  FAQs: On website  Additional Questions 17

DDFIA: BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM  For further information: www.ddcf.org/Programs/Building-Bridges  Questions about logistics including, deadline dates, online submissions or any technical issues may be addressed to Aly, ASolot@DDCF.org  Any additional questions about the program may be addressed to: Zeyba, ZRahman@DDCF.org 18