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Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is pleased to offer educational opportunities for our Cultural Partners, applicants and the public. Through these resources, we hope to create stronger, more resilient arts and culture organizations and strengthen our community.

For more information about the application process, read more about our General Operating Support and Project Support grant programs.

Tools For Your Organization

Webinar: Bright Spots in the Cultural Sector
This webinar was co-hosted by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Helicon Collaborative. It provides an introduction to Helicon's Bright Spots Framework, a model highlighting critical success factors in arts and cultural organizations.

Webinar: Linking Money to Mission - Finance Essentials for Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Applicants
Finance Essentials for Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Grant Applicants: This webinar was co-hosted by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Nonprofit Finance Fund. It provides an overview of how to read financial statements; a preview of the Cultural data Project & Nonprofit Finance Fund's Financial Health Analysis tool and ideas on how to use financials to tell your organization's story.

Tools For Your Application And Reports

Credit Expectations
Organizations receiving funding from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture are required to provide credit wherever possible to help demonstrate how public funds have been invested to strengthen and inspire our community. The Credit Expectations outline requirements and expectations about how, when and where to credit Cuyahoga Arts & Culture's funding of your activities, and provides tools and information to help you.

Support Materials
Support Materials are images, audio files, video files, links and/or other supporting documents that help bring your organization's mission and programs to life. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture's staff uses your Support Materials to help document eligibility and to evaluate reports. Support Materials are also essential to your application and play a critical role in helping panelists evaluate your organization or project. For more information, view the Support Materials Guide.

Webinar: Understanding the 2013-14 General Operating Support Revised Funding Formula
This webinar explains the revised funding formula for Cuyahoga Arts & Culture's 2013-14 General Operating Support grant program. The webinar was created in partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund.