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Boulder Arts Commission advances grants overhaul: new 'bedrock' operating support, multi‑year awards and clearer equity points
Summary
Commission staff outlined proposed revisions to the arts grants program on Sept. 24 including a new 'bedrock' operating support category with extra application questions, a tiered multi‑year funding approach tied to score thresholds, expanded Boulder Vision project grants, and clearer scoring for encouragement points to promote equity.
Staff for the Boulder Arts Commission presented a package of proposed changes to the arts grants program on Sept. 24 that would add a new “bedrock” operating‑support category, increase the number of vision project grants, clarify scoring for equity encouragement points, and create a rubric for multi‑year awards tied to score thresholds.
“Bedrock organizations would have to answer five questions in addition to the normal general operating support application related to community impact,” said Sarah (grants staff), describing the intent to prioritize deeply rooted organizations that provide ongoing services. The five suggested additional prompts would ask organizations to describe recent collaborations, past and planned disability‑access improvements, sustainability work, an example showing organizational resilience when existence was at stake, and outreach to new audiences or communities.
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