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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fiscal Sponsorship Fiscal sponsorship option: www.fiscalsponsordirectory.org Arts service organizations examples: www.fracturedatlas.org www.nyfa.org www.thefield.org 12
Review Factors Project vision and concept Program quality and impact Organizational experience and ability to implement Organization s financial stability 13
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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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
Webinar attendee questions FAQs: On website Additional Questions 17
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