Section 221.6.3. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply when used in this chapter unless otherwise noted:

“Advisory committee” means the committee comprised of at least three representatives from across the state with expertise in the arts, history, and economic development. The advisory committee shall review each application and make recommendations to the director for funding of eligible projects.

“Application” means an official ICCG application form as provided by the department.

“Community group” means an Iowa nonprofit, tax-exempt organization which is open to the general public and established for the promotion and development of one or more of the following disciplines or activities: the arts, history, culture, ethnicity, historic preservation, tourism, economic development, festivals, or municipal libraries. “Community group” shall not include a school, college, university, political party, labor union, state or federal government agency, religious organization, church, convention, or association of churches operated primarily for religious purposes, or operated, supervised, controlled or principally supported by a religious organization, church, convention, or association of churches. “Community group” also shall not include any organization whose primary purpose is to support any excluded type of organization.

“Department” means the Iowa department of cultural affairs (DCA).

“Director” means the director of the department of cultural affairs, or designee.

“Eligible activity” means a qualified festival; performing, visual, or literary arts project; historic preservation, museum, tourism, or ethnic heritage project which will enhance Iowa’s cultural climate, and which will provide jobs for Iowans while serving the general public.

“Eligible applicant” means an incorporated city in Iowa, county government, tribal council, or an Iowa community group which is federally tax-exempt under United States Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and incorporated under the Iowa nonprofit corporation Act. Iowa community groups may apply for ICCG funds through a fiscal agent which is federally tax-exempt and otherwise eligible to apply.

“Fiscal agent” means an organization which meets the definition of eligible applicant, and which serves as the legal applicant of record, redistributes the funds to the intended receiver, and is responsible for all published requirements of the ICCG program including contracts, budgets, fiscal records, and reports.

“Grantee” means any applicant receiving grant funds under the ICCG program.

“ICCG” means the Iowa community cultural grants program as administered by the department.

“In-kind contribution” means a noncash contribution provided by a grantee as a part of the grantee’s matching share of a project.

“Matching funds” means those funds which are locally contributed for the specifically funded project and which, when combined with in-kind contributions, shall equal at least 50 percent or more of the total project cost. Matching funds shall be provided by the eligible applicant and shall not include any portion of another department of cultural affairs, Iowa arts council, or state historical society of Iowa grant.

“Proposed project” means an eligible activity for which an eligible applicant has submitted a single application for funding of a single project.

[ARC 7734B, IAB 5/6/09, effective 6/10/09]