Fort Fund

Criteria For Funding

The following criteria are used by the Cultural Resourced Board to evaluate applications that have met all the eligibility requirements. Funding is based on how well an event or activity meets these criteria. Funding is subject to the amount of available funds per funding session. The Cultural Resources Board reserves the right to not fund an organization if it does not fully meet the criteria.

Fort Fund supports events that:

1.  Are of the highest quality;
2.  Bring awareness of the arts to the local community;
3.  Aspire to bring regional and national recognition to Fort Collins;
4.  Are engaging and innovative and/or original;
5.  Build a wide range of arts and culture offerings;
6.  Raise arts and culture quality and participation to a new level;
7.  Have an impact on the community economically, culturally or both;
8.  Present strong evidence of leveraging other funding sources;

All applicants are required to submit the Tourism Impact form.  The information provided on the form will be reviewed as part of the application.