13 CAR § 25-106. Additional requirements

To be considered for a Small Museum Grant, the applicant must meet the following requirements: (1) Recipient must be located in Arkansas; (2) Recipient must have tax exempt status (501(c)(3)) with the Internal Revenue Service or be part of a nonprofit organization; (3) Recipient may receive no state or federal funds for operating costs; (4)(A) Recipient must have a strong educational component to the museum’s/organization’s programming. (B) Educational programming should be designed to benefit the general public; (5) Recipient must have a formally stated and board-approved mission statement and bylaws; (6) Recipient must use and interpret objects and/or a site for the public presentation of regularly scheduled programs and exhibits; (7) Recipient must have a formal and appropriate program of documentation, care, and use of the collections and/or objects; (8) Recipient must carry out the above functions primarily at a physical facility or site; (9) Recipient must have been operational and open to the public for at least two (2) years; and (10) Recipient must have a full-time director to whom authority is delegated for day-to-day operations.