Item 244 | First Year - FY2017 | Second Year - FY2018 |
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| Financial Assistance for Educational, Cultural, Community, and Artistic Affairs (14300) | $3,909,308
$3,721,220 | $3,909,308
$3,724,912 |
| Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations (14302) | FY2017 $3,909,308
$3,721,220 | FY2018 $3,909,308
$3,724,912 |
| Fund Sources: | | |
| General | FY2017 $3,188,633
$3,000,545 | FY2018 $3,188,633
$2,910,237 |
| Dedicated Special Revenue | FY2017 $0 | FY2018 $94,000 |
| Federal Trust | FY2017 $720,675 | FY2018 $720,675 |
Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 25, Article 4, Code of Virginia.
A. In the allocation of grants to arts organizations, the Commission shall give preference to the performing arts.
B. It is the objective of the Commonwealth to fund the Virginia Commission for the Arts at an amount that equals one dollar for each resident of Virginia.
C. In the allocation of grants to arts organizations, the Commission shall not consider any other general fund amounts which may be appropriated to an arts organization elsewhere in this act, nor shall any funds appropriated elsewhere in this act supplant those grants which may be allocated from this appropriation.
D. Notwithstanding § 23.1-3227, Code of Virginia, the Commission is authorized to use $94,000 in the second year from the Virginia Arts Foundation Fund for grants allocated to arts organizations.