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2018 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB5002 (Chapter 2)

Virginia Commission for the Arts

Item 241

Item 241

First Year - FY2019Second Year - FY2020
Financial Assistance for Educational, Cultural, Community, and Artistic Affairs (14300)$3,880,912$3,880,912
Financial Assistance to Cultural Organizations (14302)FY2019 $3,630,912FY2020 $3,630,912
Administration of Grants for Cultural and Artistic Affairs (14307)FY2019 $250,000FY2020 $250,000
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2019 $3,160,237FY2020 $3,160,237
Federal TrustFY2019 $720,675FY2020 $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.