City of Derby

Submitting a Competitive Proposal

We want you to succeed in submitting a competitive proposal. Here are a few tips to help you do so. Successful applications include the following features:

• Focused principally within the City of Derby.

• Benefit a reasonably broad public audience, particularly those activities drawing visitors into the community.

• Add diversity to the entertainment, artistic, or cultural offerings available in Derby, especially those that keep Derby residents here for their leisure activities.

• Promote community, build pride, or enhance the awareness of Derby and all it has to offer to the regional or statewide community.

• Have multiple financial supporters, so that the A.C.E. Grant is not the sole source of funding.

• Make a distinctive contribution to the community without unnecessarily duplicating other programs already in place.

• Organizations that demonstrate quality outcomes and good financial management. Preference given to organizations operating under a formal legal structure.

Successful applicants are obligated to recognize the City of Derby as a sponsor of the event or program. The City logo is made available for use in publications upon request.

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