Code of Colorado Regulations
1504 - Department of Higher Education
1504 - Historical Society
8 CCR 1504-8 - STATE HISTORICAL FUND
Section 1 - Qualifying Applicants
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
1.1 Pursuant to CRS 12-47.1-1201(2), the society shall make grants primarily to governmental entities and to nonprofit organizations; except that the society may make grants to persons in the private sector so long as the person requesting the grant makes application through a governmental entity.
1.2 When used in these rules, the term "governmental entity" shall have the meaning found in CRS 12-47.1-1201(2)(b) as follows: the state and any state agency or institution, county, city and county, incorporated city or town, school district, special improvement district, authority, and every other kind of district, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state organized pursuant to law. "Governmental entity" shall include any county, city and county, or incorporated city or town, governed by a home rule charter.
1.3 When used in these rules, the term "nonprofit organization" shall mean any organization certified by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c), (d), (e), (f), (k), or Section 521 (a). IRS certification must be obtained prior to going under contract with the Colorado Historical Society.
1.4 When used in these rules, the term "persons in the private sector" shall mean individuals, partnerships, business trusts, estates, associations, trusts, for-profit corporations, or any other entity not defined as a "governmental entity" or as a "nonprofit organization" above.
1.5 In determining whether or not grants shall be awarded to each classification of "persons in the private sector", the Colorado Historical Society shall consider the competitive nature of the program, the ability of such persons to demonstrate public support for their project or program, and the general public benefit of making grants to such persons.
1.6 Persons in the private sector shall be considered to have made application "through a governmental entity" as used in 1.1 above if they obtain the written support of a governmental entity in the form adopted by the Colorado Historical Society, and submit that form at the time of application.
