Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 222 - Arts Division
Chapter 1 - Organization and Operation
Rule 222-1.1 - Definitions

The definitions of terms listed in Iowa Code section 17A.2 shall apply for terms as they are used throughout 222-Chapters 1 to 13. In addition, as used in 222-Chapters 1 to 13, the following definitions shall apply:

"Administrator" means the administrator of the arts division of the department of cultural affairs.

"Advisory panel" means a group of citizens appointed by the administrator to assist in any aspect of arts division programs or services.

"Applicant" means an incorporated city, county government, tribal council, or community group in Iowa or in a border city which is incorporated under the Iowa nonprofit corporation Act and which is federally tax-exempt; or an individual artist who is a legal resident of Iowa or a border city.

"Application " means a formal request, using arts division forms, for a grant or artist approval from an eligible applicant.

"Arts division" means the arts division of the department of cultural affairs.

"Border city" means a municipality with boundaries directly adjacent to one or more borders of the state of Iowa.

"Cash match " means the amount of actual cash provided by a recipient as part of the recipient's share of a project.

"Council" means the Iowa arts council.

"Department" means the department of cultural affairs.

"Director" means the director of the department of cultural affairs.

"Fiscal agent" means an organization that meets the definition of applicant and that administers grant funds for an organization which has not yet received its tax-exempt status.

"In-kind match " means donated goods and services provided by a recipient as part of the recipient's share of a project.

"Juried resource " means a printed or electronically produced resource of the arts division in which applicants are reviewed and recommended for inclusion in the resource by an advisory panel.

"Matching funds " means the program or project cost which shall be provided by the recipient either in kind or in cash.

"Project" means an eligible activity for which an organization or individual has submitted an application for grant funds for arts division approval.

"Recipient" means any applicant receiving funds from the arts division.

"Reviewer " means any individual appointed by the administrator to review applications to a grant program or arts division project.

"Support materials" means information submitted as supplemental to the formal application form.