Visitors cultural commission is soliciting requests for funding

The city of St. Charles Visitors Cultural Commission is soliciting requests for funding from organizations that support and promote tourism, culture, history and the arts in St. Charles. The following eligibility guidelines will be used to determine which organizations will be recommended for funding. Organizations must:

• Be based in St. Charles

• Be certified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 nonprofit corporation

• Be in operation for a minimum of two years

• Provide the most recently completed annual report and the current budget, outlining anticipated programs and expenditures

• Provide IRS Form 990

• Provide a narrative showing how the organization's mission aligns with the cultural commission's mission to support and promote tourism, culture, history and the arts in St. Charles

• Must complete funding request application form

• Must provide amount requested to be funded along with detailed list of use of funds

Requests are due in the finance department of city hall by Friday, April 22, before 4:30 p.m. It should be addressed to: St. Charles Visitors Cultural Commission, City of St. Charles Finance Department, 2 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL 60174. For more information, call Christopher Minick, director of finance, at (630) 377-4478.