The Commission's Organizational Support Program (OSP) administers funding provided by the City of San Diego's hotel/motel room tax (Transient Occupancy Tax - T.O.T.) to nearly 90 arts and culture organizations for reimbursement of personnel and operating expenses. The program seeks to foster the vitality and stability of the City's prominent and established arts organizations and cultural institutions. This funding also enables arts and cultural organizations to promote San Diego as a cultural destination. At the same time this funding is used to create an environment which attracts and nurtures new and emerging arts and cultural organizations. Funding in this category allows diverse organizations to stabilize and advance toward institutional status.

• FY11 Timeline for Applicants (PDF: 33K)
• FY11 Organizational Support Program (OSP), the Complete Guidelines and Application, Deadline: October 23, 2009 (PDF: 1.07MB)

How to Get Started with the California Cultural Data Project - Required (PDF: 24KB)

PDF Files

• Form A-1: Long Form Checklist (PDF: 64K)
• Form A-2: Short Form Checklist (PDF: 77K)
• Form B: Cover Page (PDF: 43K)
• Form D: Calculating Your AOI and Amount Requested (PDF: 65K)
• Form E: Participation (PDF: 65K)
• Form F: Board Resolution (PDF: 43K)

Word Files

• Form B: Cover Page (DOC: 41K)
• Form D: Calculating Your AOI and Amount Requested (DOC: 41K)
• Form E: Participation (DOC: 43K)

PDF Files

• OSP Exhibit A Form (PDF: 82K)
• Insurance Requirements (PDF: 83K)
• Auto Declaration Form (PDF: 39K)
• Workers Compensation Waiver Form (PDF: 57K)
• Contractor Information Form (PDF: 46K)
• Contractor/Vendor Registration Form (PDF: 133K)
• Ownership Classification Document (PDF: 79K)
• IRS W-9 Form (PDF: 69K)
• Acknowledgement Policy (PDF: 68K)
• Acknowledgement Plan Form (PDF: 53K)

Word Files

• OSP Exhibit A Form (DOC: 19K)
• Contractor Information Form (DOC: 13K)
• Acknowledgement Plan Form (DOC: 13K)

• FY2009 List of Organizational Support Program Contractors (PDF: 73K) - ("Subject to change" - The Commission for Arts and Culture is not responsible for any change in data after July 2007.)

Current Contractor Forms

The following forms are for current contract holders with the Commission's Organizational Support Program.

Samples of the quarterly Request for Payment and final Financial and Performance Reports are now available online in PDF format. These forms are to be downloaded and printed on your printer for manual completion. NOTE: If you view and complete the forms with Adobe Acrobat Reader, your data will be erased when you exit the PDF file or use the "Back" button on your browser.

Initiating a Contract:

• Contract Initiation and Exhibit A Instructions (PDF: 23K)
• Exhibit A Contracts Goals and Objectives Worksheet (PDF: 27K)
• OSP Exhibit A Form (PDF: 27K)
• OSP Exhibit A Form (DOC: 43K)
• Contractor Information Sheet (PDF: 11K)
• Insurance Requirements List (PDF: 96K)

Requesting a Payment:

• OSP Request for Payment Instructions (PDF: 63K)
• OSP Request for Payment Form (PDF: 60K)
• OSP Request for Payment Form (DOC: 21K)

Closing Out a Contract:

• OSP Final Performance Report (PDF: 56K)
• OSP Final Performance Report (DOC: 18K)
• Contractor Survey (PDF: 89K)
• Contractor Survey (DOC: 15K)

Please use the Request for Payment Form, under "Requesting a Payment" above, to request your final payment.

For more information regarding the Organizational Support Program reporting process, contact Teresa Monillas, Contract Coordinator at tmonillas@sandiego.gov or 619-236-6803.

For more information regarding the Commission's Organizational Support Program, contact Gary Margolis, Program Manager at gmargolis@sandiego.gov or 619-236-6788.

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