Lowell Folk Festival

Post Date

April 23rd 2010

Application Due Date

May 2nd 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-10-NERO-0006

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Arts

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $88500

• Award Range:

  $88500 - $88500

Grant Description

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) Notice of Intent to Award. This funding announcement is to provide public notice of the NPS's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition by Task Agreement J1780100013 under Cooperative Agreement H1780090015 with the Cooperator Lowell Festival Foundation (LFF). Founded in 1974, the LFF was created to encourage charitable and educational events and activities in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts and to provide support for the mission of the Lowell National Historical Park. As a volunteer based 501(c)(3), the Lowell Festival Foundation has been active in helping to create and champion so many of Lowell’s special events, which was vital to Lowell’s dramatic revitalization. Along with Lowell National Historical Park, the LFF is a founding Producing Partner of the annual Lowell Folk Festival, which has become the largest free folk festival in the country. The Lowell Folk Festival takes place within the boundaries of the Lowell National Historical Park. Competition for this agreement is not sought as the cooperator is the designated manager of the Lowell Folk Festival. The LFF is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as their high level of technical expertise, financial viability and management of large-scale festivals and special events. The LFF has an extensive network of active community leaders that have played various roles in the conception, development, and implementation of the Park’s cultural programming throughout the past three decades. As such, the LFF will assist the Park with outreaching to a variety of local organizations that serve Lowell’s diverse community. NPS funding will be $88,500. The LFF funding will be $340,514. The anticipated completion date of the Task Agreement will be September 30, 2010. NPS Point of Contact: Roy Navik, NPS Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106; Phone: 303-988-0391

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dawn Mach
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 215-597-0056

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Lowell Folk Festival

• Agency Email Address:

  dawn_mach@nps.gov