The India Cultural Center (ICC) has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Connecticut Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG) for the second year in a row. The grant is administered by Connecticut Humanities (CTH), the nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and will allow ICC to continue its mission of fostering inclusion by educating and engaging the community in Indian culture.
The funding will enable ICC to invest in marketing and event management support, with the goal of attracting more attendees to its ICC Speaker Series and HoliFest celebration. Last year, the festival drew over 700 attendees, and this year, ICC is targeting over 1,000 attendees at the event, which will take place on May 6 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.
Margie French, Executive Director of ICC, said, “CT Humanities’ Operating Support Grant provides ICC with critical funding for capacity building. It is a great formula. ICC can hire independent contractors who have functional experience that ICC lacks. That is good for organizations like ICC and good for the state of Connecticut”.
The grant was awarded as part of the $8.5M in operating support grants from the CT Cultural Fund to 723 non-profit museums and cultural, humanities, and arts organizations. These grants are part of the $30.7M of support allocated to CTH over the 2022/2023 biennium by the CT General Assembly and approved by Governor Ned Lamont.
ICC is a non-profit organization that celebrates the arts and culture of India. Its programs are targeted towards both the Indian American diaspora and the community at large. ICC’s mission is to foster inclusion by educating and engaging the community in Indian culture.
CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs. CTH projects, administration, and program development are supported by state and federal matching funds, community foundations, and gifts from private sources. The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), part of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, is the state agency charged with fostering the health of Connecticut’s creative economy.
For more information, please contact Margie French, Executive Director of ICC at margie@iccgreenwich.org.
