CSA Angel's Project Application

A complete application must be uploaded as one (1) pdf file under 100 MB and include the following documents in listed order:

• Contact Information
• Project Proposal (1000 words) including:

1. Brief description of the project;
2. Brief description of the institution, including institutional history, the institutional mission, budget, and the paid and unpaid staff (reported as full-time equivalents, i.e. half-time, quarter-time, etc.);
3. Description of the institutional holdings, especially the size and scope of the costume and textile collection and its relationship to the institutional mission;
4. Summary of what, if anything, has been done with the costume collection in terms of cataloguing, care and storage, research, interpretation, exhibition, and publication;
5. Roster of the personnel who work with the collection;
6. Reasoning for the proposed project (include specific information about the costume objects to which it pertains);
7. Rationale of the how the proposed project will impact the institution, detailing why the institution needs this grant and how the project meets the costume collection’s most pressing needs.

• Budget Numbers & Narrative. If equipment or supplies are requested, list what they are and how they will be used.  List the requested items, suppliers, quantity, costs, and totals.
• Copy of your institution’s most recent IRS Form 990/990-EZ.
• Any relevant documentation and supporting material.