Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)
The ZAP Impact Collaborative program is intended to identify and facilitate individualized opportunities for Tier II grantees to build organizational capacity – through curated networking, workshops, trainings, and mentoring.
After reviewing Interest Forms submitted by Tier II grantees a selection committee chose ten organizations to participate in the first Collaborative cohort.
Cottonwood Heights Arts Council
Excellence in the Community
Flamenco del Lago
Lyrical Opera Theater
Make Salt Lake
Mental Healthy F.i.T.
Millcreek Arts Council
Salt Lake Academy of Music
Story Crossroads
Wasatch Theatre Company
The program will bring together 10-15 Tier II grantees who are similarly positioned whether in budget size, discipline, staff size, or organizational priorities. Participants will be selected through assessment of an Interest Form, a review of the most recently submitted ZAP Tier II Application, and in consideration of cultural and geographic diversity of Salt Lake County.
The program is structured as monthly two-hour meetings over the course of six months. Topics covered will be focused on issues most relevant and important to the selected organizations. Sessions may cover topics such as board recruitment and management, leadership development, program evaluation and data collection, or fundraising and development among various other topics.
Monthly meetings may be structured as panel discussions, presentations, casual coffee conversations with industry leaders, or perhaps field trips. As with the topic selection, the structure of the meetings will be catered to selected cohort members’ needs. Where one group may benefit from a training session on sponsorship development and a tour of a performing arts venue, another group may best be served from board training and discussions with board chairs from large community nonprofit organizations.
The schedule, topics covered, and structure will all be finalized in consultation with selected cohort members.
The goal of this program is to provide the resources and support to our Tier II grantees to bring them to their next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity so that they may more efficiently advance their mission.
Every one of the ZAP grantees (and broader arts and culture community members) holds expertise in many areas whether being successful development officers, engaged community connectors, or administrative wizards. The vision of the Impact Collaborative is to support the growth and economic stability of our Tier II community through various learning and networking opportunities as well as through fostering our community connections between one another to achieve organizational growth and achieve each organization’s personal definition of success.
No. This program will not impact the annual grant review process. Additionally, information gathered in the Interest Form, will not be used as review material for future grant application reviews.
There is no additional funding for participating in this program.
This is a pilot program and while we plan to continue the program in future years, we will not know for sure until late 2024. In the meantime, we plan to offer other learning, training, and networking opportunities throughout the year, open to all community members. Please be sure to follow our social pages @slcoZAP and sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about upcoming opportunities.
There will be a webinar on Thursday, January 11, 2024 where you will be able to ask questions. OR
Please feel free to reach out to Kelsey Ellis, ZAP Impact Program Manager with additional questions.
ZAP Impact Program Manager