The largest of the Cultural Services Contracts programs, COP is the program used to contract for cultural services with established non-profit cultural organizations to support an array of programs that include concerts, plays, exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other cultural services. These contracts are awarded annually using a best practice, peer review panel approach to evaluate applications.
Program eligibility and review criteria are published annually. An organization receiving a COP contract may not apply for a Cultural Projects Program (CPP) contract, but may apply to any other Cultural Services Contract program, provided that it meets the eligibility requirements. The maximum amount any one organization can receive through COP is 25% of their prior year audited expenses (the current average is under 10%).
The Cultural Affairs Commission appoints the panels and reviews the panel ratings to make funding recommendations. The Commission's recommendations, in turn, form the basis of the contracts that are brought forth to City Council for approval. |
2011-2012 COP Information
 2011-2012 COP Guidelines (pdf)
2010-2011 COP Information
2010-2011 COP Guidelines (pdf)
2009-2010 COP Information
2009-2010 COP Guidelines (pdf)
2009-2010 COP Application
Monthly Program and Attendance Reporting
With the start of the 2008-09 COP grant year on October 1st, the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs is implementing a new monthly reporting process for the collection of your organization's program and attendance data.
For the 2008-09 grant year, organizations can provide their monthly reports to OCA in one of two ways: the traditional, manual-entry spreadsheet or through data extraction (exporting data directly from your organization's internal database into a specified spreadsheet). To receive a copy of the 2008-09 reporting files please contact Greg MacPherson, Cultural Programs Coordinator, at 214-671-0971.
Reports need to be submitted to:
Charla Sanderson
 Cultural Programs Manager
The deadlines for reporting data is the 15th of the following month. For technical support or if you have any questions or concerns please call 214.671.0971.
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