Business in the Arts Awards Criteria

The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts was formed in 1985 by leading New Hampshire businesses to educate, motivate and recognize business support of and participation in the arts. It has more than 70 dues-paying businesses as members.

DEFINITION

The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts will present the annual awards to businesses and an individual who have distinguished themselves during the calendar year 2009 through outstanding acts in support of the arts in New Hampshire.

Business Award
This recognition will be given to those businesses which have had the most significant impact on the arts either through a single act of sufficient magnitude or through a variety of activities involving the arts over a period of time in 2009.
Awards will be given in four categories, by company size according to the number of New Hampshire employees:

Microenterprise - 6 or fewer employees
Small Company - 7-49 employees
Medium Company - 50-499 employees
Large Company - 500 or more employees

Leadership Award
Given to one individual business executive to recognize exceptional leadership, vision and commitment in encouraging and developing the partnership between business and the arts.

Award selections are made exclusively from the nominations received from this call for nominations. The NHBCA and the judges do not consider any un-nominated businesses or leaders.

No attempt will be made to assess the artistic merits of the arts programs supported by the businesses or individuals nominated. NHBCA awards are intended to honor business support of the arts and cultural programs, not to evaluate the programs themselves. Business-supported arts projects may be in any area of the arts.

ELIGIBILITY

The NHBCA Business in the Arts Awards competition is open to business executives and New Hampshire business firms of all sizes. Only nominated businesses with a completed form will be considered for the Awards.

Business Award Individuals, businesses or representatives from arts organizations may make a nomination. Businesses may nominate themselves for an award. Businesses who have won a Business in the Arts Award in the past are eligible for an award and are encouraged to participate.

Business foundations which are normally supported by corporate funds and are organized for the purpose of providing philanthropic support are eligible for an award. Health care and educational institutions are also eligible. Nonprofit cultural organizations are not eligible.

Leadership Award
To be eligible for a Leadership Award, an individual must be a chairman, vice chairman, president, chief executive officer, owner or principal partner of a business. Individuals who are retired or employed by tax-exempt, charitable organizations are not eligible.

This award recognizes the individual's efforts over the long term to ensure an enduring impact of the arts. Arts projects may be in any area of the arts.

A business executive may be nominated for the Leadership Award and that individual's company may also be nominated for a business award.

The judges reserve the right to withhold an Award at their discretion.

CRITERIA

The NHBCA Business in the Arts winners will be selected by a panel of judges representing both the business and arts communities of New Hampshire. The judges will only consider Businesses and Leadership nominees from completed nomination forms that have been submitted to the NHBCA. This panel will give primary consideration to:

Business Award

How well a specific project or overall support fostered the arts in New Hampshire, with attention to innovative or unusual aspects of that support.
The visibility of these activities including their impact and how the project was initiated.
The total involvement of the business including employee participation, in-kind support of professional services or products, and/or inclusion of the arts in the corporate culture.
The level of support as compared to the size of the business.

Leadership Award

The leadership, vision and commitment demonstrated by the individual in encouraging and developing business partnerships with the arts, as well as his/her efforts to involve individuals within his/her company, other businesses and the community in supporting the arts.
The extent to which the business leader has incorporated the arts into his/her company's business operations.
The impact of the business leader's involvement with the arts on his/her business, the arts and the community including how he/she has broadened interest in the arts among the general public.
The breadth of the business leader's long-term efforts and the enduring impact of those efforts. Multiple supporting letters and materials may be submitted to offer a complete picture of the candidate's successful efforts.

New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
One Granite Place, Concord, NH 03301
v: 603.224.8300 f: 603.226.2963
e: arts@nhbca.com w: www.nhbca.com

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