Riaan Salem, Oregon – Ama-Oregonians, kanye nama-Oregonia kuphela, anethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuqondisa ingxenye yentela yombuso wabo ukuze baxhase umsebenzi wezobuciko, amagugu kanye nobuntu esifundeni sonke ngokusebenzisa Ikhredithi Yentela Yamasiko. Iningi lama-Oregonians abafanelekile, nokho, alilazi leli thuba.
I I-Oregon Cultural Trust, isikhungo sikahulumeni esipha abantulayo, esingatha Ikhredithi Yentela Yamasiko. Zombili zakhiwe yisiShayamthetho sase-Oregon State ngo-2001 ukuphendula inkambiso kazwelonke yokwehla kwezimali zikahulumeni zobuciko namasiko.
Umhlanganyeli osemusha we-pow wow e-Four Rivers Cultural Center, exhaswe ngokwengxenye ngabakwa-Oregoni abasebenzisa Ikhredithi Yentela Yamasiko.
Ukubamba iqhaza esikweletu sentela kulula. Okokuqala, yenza umnikelo wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo yamasiko ebalulekile kuwe – umtapo wezincwadi wendawo, inhlangano yobuciko obudlalwayo, imnyuziyamu nanoma iyiphi 1,500+ izinhlangano abaqeqeshwe yiCultural Trust. Bese wenza umnikelo onenani elilinganayo noma elincane ku-Trust ukuze ufaneleke ukuthola ikhredithi yentela. Ikhredithi ilingana nenani lomnikelo ku-Trust, futhi akumele idlule u-$500 kufayela elilodwa, u-$1,000 wamafayili ahlanganyelwe noma u-$2,500 wezinkampani ze-Class-C.
Iminikelo ku-Cultural Trust kufanele yenziwe ngonyaka wekhalenda ofanayo nokunikelwa kwezinhlangano ezingenzi-nzuzo zamasiko. Njengamanje, i-Cultural Trust ilinganisela amaphesenti angu-5 kuphela abanikeli bezamasiko abasebenzisa ithuba lesikweletu sentela.
Uxhaso ngeCultural Tax Credit lunika amandla ama-Oregoni njengamaciko, ababumbi, ama-rapper, ama-acrobat nabaphuphi – ngamafuphi, abantu abenza i-Oregon indawo ebungaza okungcono kakhulu komphakathi wayo.
Ngo-FY2022, ama-Oregonians anikeze irekhodi elingu-$5.7 million kuCultural Trust. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha alokho aqonde ezandleni zabadali bobuciko. Amaphesenti angama-40 asele asiza ukukhulisa isikhwama esihlala njalo sobuciko, amagugu kanye nobuntu base-Oregon.
“Manje sesidlule imiklomelo eyi-10,000 yezibonelelo kusukela kwasungulwa iCultural Trust,” kusho uBrian Rogers, ongumqondisi omkhulu. “Futhi sibonga impumelelo emangalisayo entsha Bungaza i-Oregon! ipuleti lelayisense, elixhasa ngezimali ukuphromothwa Kwekhredithi Yentela Yamasiko, sikulungele ukubandakanya ama-Oregoni amaningi nakakhulu esikhathini esizayo. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi okungcono kakhulu okuseza kwezobuciko, amagugu kanye nobuntu e-Oregon. “
Kusukela ngo-2003, iminikelo ku-Cultural Trust yenze imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$30 yezibonelelo ezinhlanganweni zamasiko kulo lonke elase-Oregon. I-Cultural Trust inezinhlelo ezintathu zezibonelelo zamasiko ezivumela uxhaso olubanzi nolujulile kuso sonke isimo: ukuncintisana izibonelelo zokuthuthukiswa kwamasiko, iklonyeliswe ngokuqondile ezinhlanganweni; imiklomelo yezifunda kanye nezinhlanga, exhasa isilinganiso sezibonelelo zasendaweni ezengeziwe ezingama-450 unyaka ngamunye; kanye nemiklomelo yabalingani bezamasiko ku Oregon Arts Commission, I-Oregon Heritage, I-Oregon Historical Society, I-Oregon Humanities kanye ne Ihhovisi Lombuso Lokulondolozwa Komlando. Zonke lezi zibonelelo zixhaswa ngokukhethekile ama-Oregonians abamba iqhaza ku-Oregon Cultural Tax Credit. Uhlu lwe I-FY2023 Izibonelelo zifaka imiklomelo ezinhlanganweni eziyi-138 ezenza umehluko e-Oregon.
Enye indlela yokubamba iqhaza ukuthenga i- “Bungaza i-Oregon!” Ipuleti lelayisense leCultural Trust. Leli puleti lelayisense elinempilo, eliklanywe yiciko u-Liza Mana Burns, liwukuhlonipha ukuhlukahluka kwezindawo, abantu namasiko e-Oregon. Uma ubhekisisa, uzothola izimpawu eziyi-127 ezilukwe kusigqoko sobuciko ezihlanganisa ubuciko, umlando, amagugu, abantu kanye nemikhuba yamasiko eyenza i-Oregon ihluke. Inzuzo evela epuleti isekela ukukhuthazwa Kwekhredithi Yentela Yamasiko nokuxhasa ubuciko namasiko esifundazweni sonke.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe nge-Oregon Cultural Trust, nokufunda kabanzi ngazo zonke izindlela ongabandakanyeka ngazo, vakashela https://culturaltrust.org.
