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The North Carolina Quilt Symposium, Incorporated, is a non-profit corporation that was formed after the first North Carolina Quilt Symposium in Raleigh in 1979.  At the time of its formation, its primary purpose was to insure the continuation of an annual quilt symposium, but its purpose as stated in its charter, "to promote and perpetuate the art of quilting through regularly sponsored symposia within the state of North Carolina and to sponsor other projects designed to preserve, continue, and advance this art form in the direction of the Board of Directors", has allowed it to broaden its scope.

The NCQSI has no members.  Its work is done by a board of directors of twenty-one members elected from throughout the state.  There are no paid staff members.  All directors are volunteers.  They receive mileage reimbursement at the going rate for travel to and from meetings.  Sole financial support for the board comes from a percentage of the net proceeds from each symposium.

The NCQSI is responsible for the selection of the site for each North Carolina Quilt Symposium (usually two years in advance) and provides $3,000.00 seed money to the hosting guild.  There is a Symposium Advisory Committee which offers planning assistance to the host guild.  It now has a complete symposium guidelines manual.

Some current and past projects undertaken by the NCQSI include:

1. Cosponsoring, with the North Carolina Museum of History, the North Carolina Quilt Project.
2. Substantial monetary support of the NC Quilt Project.
3. $600.00 cash awards at the annual Symposium Quilt show:
   1. $150 for the Best of Show winner
   2. $50 for the Best Hand Quilting
   3. $50 for the Best Machine Quilting
   4. $50 for the Best Use of Color
   5. $50 for the Most Innovative
   6. $50 for the NCQSI Board Choice
   7. $50 for the Best Embellishment
   8. $50 To Be Determined by the Host Guild
   9. Viewer's Choice - $100 to be awarded at closing ceremony
4. Contributions to the American Quilts Study Group.
5. Cash Grants to North Carolinians who present papers or engaged in quilt related research.
6. Loans available to help small guilds with quilt shows.
7. Sponsored and awarded prize money for the "Why I like North Carolina" contest during Symposium 1996.
8. Gift to the North Carolina History Museum to assist with the Quilt Documentation Project.