In which case, you need to remove the words 'folk' or 'traditional' from your organisations and activities - both of which have perfectly understandable and well documented definitions; in this way you will be doing 'exactly what it says on the tin'. Of course, the problem with this is you will then be entering the applications for grants bunfight in direct competition with all other dance and song organisations - and no responsible grant-giving body is going to take seriously an organisation which is not clear about its own identity - unfortunately you don't get grants just for enjoying yourself.
The other alternative is to re-define the terms officially (as did the International Folk Music Council); but to do this, you will have to achieve a consensus among all involved. I don't know if you have read the thread on this forum entitled (something like)'What is traditional folk music', if not, I suggest you do. It indicates the confusion that has risen up around our activities.
The Irish Traditional Music Council is not the only organisation to receive large grants for work in traditional music over here, there was a list of others recently published and the over-riding factor in all of them is they do exactly what they say they do. This has long been a problem in England, and one of the reasons I and thousands like me stopped going to 'folk clubs' - we no longer knew what music we would be listening to - Fidjit's posting is a perfect example of this. Sorry - I wouldn't walk down the road to King George's Park for a free Bruce Forsyth show - now Sheila Stewart - that's another matter.
Jim Carroll