ArtsFairfax Operating Support advances the arts in Fairfax County by supporting the goals and objectives of arts organizations, helping them maintain and develop their programs, services, and facilities.
Donor Name: ArtsFairfax
State: Virginia
County: Fairfax County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Operating Support Grants are awarded annually to arts organizations of all disciplines for up to 25% of general operating expenses for Small Organizations and up to 15% for Large Organizations.
Purpose
ArtsFairfax embraces the county’s One Fairfax racial and social equity policy. Artists and arts organizations receiving ArtsFairfax grants must intentionally examine their operations, programs, and services to ensure that equity, diversity, access, and inclusion are taken into consideration with decision-making, development, and deployment of policies, programs, and services.
Operating Support Grants maintain organizational stability as a platform for becoming more resilient, adaptable, and nimble for sustainability, change, and growth. As ArtsFairfax’s largest grant program, Operating Support funds generate recognition for a broad spectrum of the county’s cultural organizations.
Goals
The ArtsFairfax Operating Support Grant Program seeks to:
- Provide support for established and emerging arts organizations;
- Encourage wide participation in the arts by expanding exposure to Fairfax County’s diverse voices and traditions in cultural programming;
- Promote opportunities for a diversity of cultural workers, leaders, individual artists, and arts organizations to create, present, and celebrate their artistic endeavors and traditions; and
- Serve as a catalyst for increased resiliency, transformation, and expanded resources through public funding.
Funding Information
- Operating Support Grants for Small Organizations are for budgets $5,000 to $100,000 (Levels 1 and 2).
- Level 1: $5,000-50,000.
- Level 2: $50,000-100,000.
- Organizations with budgets over $100,000 must apply through the guidelines and application for Medium and Large Organizations.
- Level 3: $100,000-$250,000.
- Level 4: $250,000-$500,000.
- Level 5: over $500,000.
Grant Period
Occur within the dates of July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
An organization is eligible to apply to the Operating Support Grant for Small Organizations if:
- It has as a core mission the creation, exhibition, presentation, production, or performance of and/or education in an arts discipline, and it operates as a stand-alone nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with current or pending status.
- It has regular activity in a minimum of four different months in the year or 120 days of the year.
- It presents at least 51% of public arts activities within the geographical boundaries of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- The organization must have an address of record within the geographical boundaries of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church and satisfy ONE of the following three criteria for at least one year:
- Meet, rehearse, exhibit, and operate within the geographical boundary of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- Have 51% of board of directors’ members work or reside in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- Verify that 51% of attendees at performances, exhibits, events, and activities reside in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church evidenced through acceptable statistical data including but not limited to ticket analysis, subscription data, box office surveys, and audience surveys.
- Additional eligibility requirements
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- An organization must be in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws.
- An organization must either hold 501(c)(3) status in its own right or have a fiscal sponsor that holds 501(c)(3) status apply on its behalf. The fiscal sponsor must manage all grant funds and ensure compliance with the terms of the grant if an award is made.
- An organization must have independently prepared financial statements such as an audit or a treasurer’s report (audit required for organizations with expenses of $750,000 and above).
- The applicant must have submitted all required final reports for any grants received from ArtsFairfax during the previous fiscal year.
- The applicant must maintain an Arts Directory profile and list activities on the events calendar on the ArtsFairfax website.
- The applicant must have expenses over $5,000 and under $100,000 from the most recently completed fiscal year. (Organizations with budgets over $100,000 have unique guidelines and apply using a different form.)
An organization is eligible to apply to the Operating Support Grant Program for midsize-large organizations if:
- It has as a core mission the creation, exhibition, presentation, production, or performance of and/or education in an arts discipline, and it operates as a stand-alone nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with current or pending status.
- It has regular activity in a minimum of four different months in the year or 120 days of the year.
- It presents at least 51% of public arts activities within the geographical boundaries of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- The organization must have an address of record within the geographical boundaries of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church and satisfy ONE of the following three criteria for at least one year:
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- Meet, rehearse, exhibit, and operate within the geographical boundary of Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- Have 51% of board of directors’ members work or reside in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church.
- Verify that 51% of attendees at performances, exhibits, events, and activities reside in Fairfax County, the City of Fairfax, or the City of Falls Church evidenced through acceptable statistical data including but not limited to ticket analysis, subscription data, box office surveys, and audience surveys.
- Additional eligibility requirements:
- An organization must be in compliance with all local, state, and federal laws.
- An organization must either hold 501(c)(3) status in its own right or have a fiscal sponsor that holds 501(c)(3) status apply on its behalf. The fiscal sponsor must manage all grant funds and ensure compliance with the terms of the grant if an award is made.
- An organization must have independently prepared financial statements such as an audit or a treasurer’s report (audit required for organizations with expenses of $750,000 and above).
- The applicant must have submitted all required final reports for any grants received from ArtsFairfax during the previous fiscal year.
- The applicant must maintain an Arts Directory profile and list activities on the Events Calendar on the ArtsFairfax website.
- The applicant must have expenses from the most recently completed fiscal year that exceed $100,000. (Organizations with budgets from $5,000 to $100,000 have unique guidelines and apply using a different form.)
For more information, visit ArtsFairfax.
