The City of Wichita is seeking applications for its Operating Grants to provide operational support for qualifying 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and cultural organizations that significantly serve Wichita citizens.
Donor Name: City of Wichita
State: Kansas
City: Wichita
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
For over a decade, the City of Wichita has granted funding to local arts organizations to recognize, preserve and celebrate Wichita’s rich arts and cultural heritage – a heritage that has a tremendous impact on all residents’ quality of life.
Funding Information
Total Fy2024 Cultural Funding $452,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet the following criteria to receive operational funding:
- The organization must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
- The organization has as its primary purpose the production, presentation, advancement, or preservation of arts or culture in the City of Wichita.
- The organization must serve the residents of the City of Wichita.
- The organization has a minimum of two (2) years of operational history serving the residents of Wichita.
- The organization has full-time professional management and/or cultural/artistic staff. This service may be in-kind of volunteer in nature.
- The organization presents a full season of performances/exhibitions or other year-round programming (including general admission where applicable).
- The organization is ADA compliant. If the organization operates its own facility, that facility is ADA compliant. If the organization utilizes other venues/facilities, they only use ADA compliant facilities.
- The organization is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable requirements of the City of Wichita Revised Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Program Requirements Statement for Contracts or Agreements.
- The organization complies with the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Policy and Other Legal Requirements, Statues, and Regulations that Govern Your Award.
- The following organizations are ineligible for the Cultural Funding grants program because of their status as Cultural Institutions and/or because they are owned and operated by the City of Wichita: The Arts Council, Botanica, Century II, CityArts, Kansas Aviation Museum, Mid-America All-Indian Museum, Museum of World Treasures, Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita Art Museum, and Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.
Funding Limitations and Uses
- Cultural funding grant money funds operations. Operational spending includes categories like salaries, office rent, utility payments, general website upkeep, and so on.
- The maximum amount of funding you can request is based on how much your organization spent (your expenses) during your most recently completed fiscal year. In-kind services, like donated items, volunteer hours, free rent, etc., cannot count toward that total.
- If your organization’s actual expenses were $500,000 or more, you are considered a “Large” organization, and the maximum you can request is 8% of your expenses, or up to $75,000.
- If your organization’s actual expenses were between $250,000 and $499,999, you are considered a “Medium” organization, and the maximum you can request is 10% of your actual expenses.
- If your organization’s actual expenses were less than $250,000, you are considered a “Small” organization, and the maximum you can request is 15% of your expenses.
- You can only submit one application for Operational Grant funding each cycle.
For more information, visit City of Wichita.
