The Phoenix Flash Grants Program supports arts and cultural organizations, groups, and individual artists for specific projects within underinvested areas of Phoenix.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Phoenix Flash Grants category is a new, pilot short-cycle grants program that provides funds for specific projects within underinvested areas of Phoenix. The program supports artist fees/expenses, production fees, and marketing expenses for arts and culture projects that engage Phoenix residents, including but not limited to art workshops and pop-up performances.
Program Goals
- Reduce the barrier to receiving grant support and bridge new applicants to the annual Community Arts Grants program and other opportunities and resources.
- Invest in local artists, art collectives, and organizations as they expand their practices and programs in underinvested areas of the city.
Funding Information
Applicants can request between $1,000 and $3,500.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Phoenix Flash Grants program, applicants must meet all the following criteria:
- Have a connection or relationship to the area where the project is proposed to take place to ensure an authentic experience for the community
- Be based in the City of Phoenix AND have a City of Phoenix address OR be based in Maricopa County, producing an in-person cultural festival in Phoenix, and serve mainly Phoenix residents
- Exist as one of the following applicant types:
- 501(c)3 organization (arts/culture or community-based)
- K-12 school
- Arts and Culture LLC (with a prior income below $250,000)*
- Arts collective* (an individual must be identified as the primary applicant)
- Youth group*
- Individual artist or culture worker.
Ineligibility
The PFG program does not fund:
- Projects that receive direct project funding from other POAC grants or sponsorships within the same fiscal year.
- Any division of local, state or federal government
- Organizations outside of the City of Phoenix not producing a cultural festival
- Applications submitted by for-profit entities
- Schools, including public, private and charter not applying for a grant that serves youth.
- Colleges and universities, other City of Phoenix departments, auxiliary/affiliate organizations, and organizations without a 501(c)3 and not utilizing a fiscal sponsor
- Religious institutions or religious group-sponsored organizations not open to participation by non-congregants
- Religious institutions or religious group-sponsored organizations whose primary purpose is the religious socialization of individuals or whose arts programming exists as parts of religious sermons or services
- Debt reduction
- Re-granting, unless permission is received
- Grant administration, overhead or processing fees taken by an umbrella/parent organization as a percentage of the total award, except for fiscal sponsors
- Lobbying expenses
- Expenses related to the construction of facilities
- Food and beverage for receptions and hospitality functions
- Fundraising projects
- Scholarships and awards
- Staff salaries independent from the time allocated to project delivery
- Capital investments (equipment and supplies that outlast the duration of the project)
- The production or commission of public art not included in the Phoenix Department of Arts and Culture’s annual public art plan
For more information, visit City of phoenix.
