The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is seeking applications for its Arts, Culture and Creative Enterprises Grants to provide support to nonprofit literary and performing arts organizations to gain access to performance venues and facilities so they, in turn, can produce performing arts experiences for the public.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
State: Georgia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Priority Consideration
In alignment with the TogetherATL strategy, the following types of organizations will receive priority consideration for 2024 support:
- The artistic or cultural activity led by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), which is defined as organizations that meet at least one of the following criteria as denoted in the application:
- The artistic leader is BIPOC;
- The executive leader is BIPOC;
- The artistic or cultural activity directly represents or serves Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), which is defined as organizations that meet at least three of the following criteria as denoted in the application:
- Artistic theme of performance engagement directly represents BIPOC experiences (as detailed in application narrative);
- Majority of board members are BIPOC;
- Majority of staff/technicians (employees, independent contractors, teaching artists, or volunteers) engaged are BIPOC; and /or
- Majority of the population served (audience, students, non-staff artists) is BIPOC
- Organizations that do not have their own primary performance space (either owned or long-term leased).
- New organizations that have never received A Place to Perform grant from the Foundation.
- Organizations that did not receive a Metropolitan Atlanta Arts grant in 2023.
- Organizations with operating budgets below $2 million
Funding Information
Grants of up to $5,000 to subsidize direct rental costs for performing arts presentations.
Project Period
Engagements must take place between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations include nonprofit professional arts organizations that need a place to perform work for the public. To be eligible for a grant, organizations must meet all the following criteria:
- Have a primary mission to produce or create programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the literary or performing arts, most commonly in the following disciplines: Creative, Nonfiction, Dance, Fiction, Multidisciplinary, Music, Musical, Theater, Opera Poetry
- Have a history of a significant portion of your organization’s arts programming devoted to creating, presenting, or producing literary or performing arts productions or performances for the public.
- Have a permanent and viable base in at least one of the following Georgia counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry or Rockdale. The applicant organization must have a business address in at least one of the above counties and conduct most of its local programs and services in metro Atlanta for the residents of metro Atlanta and visitors to metro Atlanta
- Exist as a charitable organization in line with one of the two following options:
- Exist as a 501(c)(3) organization as verified
- Have a fiscal-agent / fiscal-sponsor designated as a 501(c)(3) organization as verified
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
