Accessibility Grants provides grants to encourage groups to enhance accessibility of arts programming and/or facilities to be more inclusive of all audiences and artists.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Organizations led by persons with disabilities or programming that includes paid opportunities for disabled artists will be prioritized.
Funding Information
- Minimum award request: $500
- Maximum award request: May not exceed $2,000.
Grants Period
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Uses of funds
- Accessibility Grant projects may include but are not limited to the following:
- Usage of large print or braille program materials for patrons/audiences with low vision
- Artist or consultant fees to provide accessibility training or audits
- Transportation of constituents or performers with disabilities
- Preparation for special exhibitions (e.g., space modifications or accessibility audit)
- Audio description
- Sign language interpretation
- Website accessibility
- Docent training for visual or audio enhancement
- Consultant fee to develop an overall accessibility plan for the organization
- Inclusive programming
- Staff training to learn about accessibility as it relates to programming, operations, or facilities modifications (e.g., travel to a workshop or training)
- Other accommodations that make art programs more accessible
- Facility Enhancement:
- Accessibility signage for exterior and/or interior space
- Modification of restroom signage
- Modification to drinking fountain signage
- Installation of Braille plaques.
Eligibility Criteria
- North Dakota state tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt non-arts organizations and community education units – Arts budgets must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget.
- Public entity such as a unit of state, local, or tribal government
- An affiliate arts-presenting or arts-producing organization – A distinct program or division hosted within an in-state 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institution or public institution (such as an arts division of a city or tribal government, a public or nonprofit college or university, or a community service nonprofit organization) that provides arts programming or services for the general public. Arts budgets must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget.
All Applicants Must:
- Be physically located in North Dakota
- Have the majority of arts programming, services, or activities take place in North Dakota
- Primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants
- Be the organization that will receive the funds, not a fiscally sponsored group.
For more information, visit NDCA.
