The City of Providence Department of Art Culture + Tourism is seeking applications for its Project Fund.
Donor Name: City of Providence Department of Art Culture + Tourism
State: Rhode Island
City: Providence
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Priorities
- Access: Art and culture are a part of everyone’s lives regardless of whether they have a disability or do not speak English.
- Cultural Equity: Art and culture are relevant to the people of Providence; they foster relationships and conversations among the City’s diverse residents. For more on the City’s population, see here.
- Change and Transformation: Artists and culture-brokers learn to take on new challenges, building capacity through planning and professional development.
- Responsiveness: Art and culture are informed by significant engagements with specific cultural and/or neighborhood-based communities.
- Impact: Art and culture support the livelihoods and creative pursuits of artists and culture-brokers and are engaged with by significant numbers of audience members.
Funding Information
Awards ranging from $1,500-$4,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
Uses of funds
Project Fund support may be used for expenses related to a specific project, such as the production, presentation or exhibition of art, or for reasonable administrative expenses necessary to planning or carrying out the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- A nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, governed by a revolving board of directors, trustees or advisory board drawn from the community at large and shown to be actively involved in the activities of the organization. Divisions, branches, departments, programs, or other sub-units of nonprofit corporations may not apply on their own; applications may be submitted only by the parent corporation.
- Individual or unincorporated artists and culture-brokers may apply by working with a non-profit fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit City of Providence.
