Community Arts Grants provide general operating support to organizations that enrich and inspire the Dayton Region through world-class performances, exhibitions, and acclaimed arts educational programs for all ages.
Donor Name: Culture Works
State: Ohio
County: Butler County (OH), Clark County (OH), Darke County (OH), Greene County (OH), Miami County (OH), Montgomery County (OH), Preble County (OH), Warren County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Applicants are placed into one of the following categories based on their annual budget:
- General Operating Support (GOS) – Organizations with annual budgets of $500,000 to $10 million
- Community Arts Development (CAD) – Organizations with annual budgets of $100,000 to $499,999.
Eligibility Criteria
General Operating Support (GOS):
- Maintained an average organizational budget figure of no less than $500,000 and no greater than $10 million over the past three consecutive fiscal years
- An independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to create, produce, present or provide arts or cultural experiences for the public
- Offices are located within and a majority of program activities take place within a 30-mile radius of the Culture Works office at 31 S Main St Suite A210, Dayton, OH 45402
- Incorporated in the State of Ohio with an operating history of a minimum of three years
- Licensed to solicit funds in the State of Ohio
- Professional, full-time paid administrative and/or artistic staff
- Board of Directors that meets at least four times per year and is comprised of members that are representative of the community’s social, economic, and racial diversity
- Annual independent audit performed by a recognized accounting firm
- A record of active organizational support of Culture Works.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients as well as all future grant recipients must comply with the following requirements on an on-going basis:
- Participating in the Passport to the Arts program with a reasonably proportional number of offerings compared to total offerings within the performance season. If the organization is not a performing arts organization, other provisions to meet this requirement will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
- Providing performance vouchers and/or other incentives for Culture Works to distribute at Workplace Giving kickoffs and other Campaign events.
- Each applicant organization must schedule a time for Culture Works leadership to present to the organization’s Board of Directors at a full board meeting. This presentation must take place prior to the application deadline the year in which they apply. The applicant organization is responsible for scheduling Culture Works on the agenda and notifying Culture Works of the meeting date. As recipients of Campaign funding, grantee organizations are expected to assist Culture Works in promoting the Campaign both internally and in the community. Each grantee organization will host a formal Board Member giving campaign and a Workplace Giving Campaign during the application fiscal year.
- Financial support of the annual Campaign by staff leadership (Executive Director or equivalent). First-time applicants must meet this requirement prior to the application deadline the year in which they apply.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients as well as all future grant recipients must comply with the following requirements on an on-going basis:
- For previously funded organizations, evidence of adherence to the prior year’s grant agreement and crediting requirements.
Community Arts Development (CAD):
- Maintained an average organizational budget figure of no less than $100,000 and no greater than $499,999 over the past three consecutive fiscal years
- An independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to create, produce, present or provide arts or cultural experiences for the public
- Offices are located within and a majority of program activities take place within a 30-mile radius of the Culture Works office at 31 S Main St Suite A210, Dayton, OH 45402
- Incorporated in the State of Ohio with an operating history of a minimum of three years
- Licensed to solicit funds in the State of Ohio
- At least one part-time salaried administration or artistic staff member
- Board of Directors that meets at least four times per year and is comprised of members that are representative of the community’s social, economic, and racial diversity
- Annual independent audit performed by a recognized accounting firm OR a financial review certified by a third-party CPA
- A record of active organizational support of Culture Works.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients as well as all future grant recipients must comply with the following requirements on an on-going basis:
- Participating in the Passport to the Arts program with a reasonably proportional number of offerings compared to total offerings within the performance season. If the organization is not a performing arts organization, other provisions to meet this requirement will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
- Providing performance vouchers and/or other incentives for Culture Works to distribute at Workplace Giving kickoffs and other Campaign events.
- Each applicant organization must schedule a time for Culture Works leadership to present to the organization’s Board of Directors at a full board meeting. This presentation must take place prior to the application deadline the year in which they apply. The applicant organization is responsible for scheduling Culture Works on the agenda and notifying Culture Works of the meeting date. As recipients of Campaign funding, grantee organizations are expected to assist Culture Works in promoting the Campaign both internally and in the community. Each grantee organization will host a formal Board Member giving campaign during the application fiscal year.
- Financial support of the annual Campaign by staff leadership (Executive Director or equivalent). First-time applicants must meet this requirement prior to the application deadline the year in which they apply.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients as well as all future grant recipients must comply with the following requirements on an on-going basis:
- For previously funded organizations, evidence of adherence to prior year’s grant agreement and crediting policies.
For more information, visit Culture Works.
