The Arts Operating Grants provide funds to arts organizations that offer year-round, high-quality arts programs and services that support the Council’s mission to “cultivate and advance the arts and creativity throughout Vermont.”
Donor Name: Vermont Arts Council
State: Vermont
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
These grants directly advance the third goal of the Arts Council’s Strategic Plan (“Strengthening the Creative Economy”), which asserts that arts organizations are anchors of communities statewide, and supporting their operations is vital to the success of the creative economy. Grantees must demonstrate a strong and consistent presence in their community providing high quality arts programming, furthering the Council’s vision to make Vermont a place where artists thrive, where creativity is at the heart of the communities, and where everyone has access to the arts in their lives and education.
Funding Information
Funding will be between $2,000 and $5,000. Grants will not exceed 30% of your operating revenue.
Grant Period
1 year.
Uses of funds
This grant can be used to support the operations of arts organizations such as:
- facilities costs, such as utilities
- salaries, wages, and fringe benefits for personnel
- fees for artists and contractual personnel
- supply costs, such as personal protective equipment, cleaning and janitorial supplies, office supplies, art supplies, computer software/hardware, etc.
- marketing and promotion costs
- general overhead/administrative costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Arts-based nonprofit organizations with a current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service legally established in the state of Vermont
- Arts-based groups without tax-exempt status applying through a fiscal agent. The fiscal agent must be a charitable nonprofit organization incorporated in Vermont as a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Municipal arts agencies with a primary stated mission to serve the arts.
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