The Community Arts Grant (CAG) is a keystone funding program that provides general operating support to nonprofit arts organizations that provide programming to the residents of Anne Arundel County.
Donor Name: Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
State: Maryland
County: Anne Arundel County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The mission is to provide leadership, funding, and support that promotes artistic expression and historic preservation and to advocate for resources and education that expand arts opportunities for all, helping to create an enriched and healthy community.
In an effort to promote equity among organizations of different sizes, the CAG application is divided into three tiers:
- Tier I – For organizations with an annual operating budget of up to $100,000
- Tier II – For organizations with an annual operating budget of between $100,000 – $750,000
- Tier III – For organizations with an annual operating budget of more than $750,000.
Objectives
The key objectives of the Community Arts Grant program are to:
- Foster excellence, diversity, and vitality in arts offerings for all Anne Arundel County residents, regardless of age, geographic location, race, ethnicity, country of origin, or other characteristic
- Broaden opportunities for Anne Arundel County audiences, artists, and arts organizations
- Increase the availability of arts activities and programs for all local residents
- Promote county wide awareness of arts resources and opportunities.
Types of Grant
Two types of grants are available through the Community Arts Grant program:
- Founding Grants are available to eligible organizations that have not previously received funding from the Arts Council, and are capped at $2,500
- General operating grant funding is available to organizations that received a previous Arts Council of Anne Arundel County CAG grant, and demonstrated good fiscal stewardship of those monies.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, all organizations must:
- Produce or present the arts through public programming in Anne Arundel County.
- Be incorporated in Anne Arundel County as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or have significant physical presence in Anne Arundel County
- Have operated as an arts organization or arts program for one full fiscal year and be able to submit a financial statement for their most recently completed fiscal year
- Establish that the majority of the arts activities it produces and/or presents take place in Anne Arundel County and that most annual expenditures of the organization and its art programming are devoted to activities that occur within the county
- Be governed by a legally-liable board of directors acting under a mission statement and budget specific to the organization
- Be able to document current Good Standing Status with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation at the time of application and throughout the grant period
- Public, private, and charter K-12 schools, and pre-schools are not eligible to apply
- If, at any time, it is determined that eligibility requirements are not being met, funding may be withheld or terminated.
For more information, visit ACAAC.
