The Arts and Culture Program Support grantmaking program aims to transform lives and enrich the community through the arts by providing funding support, collaborative partnership opportunities and program assistance for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that are within the service area of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
Donor Name: Springfield Regional Arts Council
State: Missouri
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/09/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant program is supported by the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) with additional funding from a portion of the local hotel/motel tax collection allocated to the Springfield Regional Arts Council.
This grant program will provide programming support to organizations working primarily in the arts, including funding for events, performances, classes, readings, outreach activities, exhibitions, public art, collaborative partnership projects, and other programmatic strategies.
Funding Priorities
- Advancing arts advocacy, education, collaboration and tourism.
- Improving diversity, equity and inclusion of audience, arts offerings, board members, etc.
- Project-based funding with an emphasis in collaborative projects.
- Marketing efforts with the goal of increasing audience and/or community engagement.
- Outreach projects focused on youth (birth to 17 years) and/or senior citizens.
Funding Information
The total amount available in this grant round is $120,000.00. Agencies may apply for up to $10,000 in funding. While $30,000 is designated for Springfield agencies, the remaining $90,000 is available to agencies within the SRAC’s 27-county service area, including: Barry, Barton, Bates, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Polk, Pulaski, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, and Wright counties.
Eligibility Requirements
- The applicant must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, government entity, school district, or tax-exempt faith-based organization with a primary mission in the arts. Fiscally sponsored organizations are not eligible.
- Agency must be a current member of the Springfield Regional Arts Council. Not sure of your membership status?
- Organizations not primarily working in the arts are not eligible for this grant program.
- Current recipients of the Operating Support multi-year grant are not eligible to apply.
- Matching funds are not required for this grant application, but they are encouraged.
- Requests cannot represent more than 50% of the organization’s annual budget.
For more information, visit CFO.
