The North Dakota Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its Community Arts Access Grant Program.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/26/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Community Arts Access Tier 1 & 2 is a grant program that provides in arts activity support to arts and non-arts organizations and unincorporated groups. This program funds arts activities including but not limited to art festivals, exhibitions, performance series, touring performances or exhibits, and stand-alone single discipline or multidisciplinary arts projects of all forms.
Goals
- To encourage groups to enhance the quality of programming and expand audiences in rural and urban areas while building capacity
- To promote knowledge and appreciation of the arts in North Dakota.
Funding Information
- Tier 1 organizations
- $2,000 minimum request
- Tier 2 organiztions
- $4,000 maximum request
Grant Period
July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- An organization may be the official applicant on only one application in this program.
- An affiliate and its host organization may not both apply for a grant from the same program. However, more than one affiliate of the same host may receive funding. Example: two distinct groups within a university may receive funding for different projects within the same fiscal year.
- Applicants must be one of the following:
- North Dakota state tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt non-arts organizations and community education units
- Public entity such as a unit of state, local, or tribal government
- An affiliate arts-presenting or arts-producing organization – A distinct program or division hosted within an in-state 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institution or public institution (such as an arts division of a city or tribal government, a public or nonprofit college or university, or a community service nonprofit organization) that provides arts programming or services for the general public.
- Tier 1 organizations (applicants in cities with populations under 6,000) must have ND state nonprofit status but are not required to be a federal 501(c)(3).
- Tier 2 organizations (applicants in cities with populations of 6,000 or more) must be a federal 501(c)(3).
- All Applicants Must:
- Be physically located in North Dakota
- Have the majority of arts programming, services, or activities take place in North Dakota
- Primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants
- Be the organization that will receive the funds, not a fiscally sponsored group.
For more information, visit North Dakota Council on the Arts.
