Through awards ranging from $500-$4,000 ACT supports projects that advance access and cultural equity, foster change and transformation, and demonstrate responsiveness and impact.
Donor Name: City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism (ACT)
State: Rhode Island
City: Providence
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/15/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $500
Details:
The ACT Micro Grant is designed to support the cultural life of Providence neighborhoods by providing event organizers with funds for promotional and event materials.
Project Fund support may be used for expenses related to a specific project, such as the production, presentation or exhibition of art, or for reasonable administrative expenses necessary to planning or carrying out the project.
Funding Information
- ACT also funds some projects and professional development for artists with smaller (up to $500) Micro Grants.
- Projects taking place between August 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
Guidelines
- Applicants should speak to their experience working in Providence in their application narrative.
- Applicants may apply for funds to use in planning, professional development, and project management.
- Any public performances or exhibitions funded with Project Fund dollars must take place in a space that is physically accessible to people with disabilities, as required by law.
- Applications will be judged in part on their feasibility and thus it is critical that proposed projects clearly state the who, what, where, and when of a project in addition to explaining how it will be organized, managed, and evaluated.
- Applicants will also be evaluated based on how how their proposals address ACT’s grant-making and programmatic priorities:
- Access: Art and culture are a part of everyone’s lives regardless of whether they have a disability or do not speak English.
- Cultural Equity: Art and culture are relevant to the people of Providence; they foster relationships and conversations among the City’s diverse residents. For more on the City’s population, see here.
- Change and Transformation: Artists and culture-brokers learn to take on new challenges, building capacity through planning and professional development.
- Responsiveness: Art and culture are informed by significant engagements with specific cultural and/or neighborhood-based communities.
- Impact: Art and culture support the livelihoods and creative pursuits of artists and culture-brokers and are engaged with by significant numbers of audience members.
- Applicants can earn additional points by showing how their project will serve and be marketed to non-local tourists.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists/event organizers and nonprofit organizations may apply. The lead applicant must be 18 yrs. old or older. Organizations without 501c3 status may apply.
- A nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, governed by a revolving board of directors, trustees or advisory board drawn from the community at large and shown to be actively involved in the activities of the organization. Divisions, branches, departments, programs, or other sub-units of nonprofit corporations may not apply on their own; applications may be submitted only by the parent corporation.
For more information, visit City of Providence.
