Is your organization or school planning an arts project in Moore County? Do you need some funds to help get an arts project off the ground? The Arts Council of Moore County can help as the North Carolina Arts Council’s Designated County Partner for distribution of Grassroots Grant funds!
Donor Name: Arts Council of Moore County (ACMC)
State: North Carolina
County: Moore County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/19/2022
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Arts Council of Moore County (ACMC) serves as the North Carolina Arts Council’s partner in awarding subgrants to local organizations for arts programs in Moore County.
Priorities of Funding
- The first priority of the Grassroots Arts subgrant program is to provide operating or program support to qualified arts organizations including theaters, symphonies, galleries, art guilds, choral societies, dance companies, folk arts societies, writers groups and arts festivals, among others. Grassroots funds are not generally awarded to arts organizations that receive funding through the NCAC’s General Support Program.
- The second priority of the Grassroots Arts subgrant program is to support arts learning and arts in education programs conducted by qualified artists. These can be artist residencies in schools, after-school summer camps or adult arts learning classes.
- The third priority of Grassroots Arts subgrants is to support community organizations that provide quality art experiences for the greater community. These programs must be conducted by qualified artists.
Grant Period
ACMC holds one grant period each year–July 1 to June 15.
Grassroots Arts Program funds may be used for expenditures to conduct quality arts programs or operate an arts organization. Examples of arts programs that are commonly funded with Grassroots funds include: performances, festivals, art exhibitions, after-school arts programs, artist residencies in schools, arts camps, classes, workshops, art walks and studio tours. Typical uses of Grassroots money include:
- Performances
- Festivals
- Art Exhibitions
- Arts camps and after-school programs
- Artist Residencies for schools
- Artist fees for classes and workshops
- Website development
- Research
- Marketing expenses for Art Walks and Studio Tours
- Royalties, props, sets, and costumes for theatre performances
- Equipment rental
Funding Policies for Grassroots Funds
- Tribal organizations that receive Grassroots funds must be state or federally recognized.
- Colleges, universities and libraries may receive grants for arts programs that are community-based or generate regional arts involvement. Grants may not support their internal programs, administration or operation expenses (library books, band boosters, equipment purchases).
- Subgrants may not be awarded to individuals or to organizations for prizes, competitions, tuition, or financial rewards.
- Grassroots funds may not be used to purchase for art supplies or equipment.
- Religious organizations or churches may not receive Grassroots funds unless the programs are presented outside regular church services, engage the larger community and do not contain religious content.
- Grassroots funds may not be used for activities associated with a school’s internal arts programs such as in-school student performances, the purchase of art supplies, or student arts competitions and publications.
- Municipalities (city/county governments) may receive grants for arts programs which use qualified artists to conduct programs that involve the greater community. Grants may not support internal programs, administration or operating expenses.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
- All organizations must have been in operation for at least one year.
- Applicants must be not-for-profit organizations operating in Moore County with a 501(c)3 Federal tax-exempt status. (School projects are covered through Moore County School’s nonprofit status.) An organization without tax-exempt status may receive indirect funding for its arts project by having another nonprofit organization serve as its fiscal agent. It is the applicant’s responsibility to see that a copy of its (or its Fiscal Agent’s) IRS tax-exempt status is on file with ACMC.
- All organizations must reside and carry out projects within Moore County.
- Organizations that receive general support funds through the NCAC are not eligible for Grassroots funds.
- Individual artists are not eligible to apply for Grassroots Arts funds, but may apply for an Artists Support Grant.
- Applications and support materials must be complete and received by the grant deadline.
For more information, visit Grassroots Arts Program.
