The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund (WCTF) is currently accepting applications to serve the citizens of Wyoming by supporting Wyoming’s culture and heritage through grant funding of innovative projects for the enjoyment, appreciation, promotion, preservation, and protection of the state’s arts, cultural and historic resources; and to support and invest in Wyoming institutions that help further this mission.
Donor Name: Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
State: Wyoming
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/01/2022
Grant Size: no greater than $50,000
Details:
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund has supported Preservation Easement projects which protect and preserve cultural resources (be they archaeological sites, historic buildings or monuments)
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund can provide grant funding for all forms of arts and culture, including but not limited to:
- Visual Art – photography, sculpture, painting, experimental, graphics
- Performing Arts – theatre, dance, music
- Crafts – clay, fiber, glass, leather, wood, jewelry, mixed-media
- Design Arts – architecture, fashion, industrial, landscape
- Media Arts – film, audio, video, technology/experimental
- Literature – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, criticism
- Folk/Traditional Arts – dance, music, crafts, oral traditions
- Humanities – history, folklore/folklife, languages, anthropology, sociology
- Historic and Architectural Preservation – conservation, survey, preservation planning, restoration or rehabilitation
- Community Cultural Celebrations
- Cultural Tourism
Funding Information
- Grant requests should be no greater than $50,000. Previous awards have averaged approximately $18,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Wyoming non-profit and governmental agencies may apply. Non-profit organizations must be determined tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service and incorporated in the State of Wyoming. Governmental agency means any state, tribal, federal, county or local government agency, including municipal subdivisions.
- All programs and activities proposed must occur primarily within the State of Wyoming; although it is recognized that expertise may be based in other states, the final product/project/event or activity must occur in Wyoming. Promotional or marketing efforts of events/sites/projects may be directed and focused outside the state.
For more information, visit Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund.
