The Let Creativity Happen! grant category provides funds of up to $2,500 for specific projects that amplify artistic creativity and vision taking place in the city of Houston.
Donor Name: Houston Arts Alliance
State: Texas
City: Houston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $2,500
Details:
Program-Specific Requirements
- Artists who work in an artistic capacity with nonprofit organizations, such as artistic directors, executive directors, lead artists, resident artists, and conductors, may only apply for programming that is completely independent of their organization.
- For collaborative work, one artist must serve as the lead applicant for the program. Contracts and fees will be paid directly to the lead applicant. Collaborators should be equally committed to working together and have a partnership agreement defining the rights and responsibilities for ownership, fees, and intellectual property of the work. Hiring artists or creatives does not constitute a collaboration.
- All programs must use digital technology to engage audiences.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must provide official documentation demonstrating a physical address in the City of Houston limits, which is verified by HAA staff through the online Council Member verify mapping tool. P.O. Boxes are not accepted.
- Organizations or fiscal sponsors must be tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), with fiscal year ending 2020 filed with the IRS (990/990N), as verified by the IRS Tax Exemption Organization Search.
- An individual applicant must be at least 18 years old, which will be verified by applicant submission of an official state-issued identification card, passport, or other official document.
- Applicants’ scopes of work must have a clear public presentation component, as verified by staff review of the application.
- Applicants may only submit one application per grant program, per deadline, per year.
- Applicants may only apply to one grant program per project.
- Applicants may not receive more than one Let Creativity Happen grant in a calendar year.
For more information, visit HAA.
