The COVID-19 ARPA PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program (PACR) provides grants to nonprofit arts and culture organizations, local arts and culture districts and arts and culture professionals located in the Commonwealth to ensure the stability and recovery of the Commonwealth’s arts and culture sector from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
The funding for the program includes two components that support the arts and culture sector in the Commonwealth:
- Arts and Culture Organizations Recovery Component
- Pandemic Payments to Art and Culture Professionals Component
The Arts and Culture Organization Recovery component provides grants to nonprofit arts and culture organizations for reimbursement of revenue lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funding for operating costs to maintain essential functions and recruit and retain core staff, and costs related to establishing new programs or marketing.
The Pandemic Payments to Art and Culture Individuals component provides funding to local organizations within 14 regions of the Commonwealth to provide payments of $3,000 to local arts and culture professionals within each region.
Funding Information
The maximum grant is 25% of the operating budget for the most recently completed fiscal year or $500,000, whichever is less, per eligible applicant. The minimum grant is $25,000 per eligible applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
- A nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation or foundation, a unit of government or school district that serves as a local regranting organization for the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA).
- Arts and culture organizations must be one of the following categories to be eligible for funding:
- Arts Organization
- Culture Organization
- Arts or Culture Organization that manages a Local Arts or Culture District
- Children’s Museum
- General Museum with at least two equally significant disciplines
- History Museum or Historical Site
- Military or Maritime Museum
- Natural History Museum
- Accredited Zoo
- Planetarium
- Science and Technology Center
- Orchestra
- Art Museum
- Performing Arts Organization
- Public Gardens.
- Other applicant requirements for arts and culture organizations:
- Must be located in Pennsylvania;
- Must have tax-exempt status (501(c)(3)) with the Internal Revenue Service;
- Must have been incorporated and have been exhibiting or open to the public since March 2019;
- Must have an operating budget in excess of $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services). If a museum receives operating support from another Pennsylvania agency or commission, please check with the Program Contact to verify if the arts and culture organization has a discreet and itemized operating budget for its activities to be funded through the grant program;
- Must have at least one full-time professional staff person (or approved equivalent);
- Must be registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations, Charities Section.
For more information, visit PDCED.
