Tennessee Arts Commission is seeking applications for its Rural Arts Project Support for arts projects and activities across all disciplines that focus on community vitality and engagement in rural counties.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $500 to $18,000
Grant Duration: 11 Months 15 Days
Details:
These categories provide funds for diverse arts projects in rural counties.
Funding will depend upon an organization’s rating in the review process and upon the total amount of funds available to the Tennessee Arts Commission for grant allocation. This grant category is competitive.
Funding Information
Funds awarded to a single organization in these categories range from $500 to $18,000 for non-arts organizations and arts organizations. An organization may submit only one application for any given fiscal year. Applicants may not apply for Operating Support or Arts Project Support. If eligible, an organization may also submit applications in the Arts Access and Arts Education categories.
For Projects Occurring
- FY2023: July 1, 2022-June 15, 2023
NEW for FY23: Rural Arts Project Support Grants will not require a match during the FY23 RAPS Grant cycle.
Grant funds requested may be listed in up to two expense categories on the budget page under the Commission Funds Requested column. The budget pages require that you include your entire projected budget rather than just an exact grant request. Applicants may list all other projected budget expenses under the Applicant Cash Participation column. These expenses may be listed in multiple expense categories. Showing a match under the Applicant Cash Participation column is not required for FY23 RAPS Grant applicants but is encouraged if the applicant intends to spend other funds on the proposed project. Please itemize all income sources that support the proposed project under the appropriate categories. Note: these figures can be projected figures assuming the project is approved
Eligible Applicants
- First time applicants to this category are encouraged to contact Commission’s program staff prior to submitting an application to verify eligibility.
- DUNS Number: All applicants are required to have a DUNS number.
- K-12 schools are not eligible under this category. Arts education-based projects, especially those primarily serving youth, must be submitted in one of the Arts Education grant categories.
- Applicant organizations must be chartered in Tennessee. National or regional 501(c)3 organizations, chartered and headquartered in Tennessee, and serving as an umbrella organization applying for funds for another group are restricted to one application only per fiscal year. All Nonprofit, 501(c)3 applicants must upload the most recent copy of their by-laws. All Nonprofit, 501(c)3 applicants must upload these to their organization profile during registration, prior to submitting on their application.
- Debarment and Suspension. Grantees are required to sign contracts certifying to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it, its current and future principals, its current and future subcontractors and their principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal or state department or agency.
Appropriate Activities
Proposed arts projects must involve one or more Commission recognized art forms, including: visual arts, craft, media, design, music, theater, dance, folk and ethnic, or literary arts. The following are example activities and expenditures that are consistent with the funding philosophy Rural Arts Project Support:
- Projects that involve and promote professional artists, especially Tennessee artists.
- Visiting artists conducting master classes.
- Specific aspects of workshops, festivals, and conferences.
- Public performances, productions, and exhibitions produced by the applicant.
- Exhibitions of art by professional and folk artists, especially Tennessee artists.
- Projects involving and promoting folk and traditional artists.
- Promotion, publicity, and newsletters.
- Administrative and artistic staff support.
- Research and documentation as part of an arts project or program development.
- Consultancies and residencies for administrative and artistic activities.
- The development of long-range planning documents.
- Improved program accessibility for underserved constituencies, e.g. children, people living in rural communities or isolated settings, people with living with disabilities, people of color, and senior citizens Art in public places.
- Extensions of literary projects, journals with continuing publication, or juried anthologies.
- Apprenticeship programs.
- Computer software/training.
- Technical/production support.
- Technical assistance projects.
- Touring/presenting projects that bring professional and/or traditional folk performers to communities across the state.
Inappropriate Activities
The Tennessee Arts Commission reserves the right to deny any application, if the proposed activity is outside of the scope or spirit of the agency’s mission, purpose, or this grant program.
The following are examples of activities and expenditures not fundable for arts projects. For further information see Funding Restrictions on Legal Requirements.
- Insurance premiums.
- Endowments.
- Office space rental.
- Janitorial service and general physical plant maintenance.
- Food and hospitality.
- Permanent equipment purchases.
- Scholarships.
- Payment of accumulated deficits.
- Capital improvements.
- Vanity publications.
- Out-of-state travel
- Scholarly arts-related research and writing.
- Cash awards.
- Purchase of local public art.
- Legal fees.
- Planned fundraising activities.
- Events to which the general public is not invited.
- Payments to members of the organization’s board.
- Payments to an employee or official of the State of Tennessee (exceptions exist – contact TAC for details).
For more information, visit Rural Arts Project Support.
