The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) seeks applications for the 2024 Capital Projects Program Grant.
Donor Name: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH)
State: District of Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/21/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Capital Projects Program furthers CAH’s mission by encouraging progress in the arts and humanities in the District of Columbia by supporting non-profit arts, humanities, arts education, and service organizations that significantly contribute to the District of Columbia as a world-class cultural capital. CP supports organizations that own or rent facilities; intend to own facilities; or seek capital project support for permanent property, technology, equipment, or digital assets designed for the training, management, production, or presentation of performances or exhibitions of the arts or humanities.
CP program goals are to:
- Promote the stability, sustainable growth, and longevity of the District’s arts and humanities organizations;
- Preserve and strengthen structures, systems, and infrastructure for District arts and humanities organizations, their constituents, and their collections;
- Enable and ensure access to high-quality physical spaces and equipment for the District’s arts and humanities organizations;
- Reduce the risk of organizational displacement; and
- Foster arts and humanities access for all District residents.
CP project proposals must align with one of the following three subcategories:
- Digital or Planning project: digital infrastructure projects (intangible) or research, modeling, design, or other projects to increase or sustain the organization’s infrastructure.
- Short-Term Capital project: eligible equipment.
- Long-Term Capital project: purchase of a facility or permanent improvement or stabilization of the organization’s physical space.
Eligible capital projects may include but are not limited to: facility plans, historic preservation plans, acquisition of production equipment, transition costs associated with database systems, website overhauls, archival projects, non-consumable personal protective equipment, building purchases, HVAC renovations, historic preservation, ADA elevator improvements, and new construction. Applicants who are unsure if their project may qualify for CP are encouraged to contact the CP grants manager.
Funding Information
- Maximum Amount for New Facility Purchase: Up to $500,000
- Maximum Amount for Other Eligible Projects: Up to $250,000
- Maximum Application Amount Before a 1:1 Match: $100,000
- Periods of Performance October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
The list below details the minimum eligibility requirements for CP. All eligibility requirements must be met upon application submission. Applicants must:
- Be incorporated as a nonprofit with a federally-designated tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code, as evidenced by an IRS determination letter that is dated at least one year prior to the application deadline date
- Be registered with, and authorized to do business in, the District as either a “Domestic” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in the District) or a “Foreign” entity (that is, an entity that was incorporated in another state).
- Ensure that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the organization’s activities occur within the District of Columbia.
- Ensure that one hundred percent (100%) of the grant award dollars are used to support District of Columbia programming, inclusive of direct and indirect costs.
- Have an active Board of Directors.
- Register and comply with the regulatory requirements of pertinent government agencies including, but not limited to: DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), DC Department of Employment Services (DOES); and the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
- Obtain a certificate of “Citywide Clean Hands” (CCH) from the District of Columbia Office of Taxation and Revenue.
- Have its principal physical business office address located in the District of Columbia, subject to an on-site visit. (Note: CAH will not allow post office boxes or the addresses of board members or volunteers as evidence of the principal business address).
- Propose a project at a facility primarily used for the training, management, production, or presentation of performances, exhibitions, or other programs of the arts or humanities.
For more information, visit CAH.
