The Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission is pleased to announce the Leadership & Organizational Development Grants.
Donor Name: Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
State: Virginia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: Up to $750
Details:
The Arts Commission is also interested in encouraging applicants to pursue a variety of funding sources and to work toward financial sustainability. Preference will be given to applicants who show multiple sources of funding. Ongoing or repeat events should demonstrate an ability to continue into the future, independent of these funds.
The goals of the Leadership and Organizational Development Grant program are to:
- Improve the ability of arts leaders to acquire the needed skills to successfully lead their arts organizations.
- Help organizations achieve greater levels of productivity for improved public value and sustainability
Funding Information
Up to a total of $750 per organization per fiscal year.
Eligible Activities
Leadership and Organizational Development funding is targeted to professional arts administrators and board members of arts and humanities organizations. Grantees will identify a set of critical individual or operational capacity-building issues toward which the funds will be used. For the purpose of this initiative, “capacity-building” is defined as activities that either strengthen individual ability to lead or improve organizational functioning and sustainability.
- Leadership Development
- Costs for individuals to receive professional development
- Costs involved in coordinating and/or conducting professionally facilitated learning for individuals or groups.
- Organizational Development
- Costs for professional consultant/consulting firms providing services in areas such as fundraising, financial management, marketing, executive transition, public relations, board development, strategic planning, program development, technology, etc.
- Costs involved with coordinating and/or conducting professionally facilitated learning for individuals or groups.
- Costs involved with purchasing computer software
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations fulfilling the following requirements are eligible to apply for Leadership and Organizational Development Grants:
- Applicant organizations which have, as a stated purpose in their mission statement, the furtherance of the arts and humanities through the provision of programming and/or services.
- Applicant organizations must be not-for-profit and exempt from federal income tax under Section 501, which includes the 501(c)3 designation of the Internal Revenue Code, or units of government, or educational institutions, or local chapters of tax exempt national organizations
- Applicant organizations must comply with all current and applicable laws and state and federal nondiscrimination acts (including, but not limited to, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Immigration and Control Act of 1986).
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