The Cultural Facilities Grants provide support for the renovation, restoration, preservation or acquisition of an arts facility, and the purchase of equipment that supports arts programs.
Donor Name: Georgia Council for the Arts
State: Georgia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 and $75,000
Grant Duration: 8 months
Details:
In addition, GCA has additional funds available to be granted for 2024 Cultural Facilities Grants from ARP funds regranted by the State of Georgia.
Arts-based programming may include, but is not limited to:
- Performing arts (dance, music, theatre, musical theatre, opera, storytelling, puppetry, and performance art)
- Visual arts (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, photography, and digital)
- Media arts (film, video, and audio)
- Literary arts (poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction)
- Folk & traditional arts (music, dance, theatre, storytelling, and crafts)
- Public concerts or performances
- Multidisciplinary arts projects
- Education in any of the arts fields referenced above, including workshops, demonstrations, classes, and field trips
- Artist guilds, communities, and residencies
- Arts service organization programs, including professional development or capacity building
- Artist residencies
The following areas fall outside of GCA’s definition of arts-based programming:
- Humanities (history, religion, philosophy, languages)
- Social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, geography)
- Sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, botany)
- Culinary arts
- Fashion
- Martial arts
- Sports or recreation
- Magic shows, circus arts, balloon twisters, parades, fireworks, reenactments
- Body art (face painting, body painting, tattoos)
- Non-arts recreation (inflatable jumpers, petting zoos, 5K races or other athletic events)
- Topiary or landscape art
- Interior design or beautification
Funding Information
- Grant Request: Between $10,000 and $75,000.
- Match Requirement: One-to-one match of request amount for organizations with budgets over $500,000. 50% match of request amount for organizations with budgets under $500,000.
- Project Must Take Place: November 1, 2023-June 30, 2024 for 2024 grants.
Eligibility Criteria
All eligible applicants must be located in Georgia, registered with the Georgia Secretary of State, and must have completed all requirements of any previous GCA or State of Georgia grant awarded prior to 2024. Previous recipients of the Cultural Facilities Grant are eligible to apply in 2024 due to the additional funds available from ARP funds awarded by the State of Georgia.
Eligible applicants must be one of the following:
- a non-profit arts organization registered with the IRS (to be defined as an arts organization, the entity must include the arts as part of the mission statement and more than 50% of programming must be arts-related)
- a local government entity (i.e. a city, county or local authority) that owns and manages an arts facility
Not eligible to apply
- Individuals
- Organizations with fiscal agents
- Organizations that do not have their own IRS 501(c)3 status
- Corporations, for-profit businesses, or privately owned buildings
- Schools
- Libraries
- Colleges/universities or foundations that support colleges/universities
- Organizations that are based outside of Georgia
- Organizations that employ a lobbyist (this does not apply to organizations that are members of groups that use lobbyists)
- Non-arts organizations, such as zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, sports facilities, history museums, science centers, culinary arts schools, martial arts schools, etc.
For more information, visit GCA.
