The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council is seeking applications for its Arts Impact for Individuals.
Donor Name: Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $400,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Arts Impact for Individuals grant program provides up to $5,000 for artistic projects in Minnesota led by individuals. Projects must be focused on creating access to the arts for Minnesotans, and/or engaging with Minnesota communities through artistic endeavors. Proposed projects could include:
- Connecting Minnesotans with participation in arts and cultural experiences; and/or
- Integrating artists and/or artistic engagement to accomplish a community’s non-arts goals; and/or
- Providing Minnesotans with opportunities for arts learning and passing along expressive cultural traditions.
Funding Information
There is $400,000 available for this program in 2024, which means around 80 awards.
Funding Period
April 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
The Arts Impact for Individuals grant provides up to $5,000 for artistic projects in Minnesota led by individuals who identify as any of the following:
- Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color (BIPOC); and/or
- Disabled/a person with a disability; and/or
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual/Agender, Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2+)
- Individuals must have a primary residential address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott or Washington county, and be a United States citizen or an individual who has attained permanent resident status in the United States. Awardees must also continue to reside in this region for the entirety of the project period. If a grantee moves away during the grant period, MRAC may recall the grant funds.
- Grant awards in this program are made only to the individual applicant, who must have primary responsibility for managing the proposed project. Entities such as nonprofits, for-profits, schools, and fiscally sponsored organizations may not apply in this program. While this grant 3 program may be appropriate for individuals who are connected to organizations, it is designed to support projects working outside of traditional organizational structures. Projects may be in partnership with an organization, but projects managed by an entity other than the applicant, such as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or LLC, should instead review MRAC’s Flexible Support grant program. Individuals do not need prior artistic experience or to identify as an artist to apply
For more information, visit MRAC.
