The ACT Project Fund to support the cultural life of Providence neighborhoods by providing event organizers with funds for promotional and event materials.
Donor Name: Department of Art, Culture and Tourism
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Priorities
Applicants will also be evaluated based on how how their proposals address ACT’s grant-making and programmatic priorities:
- Access
- Art and culture are a part of everyone’s lives regardless of whether they have a disability or do not speak English.
- Cultural Equity
- Art and culture are relevant to the people of Providence; they foster relationships and conversations among the City’s diverse residents.
- Change and Transformation
- Artists and culture-brokers learn to take on new challenges, building capacity through planning and professional development.
- Responsiveness
- Art and culture are informed by significant engagements with specific cultural and/or neighborhood-based communities.
- Impact
- Art and culture support the livelihoods and creative pursuits of artists and culture-brokers and are engaged with by significant numbers of audience members.
Funding Information
Through awards ranging from $500-$4,000 ACT supports projects that advance access and cultural equity, foster change and transformation, and demonstrate responsiveness and impact.
The Grants can be used
Project Fund support may be used for expenses related to a specific project, such as the production, presentation or exhibition of art, or for reasonable administrative expenses necessary to planning or carrying out the project.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must be:
- A nonprofit corporation, located in Providence, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, governed by a revolving board of directors, trustees or advisory board drawn from the community at large and shown to be actively involved in the activities of the organization.
- Divisions, branches, departments, programs, or other sub-units of nonprofit corporations may not apply on their own; applications may be submitted only by the parent corporation.
- Individual or unincorporated artists and culture-brokers may apply by working with a Rhode Island-based non-profit as a fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit Department of Art, Culture and Tourism.
