The Arizona Commission on the Arts is seeking applications for its Festival Grants Program to support organizations in their efforts to provide quality arts and culture programming through festival activities and are awarded to assist with the costs of connecting artists and culture bearers (or their artistic work) with communities.
Donor Name: Arizona Commission on the Arts
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000- $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Festivals allow communities to share artistic and cultural traditions which can create vibrant opportunities and experiences for community members and visitors. A festival is often a person’s first experience and point of entry with the arts and can serve as a bridge to new kinds of arts attendance.
Funding Information
Applicants may request grant award amounts ranging from a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $5,000.
Timeframe
July 1, 2022 — June 30, 2023.
Project Eligibility
For the purposes of this grant program, a Festival is defined as an event that is periodic—often annual—gathering or celebration that happens in a condensed period of time, featuring a varied and curated program of events, having an easily identifiable and unifying theme or specified focus. Eligible festivals must demonstrate a thematic emphasis on arts and culture in their programming.
Eligibility Criteria
Arizona nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status or units of government (local or Tribal) produce such festivals. For example, eligible organizations include local arts agencies, tribal cultural organizations, government departments or agencies, university/college departments, and other nonprofit cultural and social service organizations. Unincorporated organizations who are otherwise eligible may apply with a nonprofit fiscal sponsor.
For more information, visit Festival Grant.
