The Project Support grants are awarded to individuals, groups, and nonprofit organizations for specific arts projects and programs which are determined to be of value to the community.
Donor Name: Salt Lake City Arts Council
State: Utah
City: Salt Lake City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Concerts, murals, performances, festivals, workshops, and readings are examples of projects eligible for funding through Project Support grants.
All projects, except murals, must include a community engagement activity. This includes projects and activities undertaken by an organization or group as part of a mission strategy to build deep relationships between the organization/group and the communities in which it operates for the purpose of achieving mutual benefit. Murals that are highly visible to the broader community are not required to provide an additional community engagement activity.
Funding Information
Salt Lake City Arts Council aims to distribute approximately $70,000 in this grant category to an undetermined number of applicants in August 2025. Grants awards will be $2,000 or $4,000. All projects must be arts based and be accessible to the greater Salt Lake City community, neighborhood events should be open to the general public.
Grant period
All funded project activities must occur within the grant cycle, between September 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Project Support grant, the applicant must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization OR individual artist OR group of artists
- All projects, except murals, whether facilitated by an organization, individual artist, or group of artists, must include community engagement activities, outreach efforts, or demonstrate social, educational, and/or economic relevance for the community
- The Arts Council does not offer artists’ fellowships or awards
- All projects and programs must occur within Salt Lake City
- Matching Requirements:
- $2,000 – Matching funds and in-kind support are encouraged, but not required
- $4,000 – Requires a cash match of at least 50% ($2,000 or more)
- Additional matching funds and in-kind support are encouraged, but not required
- Show community support through one or more of the following:
- Have matching funds through cash, earned income, private or public support, or through a combination of these sources
- Have in-kind support of goods or services
- Provide one or more letters of support for the project
- List confirmed partners for the project
- Provide other evidence of community support such as a community survey requesting project, evidence of previous successful event, etc
- Provide details of community engagement through past projects or initiatives
- If awards have been received in previous years, applicants must be in good standing prior to submitting future requests to the Salt Lake City Arts Council.
For more information, visit SLCAC.
