The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement is designed to enhance the arts in Bonner County by providing funds either to develop a community education component of existing arts programs or to help fund new arts programs whose major emphasis includes a strong educational focus.
Donor Name: Idaho Community Foundation
State: Idaho
County: Bonner County (ID)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
Awards typically range from $3,000 – $12,000.
Favored and Less Favored Activities
- The advisors to the Fund will consider grant requests for activities and projects that:
- Reach a broad segment of the community or school population
- Focus on providing information, education, and programs designed to increase awareness of the importance of understanding the arts as an integral part of a vital community
- Celebrate the value of artistic diversity for the quality of life in Bonner County
- Projects will be favored if they include the following features:
- Collaboration with other community groups
- Provision of matching or in-kind funds
- Project sustainability
- Meeting an urgent or ongoing community need
- Adding an educational component to existing arts programs
- Letters indicating community support
- Less favored projects include:
- Capital projects
- Travel for individuals
- Attendance at conferences
- Projects ineligible for funding include:
- Projects that benefit a private individual
- Fundraising projects
- Political activities or those designed to influence legislation
- Religious organizations for the sole purpose of furthering that religion
- Grants to individuals.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations and entities located in Bonner County (or serving the Bonner County community) that meet one of the three following criteria:
- Organizations with a 501(c)(3) public charity status under IRS code 170
- Public educational institutions
- Government entities including local governments and libraries.
For more information, visit ICF.
