The City of Evanston is seeking applications for its 2025 Cultural Fund Grant.
Donor Name: City of Evanston
State: Illinois
City: Evanston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of the Cultural Fund Grant Program is to sustain and advance community’s arts ecosystem and provide meaningful opportunities for Evanstonians to engage with creative expression. The Arts Council encourages Cultural Fund applications:
- From new, first-time applicants
- From Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations
- From LGBTQIA+ led organizations
- From all marginalized and under-resourced groups, including older adults
- Neurodiverse individuals and those with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, the
- Un-housed, vulnerable youth
- For projects that serve historically under-resourced demographics and communities.
- That collaboratively and creatively bring the community together.
Funding Information
Up to $8,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Funding is awarded to 501(c)(3 )arts organizations and community organizations based in or serving Evanston for arts programs or projects that benefit the community. For-profit entities, religious entities, and organizations not working with the arts are not eligible.
- The City Can Not Fund:
- Individual Artists. Individual artists should apply through the Special Project Fund, a rolling grant
- Organizations without 501(c)(3) non-profit status and a valid UEI number
- Projects that replace arts instruction provided by an arts specialist
- Capital improvements or construction costs
- Organizations whose activities occur in non-accessible venues
- Purchase of permanent equipment
- An existing deficit from a previous year or project
- Activities not open to the general public
- Scholarships, fundraising events, or social activities such as receptions, parties, or galas
- Personal expenses such as child care and unrelated wages lost due to proposed project commitment
- Awards to individuals or organizations to honor or recognize achievement
- Generally, courses in degree-granting institutions
- Literary publishing
- Generally, exhibitions of, and other projects that primarily involve, single, individually-owned, private collections
- Cash reserves and endowments
- Applicants who submit incomplete applications
- Applicants that are taxing bodies (including schools, libraries, and park districts)
- Applicants that are neither located in Evanston nor serve the Evanston community
- Food or drinks.
For more information, visit City of Evanston.
