The General Support Program (GSP) aims to strengthen the community’s access to arts and culture programming.
Donor Name: City of Phoenix
State: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The General Support program provides core operating support to arts and cultural organizations of all sizes that have a primary mission to create, produce, or provide arts and cultural programming to enhance the quality of life for Phoenix residents.
Goals
- Support arts and cultural opportunities among residents of all ages through education, outreach programs, and opportunities for personal artistic expression and participation.
- Encourage broad-based, community-wide participation in arts and cultural activities resulting diverse programming that is accessible to all residents.
- Sustain a community of organizations that are responsibly governed and managed, financially sound, and assist organizations that have reached a critical stage in artistic or institutional development by encouraging the identification of internal needs important to the sustainability or growth of the organization.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the General Support program, applicants must meet all the following criteria:
- Have a primary mission of producing or creating arts and culture programming and education for Phoenix residents
- Have a minimum prior-year income of $5,000 (i.e., a total of earned income from Phoenix sources only and contributed income from all sources)
- Be in good standing concerning all contract agreements with the City of Phoenix, including filing previous grant final reports
- Must complete and submit a Data Arts Cultural Data Profile with three years of financial data (applicants with a prior annual income of $5,000 to $249,999 have the option of submitting completing the provided summary form.)
- Not be an organization that is applying to the Project Support program
- Have existed as a non-profit, 501 (c) 3, arts and culture organization for the past three years while producing year-round arts and cultural programming within the city of Phoenix.
- Have a business address and administrative offices in the city of Phoenix (no PO BOX) and conducts a majority (i.e. 51% or more) of its programs and services in the city of Phoenix. Applicants that are not a 501(c)3 nonprofit but meet all the other eligibility criteria are eligible if they are an LLC with more than one member, if their average annual income from the past three fiscal years is not over $250,000, and if they also meet the evaluation criteria below.
Evaluation Criteria
- Community Significance: The applicant clearly and specifically identifies the community the organization engages; reveals an understanding about how they currently effectively engage their community; demonstrates an awareness of how they and others fit into the arts and culture ecosystem to increase the benefit to the Phoenix community.
- Artistic/Cultural Value: The applicant is thoughtful in delivering programs and services that advance the organization’s artistic/cultural mission; demonstrates intentionality behind upcoming programming; and shows commitment to the success and development of Phoenix artists.
- Financial Capacity: The applicant shows fiscal accountability, including fiscal health, staff, and board development, and a focus on the future.
- Leadership Capacity: Reveals leadership’s intentionality and thoughtfulness regarding building equity into the organization.
For more information, visit City of Phoenix.
