Mission Support Grants offer unrestricted funding to Wake-based arts organizations that provide specific types of arts programming throughout Wake County.
Donor Name: United Arts Wake County
State: North Carolina
County: Wake County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Information
- Annual Operating Expenses: Less than $30,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $1,500.
- Annual Operating Expenses: $30,000-$50,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $2,000.
- Annual Operating Expenses: $50,000-$100,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $2,500.
- Annual Operating Expenses: $100,000-$150,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $5,000.
- Annual Operating Expenses: $150,000-$250,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $10,000.
- Annual Operating Expenses: $250,000-$600,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $20,000.
- Annual Operating Expenses: Greater than $600,000 – Maximum Grant Request: $25,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
Uses of Funds
Mission Support Grant funds can be used for the following expenses:
- Programming expenses.
- General operating expenses.
- Administration expenses.
Eligibility Requirements
- Primary Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for Mission Support Grant funding, applicants must meet all of these primary eligibility criteria:
- have a primary mission to directly produce, present, or support arts programs;
- be a non-profit arts/cultural organization with 501c3 state and federal tax-exempt status;
- be based and operate most of its programs in Wake County;
- have produced arts programs in Wake County for at least one year;
- be in Good Standing as defined in General Grant Policies;
- maintain a board of directors which meets at least quarterly; and
- have nondiscrimination, conflict of interest, and accessibility policies.
- To be eligible for Mission Support Grant funding, applicants must meet all of these primary eligibility criteria:
- Secondary Eligibility Criteria
- In addition, eligible organizations must meet at least one of the following secondary criteria:
- have arts programs specifically designed for youth.
- have arts programs that take place in Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, or Zebulon.
- be a culturally-specific organization as defined by mission and leadership.
- have had 501c3 status for less than eight years.
- be primarily an arts service organization that does not directly produce or present arts programs but provides services and technical assistance and/or promotes artists and arts organizations.
- In addition, eligible organizations must meet at least one of the following secondary criteria:
For more information, visit UAWC.
