The General Operating Support (GOS) grant program provides funding for Kansas public and private non-profit arts and cultural organizations, including museums, local arts councils and commissions, statewide arts and cultural service organizations, and organizations that have cultural program activities in any of the art and cultural disciplines (music, dance, theatre, creative writing, literature, painting, sculpture, folk arts, photography, crafts, media arts, visual arts, programs of museums, and other such allied, major art forms).
Donor Name: Kansas Arts Commission
State: Kansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The organization’s mission must directly support arts and cultural programming.
Funding Information
General Operating Support grants have a minimum request amount of $1,000 and a maximum request of $25,000, with the maximum request based on Total Operating Income (TOI).
- Organizations with TOI between $4,000 and $100,000 may request up to 25% of their current fiscal year’s TOI.
- Organizations with TOI above $100,000 may request a maximum of $25,000.
Grant Period
All grant activities and expenditures must take place within the grant period, July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must meet the following basic eligibility requirements at the time of application:
- All current and previous grantees must be in good standing with KAC and the Department of Commerce at the time of application.
- Applicant organization must be either a Kansas 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt corporation or arts-based unit of a public entity as of the application deadline. A public entity is a Kansas local government, entity of state government, school district, community college, college, university, or federally recognized Indian tribal government or tribal organization. Private schools, private community colleges, private colleges and private universities are not public entities and must be non-profit and tax-exempt to meet the legal status requirement.
- Arts-based units of public entities must have their own discreet operating budgets and an advisory or governing board.
- Applicant organizations must have at least one year of completed arts and cultural programming and be able to provide their last completed fiscal year’s operating budget.
- Applicant organizations must be registered with the Kansas Secretary of State Business Services Division and their status must be “active and in good standing.” If the applicant is registered with Business Services but their status is not “active,” the applicant must correct the status within 10 calendar days of notification, or the application will be deemed ineligible.
- Applicant must have an arts and culture-centered mission statement. For the purposes of this program, arts and cultural disciplines include music, dance, theatre, creative writing, literature, painting, sculpture, folk arts, photography, crafts, media arts, visual arts, programs of museums, and other such allied, major art forms. Individual public or private pre-K-12 schools, libraries, civic organizations, parks, recreation, and leisure organizations, human service organizations and other community service agencies do not meet this definition of arts or cultural organizations.
- Organizations may not apply for General Operating Support through a fiscal agent.
For more information, visit Kansas Arts Commission.
