The Vermont Community Foundation is seeking Letters of Interest (LOI) for projects and events in the visual, performing, music, and literary arts that create opportunities for positive social interaction, engagement, and collaboration.
Donor Name: The Vermont Community Foundation
State: Vermont
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/08/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Projects should strengthen belonging and community cohesion in ways that are likely to persist and grow. Funds may be used for salaries, benefits, contracted workers, project materials and equipment, reasonable overhead costs, and similar, necessary project expenses.
Priorities
Priority will be given to new projects but existing programs that have a track record of success are eligible for this opportunity.
Successful projects will:
- Reach broad and diverse audiences, including those who may feel marginalized in their community
- Engage people as participants, co-designers, and co-creators
- Feature formal and/or informal artists as leaders and facilitators
- Create a safe, inclusive environment for creative expression
- Build new connections between neighbors
- Foster trust, fun, and resilience.
Funding Information
The program will award grants up to $12,000. They intend to fund a range of project types and sizes in communities across the state with an average grant size of $7,500.
Grant Period
Grant activities must take place one year from when the grant is awarded to be eligible for funding.
Examples of Eligible Projects
- Participatory mural projects
- Artist residencies that connect artists with community members for co-design and co-creation
- Public arts installations with community engagement elements
- Interactive musical or dance performances
- New choral collaborations
- Talent shows
- Hands-on workshops
- Free public classes and events.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations, municipalities, or schools whose primary service area is in the state of Vermont. These might be arts organizations, libraries, museums, community centers, senior centers, youth programs, therapeutic programs, cultural organizations, or other entities. Projects without 501c3 status who have a fiscal sponsor are eligible
- They especially encourage LOIs from community-based organizations serving low-income youth, older adults, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Vermonters, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups.
For more information, visit VCF.
