The Harford County Cultural Arts Board is seeking applications for its Community Arts Development Grants Program.
Donor Name: Harford County Cultural Arts Board
State: Maryland
County: Harford County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Supported arts disciplines:
- folk & traditional arts
- literary arts
- media arts
- performing arts
- visual arts
Types of Grants
- General Operating – Nonprofit arts organizations in Harford County are eligible to receive the support of up to one‐third of their total operating budget. Arts organizations are defined as those producing or presenting the arts through public programs or services. This definition is determined as any organization whose mission and financial statements reflect that the majority of resources are dedicated to producing and presenting the arts. Examples of these include galleries, orchestras, theaters, and art museums.
- Arts Programming – Nonprofit organizations whose main purpose is not producing or presenting the arts, but do regularly provide public art programs in Harford County, are also eligible to receive the support of up to one‐half of the direct costs of their arts programming only. These might include community centers, human service organizations, or non‐art museums in Harford County. Units of government, colleges or universities, and churches are also eligible.
Funding Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Arts organizations whose principal place of business in Harford County, that are incorporated in Maryland as nonprofit, and receive tax‐exempt status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service may request support for day‐to‐day General Operating expenses.
- Other nonprofits whose principal place of business is in Maryland, and are incorporated in Maryland as nonprofits, and designated with tax‐exempt status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service may receive support for direct costs of Arts Programming presented to the residents and guests of Harford County, Maryland. Units of government, colleges or universities, and religious institutions that meet these criteria are also eligible.
- Entities must be in good standing with Internal Revenue Service Tax Exempt Organization Search, Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, as well as Maryland Office of the Secretary of State, Charitable Organization Division.
- Entities must have operated as an arts organization or arts program for a minimum of one full fiscal year and be able to submit a financial statement for their most recently completed fiscal year at the time of application.
- All programming of funded organizations must be open to the public and accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. No persons, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sexuality, gender, age, or handicap shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination during or in connection with programming.
- An activity rescheduled outside this funding period is no longer eligible.
- Grants may not be used towards any of the following: capital projects, major equipment purchases, paying down existing debt, re‐granting, scholarships, pro‐rated staffing, travel outside Maryland, any fundraising activity, or compensation for board members who are also employees (defined as those who receive a W2).
- Organizations must show valid funds to match grant funds with cash revenue from sources other than an agency of the state of Maryland
- Grants supporting General Operating costs must be matched at a minimum of 2:1.
- Grants supporting direct costs of Arts Programming must be matched at a minimum of 1:1 for Harford County‐specific arts program budget only ‐ NOT the total annual organizational operating budget.
For more information, visit Harford County Cultural Arts Board.
