Institutional Support (IS) is a three-year grant program that provides general operating support for arts nonprofits with an established record of high-quality programmatic service and administrative stability.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This includes arts organizations that produce, present, or exhibit works of art, artist service organizations, art councils, and community art schools, as well as cultural arts organizations.
Program Goals
- Arts organizations effectively manage and apply resources to maximize impact for North Dakotans.
- North Dakota audiences are more likely to participate in relevant, inclusive, and accessible quality arts experiences.
- North Dakotan communities are stronger or more vibrant because of art’s impact on social, civic, or economic life.
Funding Information
- Minimum Award Amount: $4,000
- Maximum Award Amount: $11,000.
Grants Period
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2028.
Uses of funds
Institutional Support grant funds may be used for a wide variety of expenses in the general operation of an organization. Many grantees use funds to support general artistic or administrative expenses such as salaries, hourly compensation, etc. Other allowable expenses including space rental, travel/per diem, outside professional services, marketing, advertising, program planning, education, and evaluation.
Eligibility Criteria
- An arts-producing organization – An arts organization or arts affiliate that is primarily engaged in conceiving or creating artistic work and in assembling the artistic elements for its productions, performances, or exhibitions.
- An arts-presenting organization – An arts organization whose work consists of engaging artists, touring companies, or exhibitions that are external to the institution, including curatorial vision that is connected to mission and community.
- An artist service organization – An arts organization that plays a significant supporting role in service to practicing professional artists.
- An arts council – An organization or local government entity with a mission and activities to primarily stimulate and promote the arts, increase access to the arts, and/or increase funding for the arts within a specific geographic area.
- A community arts school – An arts education organization with a community-focused mission that provides open enrollment and arts instruction to individuals of varying ages or abilities by sharing knowledge and promoting the development of skills.
- An affiliate arts-presenting or arts-producing organization hosted within a North Dakota 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institution or public institution – An arts affiliate is a distinct program or division within a public or 501(c)(3) nonprofit non-arts organization (such as an arts division of a city or tribal government, a public or nonprofit college or university, or a community service nonprofit) that primarily provides arts programming or services to the general public. It has a distinct and separate budget from the host organization for arts programming.
- An affiliate and its host institution may not both receive funding in the IS program; however, more than one affiliate of the same host may receive funding.
All Applicants Must:
- Be physically located in North Dakota
- Have the majority of arts programming, services, or activities take place in North Dakota
- Primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants
- Have been in existence and have had Federal 501(c)(3) status for a minimum of three (3) years, actively providing arts programming in North Dakota, before applying to the IS grant program for the first time
- Have at least one (1) part-time paid staff person in a contract or salaried position
- Have programming that includes at least four (4) separate public events per fiscal year.
For more information, visit NDCA.
