The Arts Council of the Valley is pleased to announce the availability of grants to cultivate the arts, create experiences, and connects communities in the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.
Donor Name: Arts Council of the Valley
State: Virginia
County: Rockingham County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/11/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Types of Grants
- Arts for Education Grants
- Arts for Education grants are intended to help community artists, organizations, and art educators pursue a creative educational initiative. Proposals should articulate creative and educational goals, demonstrate a clear mission and significant purpose, contribute to arts enrichment for the local Harrisonburg-Rockingham community, and provide a feasible plan to realize the project. If the grant includes collaborative work, all participants and their roles should be explained.
- Arts for Education Grant proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Clarity of project goals, mission, purpose; degree of impact and benefit to Harrisonburg-Rockingham residents
- Exhibits artistic integrity and quality (ie., innovative and creative thinking and has artistic value).
- Feasible with funds requested or scalable with partial funding. Reasonable, balanced budget supports project goals; shows itemized costs, ACV fund use.
- Raises awareness of, and respect for, the value of the arts as central to lifelong learning in the community.
- Complements an educational curriculum within the schools or in related arts education programs.
- Creative Inspiration Grants
- Creative Inspiration grants are intended to help community artists and organizations pursue creative development. Proposals should articulate creative goals, demonstrate a clear mission and significant purpose, contribute to arts enrichment for the local Harrisonburg-Rockingham community, and provide a feasible plan to realize the project. If the grant includes collaborative Work, all participants and their roles should be explained.
- Creative Inspiration Grant proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:
- Degree of impact and benefit to the residents of Harrisonburg and Rockingham (ie., Audience impact)
- Exhibits artistic integrity and quality (ie., innovative and creative thinking and has artistic value).
- Feasible with funds requested or scalable with partial funding. Reasonable, balanced budget supports project goals; shows itemized costs, ACV fund use.
- Raises awareness of, and respect for, the value of the arts as central to lifelong learning in the community.
- Demonstrates primary proposal component to fund time, supplies, facilities (rehearsal or studio), etc. for creation of new work. Work may be at various stages of completion. During or shortly after the grant period, there must be strong potential for public presentation of work created.
Funding Information
Applicants may submit funding requests ranging from $500 to $1500.
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals who:
- Have not received an ACV grant of any type in the past twelve (12) months (Example: a recipient of a Fall grant would not be eligible to apply again until the next Fall cycle).
- Are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of application.
- Are not enrolled as degree-seeking students at the time of application or during the grant period.
- Have submitted all required reports for any prior ACV grants.
- Are not current ACV board members, ACV employees, or immediate family members of such persons.
Expenses that cannot be funded:
- Events whose sponsors are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1983
- Projects that are religious or sectarian
- Projects designed to satisfy an academic requirement
- General organizational operating support
- Construction of new facilities, renovation of existing facilities, or similar facility improvements
- Deficits from past grant-funded projects
- For-profit, fundraising or private events, or lobbying efforts
- Food and beverages
For more information, visit ACV.
