Public Art for Neighborhoods Grant Program (Indiana)

Public Art for Neighborhoods is a City of Indianapolis program that ensures that City incentive funding for private development in certain districts returns benefits to neighborhoods in the form of increased arts and cultural activity.

Donor Name: Indy Arts Council

State: Indiana

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/06/2024

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

This is a City of Indianapolis grant program administered by the Indy Arts Council. The funds to be granted have been provided to the City by private developers in partial or full satisfaction of their public art requirement.

These $500 to $5,000 grants–supported by the City of Indianapolis–can be used for initiatives such as:

• Arts & culture activities in public spaces.
• A public art project, such as a mural or sculpture.
• Maintenance/repair of public art.
• Arts collaborations with other community initiatives such as education, public safety, food justice or health services.

Eligiblity Criteria

Funding will be provided to the Lead Applicant, who may be required to declare the grant payment as income with their annual tax return. They are responsible for paying expenses, tracking payments, and reporting on the project at the end of the grant period.

• Individual artists (literary, performing, visual, etc.), or a group or collective of artists.
• Neighborhood-based and neighborhood-serving non-arts organizations, such as a neighborhood association, a community development corporation, a resident association, a neighborhood group, a social service organization, etc. with a defined mission to serve a specific neighborhood. This organizational Lead Applicant must be physically based in the Marion County neighborhood where the project is planned to take place

Eligible Participating Artists 

If the Lead Applicant is an organization, they MUST identify at least one Participating Artist by name. The Participating Artist must be paid for their participation in the project. The Participating Artist (if not the Lead Applicant) must provide a letter committing to work with the Lead Applicant if the Lead Applicant’s proposed project is funded through this program.

• Artists in any creative medium can be a Participating Artist.
• Lead Applicants who are artists can also serve as the Participating Artist on the project if they want to commit to do the creative work–or, they can choose a different Participating Artist.
• Organizations with an arts-based mission may serve as a secondary Participating Artist, and may be paid using grant funds, if their primary role is to support another, individual Participating Artist who is named in the application.

Eligible Community Partners 

If the Lead Applicant is an individual artist (literary, performing, visual, etc.) or a group or collective of artists, the Lead Applicant MUST identify at least one Community Partner by name. The Community Partner(s) must submit a letter outlining their role and commitment to the project at the time of application.

• Neighborhood-based and neighborhood-serving organizations (such as a neighborhood association, a community development corporation, a resident association, or a neighborhood group), a non-arts non-profit organization, a unit of city government, a school, a church, or anyone else that can help the Lead Applicant complete the project successfully. They do not need to be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
• The Community Partner(s) must be physically based within the neighborhood where the project is planned to take place.

For more information, visit Indy Arts Council.