A Place to Perform provides grants to nonprofit literary and performing arts organizations to gain access to performance venues and facilities, so they in turn can produce performing arts experiences for the public.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
State: Georgia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $7,500
Grant Duration: 7 months
Details:
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta strongly encourages applications from Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)-led and serving organizations, as well as others that have been historically excluded or marginalized.
Requests for funding can be for direct rental costs including performance space rental, loading costs, required equipment or venue-related technician fees, including venue specific box office or direct front-of-house fees. Requests may not include funds for artistic or general production costs. Requests to obtain space for fundraising events are ineligible. Applicants must have a written commitment from the venue that the performance space will be available for the prospective time. Engagements must take place between December 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. No retroactive grants will be awarded for engagements in the past or running through the grant application period.
Grant Priorities
- In alignment with the TogetherATL strategy, the following types of organizations will receive priority consideration for 2023 support:
- Are led by or serving Black, Indigenous and People Color (BIPOC), which is defined as organizations that meet at least three of the following four criteria as denoted on the organizational profile:
- Organizational leader is BIPOC;
- Majority of board members are BIPOC;
- Majority of clients served are BIPOC; and/or
- Staffing of the organization or the program/project of which funds are requested are BIPOC
- Employ for a minimum of one year prior to September 14, 2023, at least one paid cultural/artistic and/or administrative staff person working a minimum of 15 hours per week on average during the length of the engagement at or above the statedesignated minimum wage on average
- Do not have their own primary performance space.
- Have annual operating budgets (expenses and revenues) under $2 million as determined by their “Last Completed End” section of the organizational profile. For most applicants they expect this information to reflect 2022 or 2023 figures.
Funding Information
- If selected for a grant, the maximum amount will not exceed $7,500.
- Engagements must take place between December 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
Uses of funds
Restricted uses of funds include but are not limited to:
- credit-bearing academic programs (K-12 and college level)
- fundraising or benefits
- endowment funds
- regranting, scholarships, tuition assistance, awards, or cash prizes
- religious ceremonies or events advancing or inhibiting a particular religious ideology
- agent’s fees for programs contracted through commercial agencies
- advocacy of specific political causes or candidates.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant, organizations must meet all the following criteria:
- Have a primary mission to produce or create programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the literary or performing arts, most commonly in the following disciplines:
- Creative Nonfiction
- Dance
- Fiction
- Multidisciplinary
- Music
- Musical Theater
- Opera
- Poetry
- Have produced performing arts or culture program(s) throughout two years prior to September 14, 2023
- Pay artists and performers associated with the requested engagement (most commonly productions, performances, or readings).
- Have a permanent and viable base in at least one of the following Georgia counties for at least two years prior to September 14, 2023: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale. Applicant organization must have a business address in at least one of the above counties and conduct most of its local programs and services in metro Atlanta for the residents of metro Atlanta and visitors to metro Atlanta.
- Exist as a charitable organization in line with one of the two following options:
- Exist as a 501(c)(3) organization for at least two years prior to September 14, 2023 as verified by GuideStar’s Charity Check service.
- Exist as a nonprofit registered with the Georgia Secretary of State for at least two years prior to September 14, 2023 AND have a fiscal-agent / fiscal-sponsor designated as a 501(c)(3) organization as verified by GuideStar’s Charity Check service.
- Have a primary mission to produce or create programs or activities in areas directly concerned with the literary or performing arts, most commonly in the following disciplines:
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for a grant, engagements must meet the following requirements:
- Engagements must take place between December 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
- For literary engagements (a reading, slam, spoken word, or other activity) a minimum of 45 minutes of presentation by the writer(s) is required.
- For performing arts engagements, a minimum of 60 minutes of performance by the artist(s)/company is required.
For more information, visit CFGA.
