LRAC welcomes applications for Project Grant from Arts Organizations (nonprofit), nonprofits with projects that have arts as the primary focus, local governments, and educational institutions in the LRAC nine-county region.
Donor Name: Lake Region Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Becker (MN), Clay (MN), Douglas (MN), Grant (MN), Otter Tail (MN), Pope (MN), Stevens (MN), Traverse (MN) and Wilkin (MN) Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $3,000
Grant Duration: 12 months or less
Details:
Project Grant activities must be directly involved in the creation, performance and/or exhibition of an artistic project. The Project Grant is open to all artistic disciplines, art, dance, literary, musical performance, etc. The Project’s primary focus must be the artistic activity and no other purposes or goals. The Project’s activities must be completed in 12 months or less.
Funding Information
- Your organization may request funding of up to $3,000 per application.
- Your organization may apply for more than one Project Grant in each grant round.
- No organization may receive more than $5,000 per fiscal year for multiple Project Grants from the Fall and Spring Grants rounds.
Applicant Eligibility
- Arts Organizations, nonprofit, 501(c)3 with the arts as a primary focus.
- The applicant group must have a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service , Minnesota domestic Articles of Incorporation and be in good standing with the MN Secretary of State
- Or have a fiscal agent that is a federally designated 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and is registered in Minnesota in the LRAC region. Use of a fiscal agent is allowed on the organization’s first application. An applicant may apply one time with a fiscal agent. The process of obtaining 501 (c)(3) status must have been initiated or obtained for any subsequent applications. The proof of this step should be a copy of IRS Tax Exemption Filling from 1023 or 1023EZ. If an applicant organization has submitted an application using a fiscal agent and obtains IRS 501 (c) 3 status and is registered with the State of Minnesota as a nonprofit or nonprofit LLC prior to signing the grant contract, the need for a fiscal agent will be discontinued.
- Nonprofits, who do not have arts as a primary focus, such as senior centers, colleges, universities and school districts/community education departments.
- Cultural Heritage groups with nonprofit status in Minnesota.
- Local governments
- Arts organizations that do not intend to relocate outside the nine-county LRAC region during of the Project Grant or until approval of the final report.
- McKnight Operating Support grantees are eligible to apply for LRAC Project Grants.
For more information, visit LRAC.
