Virginia Commission for the Arts is seeking applications for its Project Grants to facilitate new and innovative art projects or services that engage the community and that have the potential to advance cultural presence, awareness, and connections.
Donor Name: Virginia Commission for the Arts
State: Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Project grant funds assist with the production of high-quality creative arts activities, the creation of new work, operating support for new and emerging arts organizations, the expansion of successful arts programs, and services to the field. Projects can be in any artistic discipline and on any scale. There is a 1:1 required cash match for the grant. The Commission will not support the same project for more than three years.
Funding Information
Generally, the grant amounts will be between $1,000 and $5,000.
The project will take place between July 1, 2022, and June 15, 2023.
Eligible Activities
- Cultural Equity and access: for new and/or expanded performances or exhibitions that support arts programs and services that involve direct community participation in underserved communities
- Commissions of new works of art
- Operating support for new and emerging arts organizations (whose primary purpose is the arts, which have applied for 501(c)3 designation of the Internal Revenue code, are incorporated in Virginia, are five years old or less, and had a previous year’s income of less than $150,000)
- General operating support or annual budgets for established organizations are not considered projects and are ineligible.
- Applications from colleges/universities should be for activities not otherwise available in the community.
- Projects from colleges that are primarily for academic credit are not eligible.
- Commission grants to any established arts organization in one year will total no more than 30% of that organization’s income for the previous year. Most grantees receive much less than 30% of their income through Commission grants.
Eligibility Criteria
Virginia not-for-profit organizations, units of government, or educational institutions that meet the Basic Eligibility criteria. Each department of a college or university is considered to be a separate application.
For more information, visit Project Grants (Virginia).
