City of Austin Nexus Grant – Texas - fundsforNGOs

Nexus is a City of Austin Grant that offers $5,000 for new and emerging local small organizations, individual artists, and small arts businesses to produce creative public activities.

Donor Name: City of Austin

State: Texas

County: Bastrop County (TX), Caldwell County (TX), Hays County (TX), Travis County (TX), Williamson County (TX)

City: Austin

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/14/2024

Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

The Nexus grant is designed to nurture new and emerging applicants in the creative community. Funds support creative public activities for the city and its tourists through community-centered arts activities and collaboration. Collaborations might include activities that involve

Artists
Culturally specific groups
Groups representing LGBTQIA and disability communities
Nonprofits
Social advocacy organizations.

Priority will be given to:

Applicants that are representative of, serve and are accountable to communities that are at immediate risk of cultural erasure and displacement within Austin and/or have been institutionally marginalized and under-funded by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. This may include applicants that directly serve Black/African American, Native American, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Islander communities or LGBTQIA+ and/or disability communities.
Applicants who have never received City of Austin Cultural Funding awards in the last five years.

Grant Period

Activities Occurring: June 1 – September 30, 2024.

Who can Apply?

Eligible Applicants
- 501(c) nonprofit arts organization:
  - Maximum Annual Expenses $150,000
  - Maximum Request Amount $5,000.
- Individual aged 18 or older:
  - Maximum Annual Expenses $150,000
  - Maximum Request Amount $5,000.
- Creative Business:
  - Maximum Annual Expenses $150,000
  - Maximum Request Amount $5,000.
Your artistic goals or creative mission is the production of arts and culture activities. This includes organizations that provide professional support to creatives.
Minimum of one year of operating history in the Austin metropolitan statistical area (MSA), includes: Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, and Williamson Counties.
Over 50% of your creative production is within the Austin 10-1 City Council districts or extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
Proposed activity meets all program requirements as outlined by the Hotel Occupancy Tax.
- All events are open to the public
- Occur within Austin or the Austin ETJ
- Marketed to tourists
- Or applicant is an arts service organization
Funding from this program may not be used toward activities funded by other City of Austin departments/contracts/grants or other Cultural Funding programs within the same fiscal year.
City of Austin employees are not eligible to apply for funding.