Creative Greensboro, the City’s office for arts and culture, provides support for, ensures access to, and drives awareness of Greensboro’s creative community. Through a range of programs, services, and partnerships, they support the development of a vibrant city.
Donor Name: Creative Greensboro
State: North Carolina
County: Guilford County (NC)
City: Greensboro
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/22/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $400,000
Details:
This program expands Creative Greensboro’s support of nonprofit organizations with a primary focus on creative programming and that are not already recipients of significant resources from the City of Greensboro. The program provides general operating support (as opposed to project specific funding) for qualifying nonprofit organizations.
Funding Information
Organizations approved for support will receive a grant award of $20,000. A limited number of organizations may be awarded an additional $5,000 or $10,000 in acknowledgement of their specific efforts toward Creative Vibrancy and/or Community Benefit, as defined in the Program Guidelines Funding Criteria and evaluated by the Review Panel. Up to $400,000 is available to be awarded. It is expected that the application process will be competitive.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, the following statements must be true and verifiable for the organization at the time of application and for each of the past 3 completed Fiscal Years.
- Organization is a Guilford County-based 501c3 non-profit in good standing with the IRS.
- Organization operates under a Board-approved mission statement that supports and results in at least 75% of the organization’s annual budget and work being principally dedicated to creative programming (inclusive of staffing required to carry out such programs) as outlined herein.
- Creative Programming, Defined: programming that is designed for public engagement in the fields of archeology/natural sciences, architecture, film/photography, history/natural history, literature, performing arts (ballet, dance, music, theater), technology, and visual arts (ceramics, fiber arts, glass, painting, sculpture).
- Other forms of creative programming may also be considered eligible, especially those that commonly occur in a performing arts center, theater, concert hall, museum, or gallery.
- At least 51% of creative programming occurs within the city limits of Greensboro, NC.
- Organization operates with an annual budget including total cash revenues of at least $20,000 for at least 1 of the past 3 completed Fiscal Years.
For more information, visit Creative Greensboro.
