The Thrive Grant offers focused investment to sustain and grow local arts nonprofit organizations deeply rooted in and reflective of Austin’s diverse cultures.
Donor Name: City of Austin
State: Texas
City: Austin
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/21/2022
Grant Size: $80,000 to $150,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
This program seeks to address a long-term need for intentional investment to support and develop arts organizations and cultural institutions of, by, and for 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. Through a combination of funding, peer leadership, and networking model, this program will make Austin’s diverse cultures more widely visible and accessible by providing funds to sustain and grow organizations that are deeply rooted in and reflective of those key constituencies.
Key Elements
- Thrive funds organizations that are community-centered and responsive to current social and cultural needs of Austin’s diverse communities.
- Applicants who show investment from and into their communities are encouraged to apply.
- Intersectionality in proposals is encouraged.
- Thrive offers a cohort experience that includes peer leadership and networking opportunities. The goal of the cohort is to support organizations in obtaining cultural institution status.
- Successful applicants will select organization improvement goals that will become part of their contract deliverables.
Funding Information
Awarded grants range from $80,000 to $150,000 per year for the 2-year contract.
Eligible Activities
- Operations related to the organization’s ability to produce public events.
- Exhibitions.
- Performances.
- Workshops, classes, and camps that include a performance or exhibition that is open to and marketed to tourists.
- Public art projects that are installed on public or private property and accessible to the public.
- Activities related to the sustainability and growth of the organization.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c) non-profit arts organizations operating for five years or more. 501(c) status must be active at the time of application.
- Applicant’s primary mission and over 51% of their body of work is the production, presentation, or promotion of arts and culture. This includes organizations that provide professional support to creatives.
- Applicants organization must be located in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which includes Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, and Williamson Counties.
- 51% or more of the applicant’s creative production is within the Austin 10-1 City Council districts or extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) and a minimum of 5 years of creative production within Austin.
- Proposed activity meets all program requirements as outlined by the Hotel Occupancy Tax. All events are open to the public and marketed to tourists, or applicant is an arts service organization.
- Applicants who are not receiving City funding for the same activities in the fiscal year in which they are applying.
For more information, visit City of Austin.
