The Supporting Arts grant program provides general operating support to help Connecticut’s arts organizations and municipal arts departments cover programmatic costs associated with their mission-related work.
Donor Name: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/01/2022
Grant Size: $1M
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Funding Information
- The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) will provide $1M in general operating support grants in FY23.
- Funding Period: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be either an arts organization or a municipal arts department. For the purpose of the Supporting Arts grant program, an arts organization and a municipal arts department are defined below.
Arts Organization
- An arts organization is defined as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that 1) has the arts explicitly stated as a center part of its core mission, vision, focus and legal purpose; 2) creates, performs, presents or promotes artistic programming and/or services* and 3) at least 51 percent of its annual expenditures are allocated specifically to its artistic programming and/or services.
Artistic activities shall include, but are not limited to, music, theater, dance, painting, sculpture, literature, films and allied arts and crafts.
Additional criteria required for an Arts Organization applying to the Supporting Arts grant program:
- Have minimum annual operating expenses of $5,000
- Have documentation of income and expenses for the organization’s last completed fiscal year
- Be registered with the CT Secretary of the State to do business in Connecticut as a legal nonprofit entity and be in Good Standing
- Primary place of business and operations in Connecticut
Municipal Arts Department
- A municipal arts department is a Connecticut municipal government entity, such as a Commission on the Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs or other specifically designated office with the purpose to conduct and/or support artistic programming and/or services.
- Additional criteria required for a Municipal Arts Department applying to the Supporting Arts grant program:
- Have a dedicated allocation in the municipal budget for arts and cultural support, artistic programming, and/or services
- Employ at least one (1) person who is assigned to and responsible for overseeing the funding for and administration of artistic programming and/or services
- Have minimum annual operating expenses of $5,000
- Have documentation of income and expenses for the department’s last completed fiscal year
Ineligible
- An organization with a fiscal sponsor. An arts organization must have its own 501(c)(3) tax exempt status to apply to Supporting Arts
- Organizations that receive Directed Local Funds (a.k.a Line Items) in the Biennial State Budget
- Organizations allocated legislatively directed carry-forward funds in the FY22-23 State Budget
- Organizations allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds in the FY22-23 State Budget
For more information, visit Supporting Arts Grant.
