Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s Mirza/Arts & Culture Grants are open to programs and projects that focus on art, music, and theatre education and enrichment, and the performing and visual arts.
Donor Name: Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
State: Illinois
Counties: McLean County (IL), DeWitt County (IL), Livingston County (IL), Logan County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $500
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Funding Information
- $69,000 is available.
- Funding requests should be for a minimum of $500; the range of grant awards in 2021 was $500 to $5,000 (average grant award was $2,456).
Grant Period
Grant funding is for the period of June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Program must deal specifically with art, music, and/or theater education and enrichment, and/or the performing, visual, and literary arts; funding may support a new or existing program
- Applicants must have tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, operate under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501 (c) 3 organization, be a local unit of local, county, state or federal government or be a tax-exempt religious organization as recognized by the IRS
- Program must be available to residents of McLean, DeWitt, Livingston or Logan counties; however, programs do not have to serve all four counties
- Program must be operated and organized in such a manner that no applicable antidiscrimination laws are violated; program must not proselytize for a particular religion or cause
- Organizations that have received past grants from Illinois Prairie Community Foundation must be current on all grant Final Reports
- Executive Director, CEO or President of the Board of an organization applying must approve the application
Criteria Given Greatest Consideration
- Has potential to be on-going and self-sufficient beyond the time of funding
- Offers creative and innovative solutions to address the identified need by building on proven practical methods
- Utilizes clear methods of measuring and reporting results with emphasis on objective, quantifiable measurements
- Is cost effective as reflected by the number of participants served vs program budget
For more information, visit 2022 IPCF’s Mirza/Arts & Culture Grants.
