The CORE PLUS Outreach Grants support live, in-person community engagement through the performing, visual, and interdisciplinary arts in ALL communities of Fort Worth.
Donor Name: Arts Fort Worth
State: Texas
City: Fort Worth
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $20,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Funding Information
Organizations may request program support up to $20,000.
Period of Performance
October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.
Eligible Requests
- Special consideration will be given to organizations who demonstrate a thoughtful approach with focused outreach to the most underserved in the community. For example, consider Title 1 schools which due to location or other factors may not be receiving the same level of arts outreach opportunities as other schools in the district. Organizations should also consider citizens of all ages and abilities. Pilot, innovative projects are also encouraged
- If your key mission is arts education, you can apply for CORE operating only
- Projects eligible for funding must:
- Be a targeted outreach project. (If you are a large institution with multiple outreach offerings, this grant is not intended to support your overall outreach efforts; instead, you must select a specific project for which to seek funding.)
- go into underserved communities;
- demonstrate inclusiveness of racially, culturally, and economically diverse participants;
- pay artists and arts production costs;
- take place in an accessible venue outside of the organization’s home base of operations and/or usual performance venue;
- take place within the city limits of Fort Worth; and
- be offered at no cost to program participants
- Suggested venues include:
- community centers;
- places of worship;
- libraries;
- senior centers;
- hospitals;
- Boys & Girls Clubs;
- therapeutic centers; and
- Title 1 Fort Worth schools.
Ineligibility
Ineligible uses of funding include:
- career day programs;
- administrative personnel costs;
- marketing and promotion costs;
- facility costs;
- scholarships, purchase awards, or cash prizes;
- capital improvements, endowments, construction, or real property;
- debt reduction, interest on loans, fines, penalties, or costs of litigation;
- benefits or special events planned primarily for fundraising;
- sub-granting programs;
- activities for which college or university students receive academic credit;
- financing of political activities; or
- programming that is made inaccessible to any audience member based on gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, natural hair or hairstyles, traditional ethnic or religious attire, ethnicity, nationality, religion, creed, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law, except in projects involving schools or school systems (K-12) or other special populations.
For more information, visit Arts Fort Worth.
