The South Arts is offering matching awards of up to $15,000 under Cross-Sector Impact Grants to connect creative practices with other disciplines through impactful projects and public-facing events.
Donor Name: South Arts
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 to $15,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
Cross-Sector Impact Grants are open to all art forms for partnership projects taking place in South Arts’ nine-state region. For FY24, eligible projects will continue to feature “Arts & …”, for example, arts and the military, arts and equity, arts and aging, arts and community revitalization. Applicants may be organizations, units of government, higher educational institutions, or artists.
South Arts’ mission is advancing Southern vitality through the arts. This program addresses two of South Arts’ strategic goals:
- Connect artists and arts professionals in the South to resources that will increase opportunities for success within and outside the region
- Advance impactful arts-based programs that recognize and address trends and evolving needs of a wide range of communities in the South
Funding Information
- The minimum grant request for this program is $5,000 and the maximum request is $15,000. For applicants/projects that received funding in the past, the minimum grant request for this program is $5,000 and the maximum request is $10,000
- Projects dates: January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants/partners must:
- Be located/reside in South Arts’ nine-state region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee);
- Be in good standing with South Arts, having submitted all past final reports; and
- Agree to acknowledge South Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts in all programs and press materials related to the funded project.
- A minimum of one of the two applicants/partners must:
- Be a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, an official unit of local, county, or state government (including an institution of higher education), or a federally recognized tribal community; and
- Have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number. Visit their website for additional information about UEI numbers as well as instruction on how to receive one.
- Local, county, or state governmental organizations must provide proof of government status. If applicable, non-profit status and UEI numbers will be verified by an independent third-party entity.
Project Requirements
- South Arts welcomes proposals from partnering entities working together on a project that addresses arts and community impact through cross-sector partnership. Projects must utilize the arts as a tool in creative approaches to address and advance an issue that is of importance in their community. Projects should also establish or advance relationships across at least two different sectors, one being in the arts.
- Arts disciplines may include, but are not limited to:
- Performing arts, including dance, music, theater, musical theater, opera;
- Literary arts, including fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry;
- Visual arts, including craft, drawing, experimental, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media;
- Film or media;
- Traditional and folk arts, including music, craft, storytelling, dance; or
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artforms
- Community impact areas may include, but are not limited to:
- Education, including literacy, youth development;
- Environment, including sustainability, weather impact;
- Health and human services, including aging, prisons and rehabilitation, military;
- Infrastructure, including housing, community revitalization, food and nutrition; or
- Social justice, including immigration, community activation, equity and accessibility.
Partnership Eligibility
- For the purposes of this program, partnering entities are defined as a total of two parties working together for purposes of the proposed project. One entity must represent one or more artistic disciplines listed above and may be an individual artist or organization. One entity must represent an area of community impact listed above and must be an organization. These must be the only two official project partners in the grant application, although additional individuals and/or organizations may be involved in the project’s implementation.
- Examples of eligible partnerships include:
- A non-profit arts organization or unit of government and a non-profit organization or unit of government from a non-arts sector
- An individual artist or ensemble and a non-profit organization or unit of government from a non-arts sector
- A non-profit arts organization or unit of government and an organization from a non-arts sector
- A university arts department and an organization from a non-arts sector
- Ineligible partnerships include:
- An artist and/or arts organization without a non-arts partner
- A university department partnering with another university department
- Partnerships who received Cross-Sector Impact funding for three years are not eligible for FY24 funding. Partnerships who received a Cross-Sector Impact Grant in the past may apply for a FY24 Cross-Sector Impact Grant to continue or further their funded project, as outlined in these guidelines. However, neither partner from a previously funded grant may apply for a new project in FY24, either in their existing partnership or in a new partnership. Previously funded projects must be completed prior to January 1, 2024.
Project Activities Requirements
- All projects must include a minimum of two public-facing activities. Activities, as described below, may be virtual or in-person
- One public-facing activity must be a public event, meaning that the activity is open to and marketed to anyone who wishes to come. This could be an in-person or virtual concert, exhibit, workshop, screening, or other event. It can be free or have an admission charge
- The second activity may also be public or may be for a targeted group/non-public audience such as a business group, university students/faculty, nursing homes, K-12 school students, or patients/care providers, etc
- At least one of these activities must be an educational or community engagement event that provides context or deeper understanding of the arts experience or project. Examples that would meet this requirement include a virtual or in-person master class or workshop, live Q&A and interview with artist or other persons facilitating the project, a demonstration, or a post-event conversation
- All grant activities must follow local, state, and federal COVID-safety protocols, as applicable.
For more information, visit South Arts.
