The Arts & Culture Alliance (ACA) is pleased to announce American Rescue Plan Renewal Grants, a Federal funding program made possible through the generosity of the City of Knoxville and Knox County.
Donor Name: Arts & Culture Alliance
State: Tennessee
County: Knox County (TN)
City: Knoxville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 – $40,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
ACA ARP Renewal Funds will provide support to local arts and culture non-profits and projects, with focus on those providing opportunities within communities historically underserved and/or disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and local neighborhoods. Art and culture programming and projects can aid Knoxville’s recovery by providing local jobs, boosting tourism, stimulating the local economy, activating neighborhoods, and conducting education programs specifically targeting K-12 students in underserved communities to help them regain ground lost during the pandemic. These funds will amplify the presence of the arts in rural and urban communities, expand the public’s accessibility to the arts, and strengthen the economic benefits that arts and cultural events provide communities.
ACA ARP funds will support organizations as they rebuild and continue to increase the impact of their missions.
The artistic excellence and merit outlined in the applications is key, including:
- Quality of the organization’s programs.
- Potential to have a significant and immediate impact on the arts workforce.
- Significance to the mission and core work of the organization.
- Ability to carry out award, including appropriateness of budget, resources involved, and personnel involved as evidenced in the application and in the organization’s track record of compliance with past ACA contracts and requirements.
- As appropriate, extent to which the organization serves under-served populations such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
- Funding preference will be given to organizations contracting with Tennessee artists.
Funding Information
Awards for artists living full-time in the City of Knoxville range from $500 to $15,000. Awards for the City of Knoxville and Knox County nonprofit arts organizations will range from $1,000 to $40,000 for projects and programs taking place July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be domiciled within the City of Knoxville OR outside of the City but within Knox County. Individual artists applying for round two of ACA ARP grants must be full-time residents of the City of Knoxville.
- Eligible nonprofit organizations are defined as those whose primary mission is teaching, creating, and/or presenting art and culture experiences. A limited amount of funds may be available to arts and culture-centered programs of larger non-profit organizations.
- Eligible organizations and artists not funded in round one will be preferred.
- Only 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations, units of state or local government, and institutions of higher education are eligible to receive funds. All organizational grantees must have the SAM UEI as the official UEI of record. An overhead or indirect cost rate of greater than 10% of total direct costs will not be allowed.
- Organizations must be registered by the State of Tennessee as nonprofit corporations and be in compliance with annual reporting requirements.
For more information, visit ACA.
