2024 Wheaton Cultural Project Grants (Maryland)

The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County is accepting applications for its Wheaton Cultural Project Grants.

Donor Name: Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

State: Maryland

County: Montgomery County (MD)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/13/2023

Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: 1 year

Details:

Wheaton Cultural Project Grants (WCPG) are available to arts and/or humanities organizations and groups located in Montgomery County, MD that may or may not be incorporated as non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status and individual artists and scholars who reside in Montgomery County, MD. Grant awards support impactful projects within the Wheaton, MD community and provide professional opportunities for artists and scholars to work in Wheaton. Awarded projects engage the Wheaton community in a wide array of arts and humanities disciplines, including performing arts, media arts, visual arts, literary arts, folk and traditional arts, history, and philosophy.

Purpose 

By awarding Wheaton Cultural Project Grants, the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, (AHCMC) seeks to:

• Support communities that have traditionally received insufficient resources and that have limited access to arts/humanities programming;
• Support Wheaton’s cultural diversity by funding arts and/or humanities projects in all disciplines, genres, and styles;
• Support artists and scholars currently living or working in Wheaton; and
• Activate Wheaton as a cultural destination that stimulates local economic activity.

Funding Information

Awards range from a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $10,000.

Grant Period

Applications will be accepted for activities that take place from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

Eligible Project Examples

The following are examples of activities that are eligible for funding. This list is not exhaustive; applicants are encouraged to think creatively about the activities proposed in their grant application.

• Performances, presentations, or exhibitions of visual, performing, media, and/or folk and traditional arts
• Festivals or events that include one or more arts/humanities discipline(s)
• Historical presentations, archeological programs, or historical reenactments
• Poetry readings, author lectures, or script workshops
• Public art, including community mural projects
• Arts and/or humanities educational programs.

Eligibility Criteria 

Applicants eligible to apply must have met all the following requirements:

• Individual Artists & Scholars
  • Has resided in Montgomery County, MD with a verifiable mailing address in Montgomery County, MD for at least 12 months prior to the application deadline (P.O. Boxes not accepted as proof of residency);
  • Is at least 21 years old;
  • Is not a full-time student;
  • Is a practicing artist and/or scholar with demonstrated ability in the arts or humanities discipline of the project;
  • Is able to provide AHCMC with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) prior to undertaking the grant activities;
  • Has a partnership for the project with a non-profit or for-profit organization based in Montgomery County, whose budget may exceed $500,000 and whose mission may or may not be arts and/or humanities-based;
    • The partnership must consist of meaningful collaboration between the applicant and organization with clear indications for how the partnership will enhance the applicant’s own work and benefit the Wheaton community; and
  • Has met all outstanding requirements for any grant(s) received from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County in prior years.
• Organizations & Groups
  • Has its primary mission or objective as the exhibition, presentation, production or performance of, and/or education in, an arts and/or humanities discipline, and/or provides support services to artists and/or scholars and/or arts and/or humanities organizations;
  • Has been in operation for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the application deadline;
  • Has had its primary location and/or a verifiable mailing address in Montgomery County, MD for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the application deadline;
  • Operates as a non-profit:
    • The organization1 or group may or may not be incorporated and may or may not be formally Call fpor recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a public charity with tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status. However, the applicant must operate in the manner of a non-profit (the organization’s/group’s net earnings cannot be distributed to those who control it);
  • Has an annual operating budget of no more than $500,000 for the most recently completed fiscal year; and
  • Has met all outstanding requirements for any grant(s) received from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County in prior years.

For more information, visit AHCMC.