The Community Partners grant program is a competitive grant program that exists to strengthen communities by encouraging them to work collaboratively with artists and culture bearers to explore cultural traditions/heritage and share in the creative process of arts and culture where the collaboration is integral to daily lives and is valued as a tool for community development.
Donor Name: Michigan Economic Development Corporation
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $20,000
Details:
Project Goals
Each Community Partners Project must include the following project goals:
- Bring people together in Michigan communities…Encourage authentic dialogue resulting in meaningful collaborations between community members, artists and/or culture bearers, civic, municipalities, arts/cultural, human service, neighborhoods, business sector and other organizations and groups.
- Determine what is unique and important to each community…Identify and define activities that preserve, sustain, curate, teach, create, or share important traditions that benefit a cultural traditional/heritage as it relates to a community as well as the Stewardship and awareness of cultural traditions
- Share in the creative processes of arts and culture as a tool for exploring community change…Engage community members in examining and exploring those community subjects/themes from above through active participation in projects focusing on the creative processes.
Funding Information
- Grants from $10,000 to $20,000 with a cash or in-kind match are available for qualifying applications.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only nonprofit organizations, colleges/universities, Michigan municipalities or tribal entity are eligible. Applicants must be incorporated and located in the State of Michigan. They must ensure no part of net earnings benefit a private individual. Donations to the organizations must be allowable as a charitable contribution under section 170c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended. (Organizations with status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and local Units of Government meet the criteria.)
- Any applicant that has unmet obligations on current grant agreements, such as overdue or incomplete reports or other significant problems, is not eligible to apply for future funding. If any applicant fails to meet MACC requirements on a current grant agreement, their pending application will be removed from the review process. If any applicant fails to meet MACC requirements on a current grant, following Council approval on the application, the newly approved grant will be rescinded. Auxiliary support organizations (i.e. friends of xyz) whose primary function is to raise money for another agency or group, may not apply in this grant program. Federal and State of Michigan agencies, divisions or departments are not eligible to apply for funding from MACC.
For more information, visit Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
