The Commission on Arts and Culture invites proposals from organizations to support local arts and cultural events, projects, and programs.
Donor Name: City of Grand Junction
State: Colorado
County: Mesa County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $4500
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This grant program, as with most grant programs, helps provide employment, sales, or performance opportunities for working artists and those who work for cultural non-profits by supporting a broad range of community cultural events, exhibits, presentations, and projects. It is important to remember that the arts are industry and that the business of art, in all its many forms, is an essential economic element of community.
Goals and Objectives
- To support local arts and cultural organizations:
- Create and maintain jobs in the arts and cultural industry
- Encourage collaborative efforts and partnerships
- Facilitate new avenues of expression
- To enrich the community of the Grand Valley:
- Expand the audience for the arts
- Educate the community about the arts and new forms of artistic expression
- Reflect the diversity and cultural heritage of the area
- Encourage cultural tourism
- To elevate excellence in the arts and in culture:
- Inspire local artists through exposure to and interaction with national and international artists
- Support activities that establish higher standards and integrity
- Provide opportunities for beginning artists to grow and develop their talents
Funding Information
- Funding Available: $70,000 to non-profit arts and cultural organizations.
- Events must take place between March 31, 2023 – March 31, 2024.
- Requests may not exceed $4,500 for projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be in Colorado. Priority may be given to Mesa County organizations which utilize Mesa County artists.
- The event/project/program must take place in Grand Junction and must happen between March 31, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
- The total request for funding may not exceed $4500. Preference will be given to expenditures that pay artists or are arts related.
- The applicant will submit a complete and timely proposal in a format outlined by the Commission and make a presentation about the proposal to the Commission. Performing Arts organizations must provide a visual representation of their performance or like performance during their presentation.
- Grants will be awarded only to non-profit organizations or agencies, not individuals. Organizations are not required to have 501(c)(3) status but must be a corporation in good standing with the Colo. Sect. of State (or pending) and meet federal 501(c)(3) requirements .
- Each organization may submit only one individual grant request; however, it can be for multiple events, and an organization may submit a second grant request for a project which involves other nonprofit organizations as equal partners and is clearly intended to be a broad-based collaborative venture.
- District 51 must apply on behalf of an individual school program.
- The applicant will submit a complete and timely report in person to the Art Commission within 60 days of completion of the project or will forfeit consideration of future funding from the Commission for a 2- year period.
- Effective 2021, priority will be given to organizations that have not received funding for 3 previous consecutive years from the Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture.
For more information, visit City of Grand Junction.
