The City of Surprise Arts & Culture Grants support programs that inspire creativity and curiosity through arts and culture experiences.
Donor Name: City of Surprise
State: Arizona
City: Surprise
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The aim of this grant is to support and expand cultural offerings for the Surprise community and to uplift and support the organizations, artists and cultural groups that provide arts and culture services in Surprise. This grant funds programs that use creativity to bring people together, encourage curiosity and inquiry, cultivate and preserve culture and heritage, and/or provide welcoming and inclusive access to arts and culture services and resources.
Funding Information
Award Amount: $1,000-$7,000.
Grant Period
Programming must take place in Surprise between July 1, 2024 – June 15, 2025.
Uses of funds
Grant funding may be used for the following eligible expenses:
- Salaries and Personnel Expenses – Creative workers, production staff, educators, curators, program administrators, contractors, consultants
- Artistic/Production Expenses – Supplies, materials, equipment, venue rentals, royalties, licensing
- Administrative Expenses – Marketing and promotion, training, utilities, office supplies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only non-profit organizations are eligible to apply
- Unincorporated organizations, community groups and small for-profit organizations (annual budgets under $50,000) may apply through fiscal sponsorship of a non-profit organization.
Restrictions
This grant does not fund:
- Activities that occur outside of the City of Surprise;
- Closed subscription or membership programming;
- For profit organizations with annual budgets over $50,000, unless they are working in partnership with a non-profit applicant;
- Projects which are part of a post-secondary degree program where academic credits are earned for participation or completion of program: academic clubs that are not part of required studies and credits are eligible to apply for non-academic arts and culture programming;
- Activities with a political or religious purpose; faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for an Arts & Culture Grant to support the non-religious cultural and arts programming that they provide and proposals should outline the care taken to separate, in time or location, their inherently religious activities from any arts or cultural programming funded through a Surprise Arts & Culture Grant;
- Construction or renovation of facilities or reduction of debt (loan fees, finance charges, etc.);
- Fundraising, re-granting, scholarship programs, fellowships or awards;
- Overhead or processing fees taken by an umbrella/parent organization as a percentage of the total award;
- Out of state travel;
- An applicant who failed to submit a Final Report, complete a program or return unused funds from a previously funded grant, regardless of the funding source or department.
For more information, visit City of Surprise.
