The City’s Initiative grant program provides funding to individual artists, creatives, and nonprofits for strategic and creative opportunities to engage visitors and residents while building upon Houston’s cultural identity and tourism.
Donor Name: Houston Arts Alliance (HAA)
State: Texas
City: Houston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000-$10,000
Details:
Funding Areas
- Art + Disaster Resilience Awareness: Proposed work should address the awareness and preparedness for environmental risk such as climate crisis, flooding, food deserts, hurricanes and tropical storms, environmental justice, electricity disruption and for other similar topics using the arts.
- Art + Neighborhood Cultural Destinations: Proposed work should identify a tangible or intangible art or cultural asset of a local neighborhood. The proposed program(s) must consist of at least one arts and cultural activation taking place in the identified neighborhood that also engages the community of that neighborhood.
- Art + Conference Tourism: Proposed work should be in partnership with a significant conference to provide conference participants, residents, and visitors with an activity featuring Houston artists or arts and culture attractions in Houston.
Successful Projects will include the Following Elements
- Community Engagement – The project should include working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity or special interests
- Measurable (tourism/neighborhood) Impact – The project should attract and be marketed to audiences from outside of the City of Houston either physically or digitally
- Great Social Media Presence – The project should include a comprehensive marketing plan with a clear social media element
- Documented Support of Local Artists and Creatives – A budget that reflects payments to Houston-based artists and creative
- Clear Alignment With One Of The Three Funding Areas – The project scope should fit well within one of the three funding areas listed above.
Funding Information
Typical awards are between $5,000 and $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must provide official documentation demonstrating a physical address within the City of Houston
- Organizations or fiscal sponsors must be tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)
- An individual applicant must be at least 18 years old, which will be verified by the applicant’s submission of an official state-issued identification card, passport, or other official document
- Applicants’ scopes of work must have a clear public presentation component, verified by staff review of the application
- Applicants may only submit one application per grant program, per deadline, per year
- Duplicate projects submitted across grant programs will be deemed ineligible
- Applicants may only apply to one grant program per project
- Applicants may not receive more than one City’s Initiative grant in a calendar year
- Proposed activities should not be a part of the applicant’s regular programming or annual schedule of activities or events.
For more information, visit HAA.
