The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, along with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), is excited to introduce a new grant program, the Creative Sector Flex Fund (CSFF), for the 2023-2024 grant.
Donor Name: Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The CSFF is designed to address the changing needs of dynamic PA arts organizations.
Flex Fund provides support to eligible applicants that provide consistent annual levels of artistic programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania. This grant program incorporates the current needs of the field by offering grantees the flexibility to use $5,000 grants in ways that ensure the most significant impact for their organizations and communities.
Funding Information
Depending on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ (PCA) budget and availability of funds, grant amounts will be $5,000 per applicant.
Project Period
January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Applicants must:
- Be a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation, or a unit of local government (counties, cities, boroughs, townships, and municipal authorities). Pre-K -12 public, private and parochial schools including all charter schools are NOT eligible. (K-12 schools should contact the Arts in Education Program of the PCA for other opportunities).
- Be located in Pennsylvania, except for nonprofit, tax-exempt corporations acting as a fiscal sponsor on behalf of an unincorporated group or not-for-profit limited liability company (LLC) that is located in Pennsylvania.
- Be registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations, except for local governments and fiscal sponsors.
- Have a history of at least TWO years of consistent arts programming in Pennsylvania.
- Have an annual average arts revenue of $10,000 to $200,000. PCA determines revenue size by a two-year average of Total Revenue of an organization’s Form 990-Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service. Non-arts organizations and/or arts organizations whose 990 is postcard, must attach a board/committee approved arts-specific program financial statement for their most recently completed two fiscal years. The program financial statement must include program revenue, including contributed and earned income and income realized from investments, as applicable, and expenses. In-kind is not included.
Funding Restrictions
Grant funds cannot be used for any of the following:
- Activities outside the activity period of the grant.
- Activities that have a religious purpose.
- Payments to lobbyists.
- Cash prizes and awards.
- Benefit activities.
- Hospitality expenses (i.e., receptions, parties, gallery openings).
- Capital expenditures, including equipment costing $500 or more.
- Competitions.
- Performances and exhibitions not available to the public.
For more information, visit Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
