The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance is seeking applications for its Mini Grants to encourage access to the arts throughout Sullivan County.
Donor Name: Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
State: New York
County: Sullivan County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $500
Details:
Goal
To help target existing cultural projects that have not previously received funding to encourage and foster a relationship between the Arts for Sullivan program and untapped communities in Sullivan County.
Funding Priorities
Funding Priorities will be given to artists and groups that:
- pay a minimum guaranteed artist fee; artist fees paid solely by a share of admissions are not acceptable though a percentage of the admission revenue may supplement the guaranteed;
- are dedicated to the development of a wide variety of culturally diverse programming throughout the year;
- support new and emerging artists, cultural organizations, and fresh and original works;
- support quality programming that enhances underserved constituents and regions of the county, including racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity, rural areas, low-income, youth, and the elderly;
- support arts that encourage multi-disciplinary expression and collaboration with other community sectors, such as environmental and heritage groups.
Funding Information
The Mini Grants offer four $500 grants, $2,000 in total.
Uses of funds
- Artists’ fees
- Planning and preparation for an event
- Materials and expendable equipment up to $1,000
- Equipment, including software, and training related to the creation and promotion of virtual programming
- Marketing and publicity costs directly associated with the requested project
- Administrative costs directly associated with the requested project
- Supplies and materials needed for the execution of the project
- Activities and programming of local arts and cultural organizations including both live and virtual.
Eligibility Criteria
- Sullivan County non-profit cultural and artistic groups, such as choral groups, orchestras, theaters, historical societies, libraries, heritage groups, museums, literary groups, galleries, and municipalities, may be eligible for funding
- Individual artists may apply:
- directly under this program by partnering with an eligible Sullivan County non-profit organization as a Fiscal Sponsor
- with an eligible Sullivan County community-based Arts Partner organization
- The applicant must:
- be legally located in Sullivan County and all activities must take place within Sullivan County;
- have a board of directors or volunteers who perform board functions;
- have been in existence for at-least one year and show evidence of fiscal competence;
- supply evidence of nonprofit status with ONE of the following documents:
- an IRS letter
- a receipt from the Department of State’s Office of Charities Registration
- a charter issued by the Board of Regents of New York State
- an authorization as an arm of local government
- conduct all activities in a way that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religious belief, gender, sexual identity, or disability.
For more information, visit DVAA.
