The East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) developed the Resiliency Grants to provide funding of up to $600 for artists to do art projects online or in other forms during the current extraordinary circumstances of a pandemic and racial disparities.
Donor Name: East Central Regional Arts Council (ECRAC)
State: Minnesota
County: Chisago County (MN), Isanti County (MN), Kanabec County (MN), Mille Lacs County (MN) and Pine County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $600
Details:
ECRAC’s mission is to support the arts and bring the life enhancing values they afford to Region 7E residents. The vision is that all Region 7E residents can participate, appreciate, create, and invest in the arts. The values of ECRAC are arts in action; integrity; artistic merit; and legacy.
ECRAC receives funding through appropriations of the Minnesota State Legislature and through The McKnight Foundation. These funding sources enable ECRAC to provide grant funds for local or regional arts projects in the following Region 7E counties of Minnesota: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine, and Mille Lacs. All grants are contingent upon the availability of funds. Funds are offered to organizations and individuals for a variety of arts projects that develop or enhance local arts organizations, artists, or art audiences.
ECRAC Grant Program Outcomes
It is important for grantees to understand that funding for this program comes from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF), a fund created by the people of Minnesota to support the arts. Because their fellow citizens have made this commitment, they have an obligation to be intentional about arts projects: the outcomes, impacts and results, and the community benefits. Therefore, outcomes and outcome evaluation are an important part of the funding proposal; in fact, they are a legislatively mandated requirement.
Grant Project Outcomes & Measuring Results
During and after the grant project activities you will have to evaluate your grant project outcome. In the application proposal ECRAC will ask you to describe the outcome evaluation planned for your project. You will provide either quantitative or qualitative measurements or both. When funded your grant final report must include a summary of these evaluation results.
Eligibility Criteria
Individual Artists: The applicant may be any individual artist who is a permanent resident (for at least 6 months) in one of the five Minnesota counties of: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, or Pine. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age. The applicant must be either a U.S. citizen, or have attained permanent resident alien status. The applicant must not have any outstanding or unacceptable final reports with ECRAC. Applicants must use the ECRAC grant application form online. Individual artists may not have more than one active ECRAC Resiliency grant at a time. ECRAC considers Culture Bearers as artists.
Requirements
This grant is for artists who have had projects cancelled, postponed, or affected by these circumstances. Projects may be in any form or discipline, including performance, dance, storytelling, photography, film, sculpture, painting, and more. Applicants must show that they can do the project without needing to violate any public health guidelines. Funding cannot be used for an already ECRAC-funded project. Your project must be completed, and grant funds spent, by June 30, 2024.
For more information, visit ECRAC.
