The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) is excited to announce its Creative Sector Flex Fund (CSFF).
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA)
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
The Creative Sector Flex Fund provides support to eligible applicants that provide consistent annual levels of artistic programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania. One application per applicant per year may be submitted. Eligible uses of funds are flexible, including the support of applicants’ administrative, programmatic, and project-related expenses.
The CSFF is designed to address the changing needs of dynamic PA arts organizations with average annual revenue between $10,000 – $200,000.
Funding Information
Depending on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ (PCA) budget and availability of funds, grant amounts will be $5,000 per applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
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
- Applicants that previously applied in Program Stream or Entry to Program Stream may now apply in this program if they meet the eligibility requirements
- Unincorporated groups or Pennsylvania not-for-profit limited liability companies (LLCs) must apply through a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that acts as a fiscal sponsor. Individuals and LLCs with fewer than two organizers/members are not eligible to apply.
The Foundation does not fund
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 TFEC.
