The Laura Jane Musser Fund is accepting applications for its General Operating Support Program to assist nonprofit arts organizations in rural communities to develop, implement or sustain exceptional artistic opportunities for adults and children in the areas of literary, visual, music, and performing arts.
Donor Name: Laura Jane Musser Fund
State: Colorado, Hawaii, Wyoming, Minnesota, New York and Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Detail:
General Operating Support Program In recognition of Laura Jane Musser’s life-long commitment to excellence in the arts, and with awareness that pivotal and life-changing experience can occur for individuals through introduction to and participation in the arts, the Laura Jane Musser Fund hopes to encourage and excite a wider population to appreciate, learn, and participate in the arts.
Priorities
- INCREASE access to the arts through scholarships, hands-on activities, community venues, workshops, discounts and other innovations
- DEMONSTRATE capacity to engage their community in the creation of art
- DEMONSTRATE support from their community (through volunteerism, membership, in-kind, or other types of support)
Geographic areas
- COLORADO (All counties)
- HAWAII (All counties)
- WYOMING (All counties)
- MINNESOTA (Aitkin, Becker, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Mahnomen, Todd, and Wadena Counties)
- NEW YORK (Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster counties)
- TEXAS Rio Grande River Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties), Deep East Texas (Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties), and the Brazos Valley (Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties)
Funding Information
- Grants up to $10,000 per year
- APPLICATIONS are accepted for one year of funding at a time. It is possible for organizations to apply for and receive funding for up to three consecutive years. Grantees may not reapply for funding for at least two years after three consecutive years of funding.
- GRANTEES that request second and third years of support will be asked to report on their progress toward the goals they articulated in their previous year’s application, especially in the following areas:
- Increasing access to their services
- Increasing their organizational sustainability
- Increasing support from their community
Eligibility Criteria
- ARTS organizations that are physically located in rural communities with populations of less than 20,000. (Arts organizations that support programs in rural areas but are not physically located in those rural areas are not eligible. Organizations that are not primarily arts organizations but provide some arts programming are also not eligible.)
- ARTS organizations with organizational budgets less than $750,000
- NONPROFIT 501(c) (3) organizations. (Organizations with fiscal sponsors are not eligible).
- ORGANIZATIONS that have been in existence for at least one year at the time of application
For more information, visit Rural arts initiative.
