Are you an Indiana nonprofit organization looking for funding to support your arts project? Look no further. Arts Project Support (APS) grants provide funding to Indiana 501c3 nonprofit organizations and public entities looking to support a specific arts project or arts activities.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
State: Indiana
County: Elkhart County (IN), Fulton County (IN), Marshall County (IN),Kosciusko County (IN), St. Joseph County (IN) and Starke County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/09/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Arts Project Support (APS) grants provide funding to nonprofits, units of government, and schools to support a specific part of the organization’s arts activities, such as a one-time event, a single production, an exhibition, an educational workshop, or a series of related arts activities such as art classes or training sessions.
APS grant program has the following objectives: provide the general public access to quality arts activities, with special attention to underserved communities, and support Indiana artists who are a vital part of Indiana’s economy and community life.
Funding Information
- APS applicants may request up to $5,000 to support their arts project.
- Fiscal Year 2024 Grant Cycle: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:
- Must be an Indiana-based 501c3 nonprofit organization, a unit of state or local government, an institution of higher education, or a federally recognized Indian tribal government.
- A 501c3 organization may act as a fiscal sponsor/agent for an organization that has not secured their federal tax-exempt status.
- Must be incorporated in the State of Indiana at the time of application and for the duration of the grant period.
- Must be physically located in Indiana, have an address in the region to which the organization is applying, with the majority of its arts programming, services, or activities taking place in Indiana, and must primarily serve and engage Indiana audiences and participants.
- Must not have any overdue and/or unresolved Final Grant Reports with the Indiana Arts Commission or the Regional Arts Partner.
- Organizations whose primary purpose is higher education (e.g. universities, colleges, division of a college) are eligible to apply for arts activities that are open to the public and clearly serve the needs of surrounding communities and involve community input during planning and implementation. Activities that are credit-producing or oriented primarily to university students and the academic community are not eligible.
- Must comply with all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances, including but not limited to those that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
- An organization may only apply for one of the following grant programs in the same fiscal year: APS or AOS.
- APS funding may not be used for projects already supported by the Indiana Arts Commission (for example, more than one organization receiving APS funding for the same project is not allowable).
Eligible Expenses
Allowable Expenses by Category:
- Personnel
- Salaries and fees
- Contractors
- Artist contracts, honorariums, stipends
- Staff or contractor training, conferences
- Operations
- Rent or mortgage payments
- Utilities
- Space rental
- Promotion and marketing
- Printing
- Security
- Insurance
- Building Maintenance
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Cleaning services
- Information Technology (e.g. software, captioning, streaming- including increased bandwidth, hardware, specialized audio-visual equipment, etc.)
- Fee subsidies for presenting services
- Capital Expenditures (not to exceed $5,000)
- Equipment (purchase or rental) provided it plays an integral part of the project (for project support grants) or the organization’s operations (e.g. theatre rigging, exhibition pedestals)
- Construction and renovation-type projects that are integral to an organization’s mission or that facilitate accessibility (e.g., accessibility-related construction and renovation, substantial exhibition design, the installation of climate control systems for a museum, etc.,) are allowable.
- Construction and renovation:
- Project Support – must be integral to the project as in the project goal(s) could not occur without it.
- Programming
- Production or commissioning costs
- Consumable supplies
- Costs associated with the creation of a temporary or permanent piece of public art
For more information, visit Community Foundation of St. Joseph County.
