The Mississippi Arts Commission’s Mini-Grants for Organizations are matching grants designed to support professional development and capacity building for arts organizations.
Donor Name: Mississippi Arts Commission
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $200 to $1,000
Details:
Mini-Grant priority funding will be given to organizations that have not recently received MAC funding. Priority will also be given to organizations residing in MAC’s identified underserved counties, high-poverty counties, or extremely rural areas, as well as organizations led by or serving BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color), individuals with disabilities, veterans and those serving other typically underserved groups.
Funding Information
- Organization Mini-Grants range from $200 to $1,000 and require a dollar-for-dollar cash match (in-kind matches are not eligible).
Eligible Activities
There are types of activities that may be supported through Organization Mini-grants:
Presenting/Hiring Professional Artists: Mini-grants can pay for up to half of the total fee to hire a professional artist.
- Those hiring members of MAC’s Artist Roster will be given funding priority.
- Organizations may hire artists (Priority will be given to those hiring MAC Roster artists or MAC Teaching artists) to:
- Present a performance, workshop, or other presentation
- Create public art on/in your building or for your organization
- To create an art curriculum
Organizational or Curriculum Development: Mini-grants can support up to half of the total fee of a consultant to support organizational capacity building, organizational professional development, or curriculum development.
- Organizations may hire professional consultants to provide a short-term consultancy that is focused on overall organizational development such as:
- Organizational long-range Strategic Planning
- Organizational Fundraising Planning
- I.D.E.A. Audit (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access)
- Diversity Training or other professional work to diversify an organization’s Board of Directors
- ADA Compliance and Accessibility Training
- Board Member Training
- Arts Related Emergency Preparation
- Convening focus groups of different types of artists, stakeholders, or members of the community touched by your organization
- Curriculum development in a K-12 school
- Conference Support:- Mini-Grants can support up to half of the total cost for an arts organization to send staff or board members to an in-person or online professional conference or workshop that directly relates to the organization’s work in and through the arts.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that can apply for a Mini-grant must:
- Be based in Mississippi
- Be incorporated in Mississippi as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization OR
- Be a unit of local government, such as a school, library, or another county or municipal agency. Units of local government may be required to provide documentation of their status as a governmental agency.
For more information, visit Mini-Grants for Organizations.
