The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is now accepting applications for its Arts Emergency Funding.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
State: Georgia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $10,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The arts are an economic driver and civic catalyst, building communities and a shared sense of belonging across the Atlanta region. The Foundation’s Arts, Culture, and Creative Enterprises work addresses historic inequities that hinder arts organizations, artists, and small budget creative businesses. This programming supports the creation of art within metro Atlanta’s arts and culture ecosystem, as well as the use of the arts as a tool to amplify and activate community voice, strengthen the regional economy, and foster life-long learning.
They understand the hardships that arts organizations face, especially after the devastating impact of the global pandemic, and the Community Foundation aims to provide support based on a deep understanding of each organization’s unique emergency needs. They know that many of the current financial hardships are a result of difficult circumstances. They request that you provide candid narratives, along with at least one supplemental document to provide context for your request.
Priority Groups
Priority will be given to organizations that are led by or serving Black, Indigenous and People Color (BIPOC), which is defined as organizations that meet at least three of the following four criteria:
- Organizational leader is BIPOC
- Majority of board members are BIPOC
- Majority of clients served are BIPOC and/or
- Staffing of the organization or the program/project of which funds are requested are BIPOC
Although organizations will not be penalized if they do not employ any paid staff, priority will be given to organizations that have at least one part-time paid employee for the 12 months prior to submitting an application.
Funding Information
To aid in continued recovery, the Foundation will distribute $250,000 in emergency funding in the summer of 2023. Grants are awarded based on several criteria, explained on page three of the guidelines. Grants for general operating support will average $5,000 – $10,000 over a 12-month period.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofits that meet the following requirements are eligible to apply for an emergency grant. The applicant must:
- Be located and provide services within the following Georgia counties:
- Cherokee
- Clayton
- Cobb
- DeKalb
- Douglas
- Fayette
- Forsyth
- Fulton
- Gwinnett
- Henry
- Rockdale
- Be a 501(c)(3) OR have a fiscal agent that meets this requirement as a classified nonprofit
- Be registered with the Georgia Secretary of State as a nonprofit
- Have a minimum two-year operating history after the date of receipt of its 501(c)(3) classification or after its registration with the Georgia Secretary of State as a nonprofit
- Have annual operating expenses not exceeding $2 million for the last completed fiscal year
- Have a mission focused on arts, culture, or creative disciplines, along with demonstrable activity, engagements or performance activity
- Pay artists and performers associated with artistic and cultural programming
- Demonstrate the ability to sustain business operations
- Be able to demonstrate a financial emergency in the last 12 months, such as canceled performances or programming, loss of income, impacted cash flow, and/or significantly increased operating expenses, including and not limited to:
- healthcare
- mortgage/rental
- payroll/staff salaries
- capital improvements for COVID mitigation.
For more information, visit CFGA.
