Wavemaker Arts Grants are available to arts non-profit organizations providing inclusive arts and culture programming in Tempe (501c3 status required).
Donor Name: City of Tempe
State: Arizona
City: Tempe
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Community Arts Grants Program supports a commitment to advancing Tempe as a vibrant and progressive community for cultural and artistic activity, and aims to fulfill the following recommendations from the Arts and Culture Plan:
- Increase and promote Community-Initiated Arts projects
- Support community festivals celebrating cultural diversity
- Continue, expand and enhance informal arts programming provided in community settings
Funding Information
Up to $10,000
Project Period
Project must take place in Tempe between September 1, 2024 – July 30, 2025.
Expectations
- Requests may include services of artists, professional services, stipends, supplies, production costs, space rentals, food, marketing and/or printing.
- Project structures may include:
- Performances
- Residencies/Workshops
- Festivals
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-Profit organizations providing arts programming in Tempe (501c3 status required)
- Applicants are only eligible to receive one Community Arts Grant per year (September 1-June 30)
Restrictions
- activities that occur outside of the City of Tempe;
- entirely virtual programming (activities can simultaneously occur in-person/virtual);
- permanent enhancements of infrastructure (i.e. murals or public art);
- construction or renovation of facilities, reduction of debt, feasibilities studies;
- projects in schools (see Arts in Schools Grant);
- parent teacher organizations (i.e. booster clubs, PTA or PTO) or TCA home/resident companies;
- projects associated with universities or colleges;
- projects funded by a TCC Grant or a Neighborhood Grant;
- for-profit organizations or organizations that are incorporated for religious purposes or projects that focus on religious themes;
- an organization or learning institution’s administrative or artistic staff salaries; grant administration, overhead or processing fees taken by an umbrella/parent organization as a percentage of the total award;
- fundraising, re-granting, scholarship programs or awards;
- an applicant who failed to submit a Final Report from a previously funded grant.
For more information, visit City of Tempe.
