American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, grants are to be used to build sustainability of your arts organization or art programs (beyond projects, investing in operations, and staff), develop new relationships with BIPOC arts organizations and artists, and/or invest in capacity building for your organization (shared trainings, specific capacity-building tailored to your organizations, strategic planning).
Donor Name: Wilkes Art Gallery
State: North Carolina
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/09/2023
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The mission of the Wilkes Art Gallery is to make diversity, creativity, and critical thinking of the visual arts more accessible to the greater Wilkes County community by providing opportunities to experience visual arts in a dynamic, meaningful and personal way enriching the lives of the participants through experiences that are both educational and therapeutic.
Grant Period
Projects and programs must take place between July 1, 2023 and June 15, 2024.
ARPA Project Examples
- Capacity building
- Consultants for strategic-planning
- Developing a fundraising plan
- Professional marketing plan
- Website refresh
- Program evaluation
- Board training
- Staff training or professional development
- Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion training
- Sustainability
- Hiring staff or contractors
- Equipment purchases or upgrades
- Small capital expenditures up to $25,000 (total in two years)
- Full financial audit
- Arts & Economic Prosperity (AEP) study participation
- Expanding relationships with BIPOC artists
- Developing new partnerships, programming, and outreach, including:
- Small-scale creative placemaking projects with BIPOC artists
- Piloting new events or programs beyond Black History Month or Native American Heritage Month, etc.
- Developing new partnerships, programming, and outreach, including:
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are available for non-profit organizations, or organizations operating as a non-profit.
For more information, visit Wilkes Art Gallery.
