The Arts Organizations and Arts Programs (AOAP) funding track supports qualified applicants that provide consistent levels of artistic programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania. Activities and services generally must have a public component.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/17/2023
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The features of AOAP:
- Application based on past performance.
- Funding parameters set by Council and applied across the applicant pool.
Grant Period
The performance period for the grant is July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation, or a unit of local government (counties, cities, boroughs, townships, and municipal authorities). Pre-K -12 public, private and parochial schools including all charter schools are NOT eligible. (K-12 schools should contact the Arts in Education Program of the PCA for other opportunities).
- Be located in Pennsylvania, except for nonprofit, tax-exempt corporations acting as a fiscal sponsor on behalf of an unincorporated group or not-for-profit limited liability company (LLC) that is located in Pennsylvania.
- Be registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Corporations, except for local governments and fiscal sponsors.
- Have a history of at least TWO years of consistent arts programming in Pennsylvania.
- Have an annual average arts revenue over $200,000. PCA determines revenue size by a two-year average Total Revenue of an organization’s Form 990-Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service. Non-arts organizations and/or arts organizations whose 990 is postcard, must attach a board/committee approved arts-specific program financial statement for their most recently completed two fiscal years. The program financial statement must include program revenue, including contributed and earned income and income realized from investments, as applicable, and expenses. In-kind is not included.
- PCA Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts partners must apply in AOAP regardless of their revenue size.
- Unincorporated groups or Pennsylvania not-for-profit limited liability companies (LLCs) must apply through a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that acts as a fiscal sponsor.
- Individuals and LLCs with fewer than two organizers/members are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit AOAP.
