The North Carolina Arts Council’s LEAD Scholarship Grant provides professional development for arts administrators who are new to the field of arts accessibility and who are proactively developing inclusive arts programs and experiences for artists and audiences with disabilities in their communities.
Donor Name: North Carolina Arts Council
State: North Carolina
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The program provides funding for the following:
- Scholarships to attend the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ 2022 Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disabilities (LEAD) Conference in Raleigh
- Participation in a statewide arts accessibility learning cohort hosted by the North Carolina Arts Council in collaboration with Arts Access
- A $2,500 Technical Assistance grant to be used for travel and per diem at the LEAD Conference and to support staff time dedicated to the learning cohort.
Grant Period
The funding period for the Technical Assistance Grant is July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
Criteria
To be eligible for a LEAD Scholarship Grant, applicants:
- Must be a nonprofit organization (or an organization that has applied for non-profit status using a fiscal agent);
- Must have been producing quality arts programs for at least two consecutive years:
- Must have prior-year organizational cash operating expenses of at least $20,000.
For more information, visit LEAD Scholarship Grant.
