Explore grants provide arts organizations who have fully developed ideas with the resources to test and implement the concept.
Donor Name: The Arts Work Fund
State: Illinois
County: Chicago County (IL), Cook County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
These grants hope to foster the creativity and risk-taking that is essential to creating new and better ways of operating in the current COVID-19 world and addressing some of the aspects of arts organizations that were not working well before the pandemic. Priority will be given to projects that have maximum potential benefit for the organization and the field.
Criteria for EXPLORE Grants
- Clear identification of challenges to be address
- A clear and appropriate plan that informs implementation
- Appropriateness of the proposed budget
- The capacity of the organization to carry out the project
- Methods for tracking process and progress
- A system for assessing the potential impact on the organization(s)
- Potential to impact the organizations(s)
- Potential to inform the field.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations with an arts-based mission and IRS 501(c) (3) public charity designation or a fiscal agent that has this designation
- Arts organizations led by, for, and about black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) with operating expenses of $2 million and below
- Any arts and culture organization with operating expenses of $800,000 and below
- Located in and serves Chicago and Cook County.
For more information, visit TAWF.
