Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Populus Fund-Project Grants.
Donor Name: The Union for Contemporary Art
State: Iowa, Nebraska
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/28/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Founded in 2020, Populus Fund is a regranting initiative organized by The Union, through the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in order to support innovative artist projects regionally. They will fund projects that are catalytic, address community needs, and exemplify new ways of working in, for, and with the public.
Funding Information
In 2024, Populus Fund will award a total of six $10,000 projects proposed by artists or artist groups working outside established institutions.
Project Criteria
- In 2024, Populus Fund seeks to fund artist-organized projects that offer opportunities for artists to use their skills to provide experiences, content, materials, activities, platforms, etc. that engage and connect with the community through art.
- Populus Fund grant recipients will receive funding for projects that promote collaboration with the public and are radically accessible. Funds can be used for the research, development, or creation of public-facing new work, a project or performance. Public engagement can occur via process, presentation, production, or publication. This may include exhibitions, performances, events, lectures, workshops, screenings, readings, publications, residencies, programming at artist-run-spaces, online projects, etc.
- Populus Fund’s aim is to expand the financial support for artist-led projects in the region. Projects in partnership with funded organizations, art museums, or commercial galleries that have their own operating and programming budgets or a capacity to fundraise for their own projects will not be considered for funding. However, they do accept projects that work in partnership with DIY, underfunded, or self-funded arts and community organizing groups. Please reach out to us if you have questions about an institutional partner on your project.
- Projects that support inclusion, diversity, equity, and access are strongly encouraged. Projects that engage the public must prioritize the health and safety of participants. Applicants should identify any safety protocols if necessary.
Regranting Region
Artists living in the following 35 counties surrounding the Omaha metro area are eligible to apply for funding:
- Iowa Counties
- Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby.
- Nebraska Counties
- Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Platte, Polk, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Stanton, Thurston, Washington, Wayne, York.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to receive a Populus Fund grant, applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be 18 or older
- Reside in one of the eligible 35 Nebraska/Iowa counties listed above
- Applicant can provide a W9 and Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) once selected to receive an award
- Applicants must be visual artists, curators, collectives, cultural organizers, collaborations, or artists with a history of presenting their work in visual arts contexts/venues
- Performance, dance, film, text, sound, or any artist that works outside of a traditional visual arts practice is eligible to apply as long as their project proposal has visual arts as a driving force.
Ineligible to apply:
- 501c3 organizations and LLCs established for commercial enterprise.
- Staff, board, or immediate family member of The Union for Contemporary Art.
- 2022 & 2023 Populus Fund Project Grant Awardees.
For more information, visit The Union for Contemporary Art.
