The Acadiana Center for the Arts is seeking applications for its Arts and Culture Funding Program.
Donor Name: Acadiana Center for the Arts
State: Louisiana
County: Lafayette Parish (LA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
A Lafayette Consolidated Government sponsored Arts and Culture Funding Program, designed to support arts and cultural organizations that significantly enhance the cultural life of the community and promote local artists in Lafayette Parish, administered in part by the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
- Foster a vital and resourceful arts community
- Contribute to the sustainability of arts and cultural organizations in Lafayette
- Increase opportunities for local artists
- Expand access to arts experiences to the community, especially to people with otherwise limited opportunities
- Increase efforts for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility to the arts
- Encourage new initiatives, expand existing programming and build audiences for arts experiences which are inclusive, accessible, diverse and equitable.
Funding Information
Minimum Request $2,500 – Maximum Request $7,500.
Grant Period
November 1, 2025 to October 5, 2026.
Uses of Fund
An Operations Grant may be used for expenses such as professional salaries, employee benefits, contractor fees, transportation, supplies and materials, telephone, utilities, postage, travel and meetings, rent, equipment/maintenance, and insurance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-profit arts and culture organizations based in Lafayette Parish, whose purpose is to develop, promote, encourage and/or present arts and culture to the public, to insure community accessibility, and to target diverse populations are eligible to apply.
- Applicant organizations must also meet the following requirements:
- Tax-exempt under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code
- In existence for at least one year
- Governed by a Board of Directors that meets at least quarterly.
Ineligibility
The following are ineligible to apply:
- Individuals
- For profit businesses
- Non-profit arts and culture organizations receiving line item support from Lafayette Consolidated Government
- Non-Compliant past grant recipients
- Any organization that is not in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State, or the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.
- Any applicant who does not have an active Federal Employer ID number at the time of application submission.
For more information, visit ACA.
