Through partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, South Arts offers small grants that compliment existing efforts by arts organizations to include audiences and artists with disabilities.
Donor Name: South Arts
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
The Southeast is home to some of the world’s most diverse and vibrant artistic communities. At South Arts, they believe that the arts are for everyone. The arts enrich the lives of people of all abilities and backgrounds. In commitment to amplifying the success of the Southeast’s arts ecology, South Arts offers funding to supplement the efforts of arts organizations throughout service area.
Art making is for everyone, too! South Arts encourages arts organizations to hire artistic personnel of all abilities at all levels; for these grants in particular, they encourage arts organizations to work directly with artists who identify as disabled.
Accessibility micro-grants are available to support nonprofit, 501c3, arts organizations located within South Arts’ nine-state region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This funding program is open to a wide variety of organizations, including community cultural organizations, museums, performing arts presenters, theatre companies, visual arts, and music organizations.
South Arts has prioritized the following:
- South Arts prioritizes applications from organizations that provide significant programming to artists or audiences with disabilities.
- South Arts is committed to funding arts organizations in rural communities (with populations under 50,000).
- Primary consideration will be given to new applicants and organizations whose budgets are less than $500,000.
Funding Information
- There is a 1:1 match for this grant. Up to $1,000 will be granted by South Arts with a dollar-for-dollar cash match by the organization.
- Projects must take place between January 1, 2026, and June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Requirements
The applicant must be:
- A non-profit, tax-exempt organization, an official unit of local, county, or state government (including an institution of higher education), or a federally recognized tribal community located within South Arts’ nine-state region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Louisianaa, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
- An organization located in South Arts’ nine-state service region that:
- Has a primary mission focused on the arts, or
- Serves as the primary arts provider in its community, or
- Will commit to a project that connects the arts to persons who have disabilities
Additional Eligibility Requirements
- In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, government entities, public school districts, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to receive a South Arts Accessibility grant award.
- Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a UEI number.
For more information, visit South Arts.
