The Folk and Traditional Arts Program Grant is dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and preserving Colorado’s cultural heritage through folk and traditional arts.
Donor Name: Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
It aims to enhance community well being, encompassing belonging, cultural identity, economic vitality, and sense of place. This initiative includes two funding opportunities:
- Funding for the creation, presentation, or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
- Funding for documenting folk or traditional arts and cultural heritage through the creation of community archiving, oral histories, or photojournalism, video or other creative and or documentary works.
Funding Information
$3,000.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant must meet the following criteria:
- Must be community representatives, individual artists, collectives, or organizations based in Colorado.
- Must be a Colorado resident, at least 18 years old.
- Community Involvement: The project should be led by or engage members of the community whose traditions are being presented or documented. To make your application as strong as possible, be explicit about who will be leading and engaged in activities and why this artform is relevant to them.
- Payments: To individuals (not businesses), 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, units of state or local government, institutions of higher education, or Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments. Grants are taxable income.
- Applicants may apply using a fiscal sponsor. Associated costs should not be more than 10% of the funding request.
Eligible Individual Subrecipients
Awards to individuals may include funding for the creation, presentation, or teaching of folk and traditional arts projects and or funding for documenting folk or traditional arts and cultural heritage through the creation of community archiving, oral histories, or photojournalism. This is considered a stipend to the artist/individual for the work undertaken and completed.
Eligible Organizational Subrecipients
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, units of state or local government, institutions of higher education, or Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments are eligible to receive funds sub awarded through an Arts Endowment award.
Review Criteria
- Reflection of Community/Cultural Heritage and Alignment with Folk and Traditional Arts Definition
- Artistic Excellence and Merit
- Community Benefit and Project Impact
For more information, visit OEDIT.
