The ArtsWave Young Professionals Grant Program provides funding for projects that engage Young Professionals through the arts, deepening the roots in region and creating a better quality of life.
Donor Name: ArtsWave
State: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/22/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The attraction and retention of young professionals to our region is a top priority for Greater Cincinnati. Maintaining a workforce that is broad in age is vital to a thriving, growing community, but compared to peer regions across the country, Cincinnati continues to see slower growth in young professionals. As ArtsWave’s research on arts engagement in community revealed the power of the arts to attract, engage, and retain residents, ArtsWave’s Young Professionals Grant Program requests proposals for projects that engage young professionals through the arts, deepening their roots in the region and developing a better quality of life.
Funding Information
Projects may be funded partially or in full, up to $10,000.
Project Period
Proposed projects must take place between September 1, 2025-August 31, 2026.
For stronger FY2026 ArtsWave Young Professionals Grant applications, the proposed projects should:
- Be well designed, participatory and social
- Align with ArtsWave’s Blueprint for Collective Action
- Directly engage Young Professionals
- Have NOT received funding through another ArtsWave project grant for the same project
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the FY2026 Young Professionals Grant, an organization must meet the following requirements:
- Have a 501(c)3 designation, be non-profit in nature, or have a non-profit fiscal agent (for-profit businesses are ineligible for grant funding);
- Have a majority (51%+) of the organization’s annual expenditures dedicated to arts and cultural activities.
- Have a primary mission to provide programs or activities in areas directly concerned with arts or cultural heritage for the public.
- Be based in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA, which includes the following counties: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties in Ohio; Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton Counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn, Franklin, and Ohio Counties in Indiana.
- Have successfully completed all previous grant requirements, including outstanding final reports for all previous grants and sponsorships.
- Have not received funding through another ArtsWave project grant for the proposed project.
For more information, visit ArtsWave.
