2025 ARPA Organization Grants seeks to help support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide, and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
State: Arizona
County: Graham County (AZ), Greenlee County (AZ), Maricopa County (AZ), Pinal County (AZ), Yuma County (AZ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Tucson, will accept proposals for funding from cultural organizations in Tucson and Southern Arizona. The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ARPA is designed to fuel the nation’s recovery from the devastating economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds are intended to help support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arts Foundation will steward ARPA funds to complement a 3-year initiative to equitably rebuild arts economies in the borderlands and strengthen civic participation. Organization Grants will invest in Southern Arizona’s arts economy to 1) Restore/create jobs and 2) Incentivize arts & civic engagement. The grant program is open to non-profit 501(c)3 arts organizations located within the Arts Foundation’s service area, which includes counties and Tribal Nations that reside between the southern edges of the Gila River to the US-Mexico international border. Organization Grants intend to make awards that will impact a broad constituency. This includes a wide geographic range and organizations that support underserved populations such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.
Funding Information
Up to $15,000.
Eligible Expenses
Funds from this award may only be used to cover the following eligible costs incurred between the funding period dates. Due to the nature of financial reporting requirements, it is advisable to focus expenditures on Artist contracts or Artist salaries.
- Priority eligible expenses
- Artist Contracts- Expenses related to artists and/or contractual personnel to support the services they provide for specific activities of the grantee organization’s day-to-day operations.
- Secondary eligible expenses
- Salary support, full or partial, for one or more staff positions. Timesheets Required.
- Facilities costs such as rent, and utilities.
- Costs associated with project-related health and safety supplies for staff and/or visitors/audiences (e.g., personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, etc.).
Eligibility Criteria
Open to arts organizations that meet all the following eligibility criteria at the time of application:
- Tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)3, or charitable organization that is in good standing with the IRS and federally recognized Indian tribal governments are eligible to receive funds sub-awarded through an NEA award.
- Reside and provide services in counties and regions south of the Gila River. This includes Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties and southern portions of Pinal, Yuma, Greenlee, Graham, Maricopa County and/or Native Sovereign Nations of Ak-Chin Indian Community, Sovereign Nation of the Cocopahs, Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, Gila River Indian Community, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Tohono O’odham Nation, San Carlos Apache Nation.
- At least one year of artistic or cultural production.
- Over 51% of the applicant’s programming and budget must be dedicated to the arts
- Previous Grantees must be current in all reporting to Arts Foundation.
- Grantees will be required to create a profile for the Arts and Culture Directory within one month of receiving the award letter.
- Grantees must have an active SAMs Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number to accept the award and receive funds.
- Grantees will be required to submit a W9 IRS form.
- Grantees may be asked to create a Bill.com account to remit payment.
- Grantees will be required to complete a Risk Assessment by submitting a Self-certification to ensure the organization is not disbarred, suspended, nor have any other exclusions or disqualifications.
- Grantees will be required to provide documentation of good standing; IRS determination as 501(c)3; and financial information from 2019-present.
- Grantees will be required to disclose in writing any potential conflicts of interest that may be present when conducting funded activities.
- Grantees will be required to submit a final report to the Arts Foundation by Thursday, January 23, 2025, after the end of the funding period to document expenses and provide a brief description of programming.
- Grantees will be required to comply with all National Policies, including the completion of Section 504 Self-Assessment and appointing a Section 504 staff coordinator.
Ineligibility
The following entities are not eligible subrecipients for the federal funds. This list is not exhaustive.
- For-profit entities.
- Fiscally sponsored organizations.
- Religious institutions or religious group-sponsored organizations whose primary purpose is the religious socialization of individuals or whose arts programming exists as parts of religious sermons or services.
- Political organizations.
- Private and non-profit schools, except for those whose sole purpose is Arts Education.
- Any division or department of municipal, county, state, or federal government, including elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and school districts. A waiver to this criterion may be granted to a 501(c)3 arts organization that is deemed the sole provider of arts programming in their rural community or Tribal Nation, if they meet all the other eligibility requirements.
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