The Catalyzing Impact Grant Program encourages a breadth of programming through arts and cultural heritage projects that support the goals of ArtsWave’s Blueprint for Collective Action.
Donor Name: ArtsWave
State: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grant awards will be made up to $10,000 or 50% of the total expenses for the proposed project, and have a 1:1 match requirement.
Examples may include:
- serving a new or expanded geography (e.g., neighborhood, municipality, or county);
- serving a new or expanded audience (e.g., age or culturally specific); or
- deepening impact within an existing project (e.g., expanded themes, content, or timeframe).
Grant Period
Catalyzing Impact 2025 grant projects must occur between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
ArtsWave believes that strong arts create strong communities and actively seeks to promote access, equity, and inclusiveness in its grantmaking. To be eligible for the FY2025 Catalyzing Impact Grant Program, an organization must meet all the following requirements:
- Have a 501(c)3 tax status or be non-profit in nature with an established fiscal agent.
- NEW: Have already received a federal government Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).
- 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.
- Did not receive a Sustaining Impact grant for the new cohort cycle beginning FY2024.
- Does not currently have an open Catalyzing Impact Grant with ArtsWave that will not be completed by February 1, 2025 and has successfully completed all previous Catalyzing Impact grant requirements.
- Has not received funding for the proposed project through another ArtsWave project grant.
- Embody ArtsWave’s commitment to access, equity, and inclusiveness.
For more information, visit ArtsWave.
