The South Carolina Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Cultural Districts Grants.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/23/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
This grant supports a broad range of creative placemaking endeavors led by S.C. Cultural Districts, including—but not limited to—festivals, performances, workshops, and public art projects. All programming must be located within a Cultural District’s approved boundaries and align with its strategic plan.
Projects should:
- Integrate arts, culture, or design activities.
- Include non-arts partnership(s).
- Engage the public.
- Involve artists, designers, or culture bearers.
Funding Information
Grants Up to $10,000.
Grant Period
August 1, 2026–May 31, 2027.
Uses of Funds
These include, but are not limited to:
- Contractual fees paid to artists, musicians, curators, programmers, arts presenters, performers, facilitators, designers, or consultants, including travel and lodging.
- Event production costs for equipment/venue rentals and operation; sound, lighting, stage rigging, visual/digital components, and insurance for the arts programming only.
- Marketing, including but not limited to graphic design services, advertising space, digital or print materials, website or social media.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a current S.C. Cultural District in good standing.
- Good Standing: The Cultural District must be in good standing as determined by the SCAC.
- Good standing includes, but is not limited to:
- Completed annual reports.
- Full, active steering committees (steering committee must have at least five members and be composed of organizations and individuals that represent the interests of the district).
- The applicant must be a unit of local government.
- The applicant may not be the authorized nonprofit district liaison, but the liaison may serve as a collaborator on the application.
- The applicant must have a valid Unique Entity ID.
- In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, public school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award. Note: If an applicant organization is using a fiscal agent/receiver, separate UEI numbers must be provided for both the applicant organization and the fiscal agent/receiver. Exceptions to separate UEI numbers are organizations run by a local government or a school district.
- Commissioners and staff of the S.C. Arts Commission and members of their immediate families are not eligible to apply for any individual SCAC programs, grants, fellowships, or services that provide financial support or career recognition.
For more information, visit SCAC.
