The Tennessee Arts Commission is seeking applications for its Creative Placemaking: Rural Arts Facilities Fund (RAFF) grants to help rural communities carry out initiatives that build, renovate, or expand arts and cultural facilities.
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Project applications must demonstrate a history and/or commitment to arts and cultural programming in the community, cross-sector community support, feasible plans for revenue generation and facility management, and sustainable long-term operational goals. Public investment in rural arts and cultural facilities can help rural communities in a number of ways, including, but not limited to, expansion of arts and cultural opportunities for underserved audiences, job creation, tourism development, enhanced creative learning opportunities, as well as strengthening a community’s distinctive identity and quality of life.
The Tennessee Arts Commission is committed to advancing the arts as a driver of the creative economy and creative placemaking, as well as accelerating transformation of rural areas through the nonprofit arts and creative sector.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $200,000 for projects that build, renovate, restore, preserve, or enhance rural arts facilities, including performing arts centers, art museums and galleries, multi-purpose arts centers, amphitheaters, and mobile stages.
Project Period
July 1, 2024-June 15, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant is eligible to apply if the organization is located one of Tennessee’s Rural Counties and meets one of the following qualifications:
- The organization is an entity of local government
- The applicant is a nonprofit arts organization legally chartered in Tennessee and in possession of a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code
- Tennessee Rural Counties are: Bedford County (TN), Benton County (TN), Bledsoe County (TN), Campbell County (TN), Cannon County (TN), Carroll County (TN), Carter County (TN), Cheatham County (TN), Chester County (TN), Claiborne County (TN), Clay County (TN), Cocke County (TN), Coffee County (TN), Crockett County (TN), Cumberland County (TN), Decatur County (TN), DeKalb County (TN), Dickson County (TN), Dyer County (TN), Fayette County (TN), Fentress County (TN), Franklin County (TN), Gibson County (TN), Giles County (TN), Grainger County (TN), Greene County (TN), Grundy County (TN), Hamblen County (TN), Hancock County (TN), Hardeman County (TN), Hardin County (TN), Hawkins County (TN), Haywood County (TN), Henderson County (TN), Henry County (TN), Hickman County (TN), Houston County (TN), Humphreys County (TN), Jackson County (TN), Jefferson County (TN), Johnson County (TN), Lake County (TN), Lauderdale County (TN), Lawrence County (TN), Lewis County (TN), Lincoln County (TN), Loudon County (TN), Macon County (TN), Marion County (TN), Marshall County (TN), McMinn County (TN), McNairy County (TN), Meigs County (TN), Monroe County (TN), Moore County (TN), Morgan County (TN), Obion County (TN), Overton County (TN), Perry County (TN), Pickett County (TN), Polk County (TN), Rhea County (TN), Roane County (TN), Robertson County (TN), Scott County (TN), Sequatchie County (TN), Smith County (TN), Stewart County (TN), Tipton County (TN), Trousdale County (TN), Unicoi County (TN), Union County (TN), Van Buren County (TN), Warren County (TN), Wayne County (TN), Weakley County (TN), White County (TN).
For more information, visit Tennessee Arts Commission.
