The Emerging Arts Leaders Grants is to strengthen and nurture emerging arts leaders and their organizations.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
This leadership– and capacity-building initiative will provide resources, training, and support for emerging leaders and the boards of arts nonprofits to build sustainability, capacity, and partnerships in South Carolina.
Program Goals
- Support professional growth and leadership training in the arts.
- Strengthen the small organizations’ operational capacity.
- Develop and strengthen South Carolina’s Arts Industry workforce.
Funding Information
Up to $2,500.
Grant Period
October 15, 2024 – May 31, 2025.
Uses of funds
Funds can only be used for professional development. Examples include:
- conference fees and expenses
- staff and board training
- consultant services for strategic planning and strategic plan implementation
- financial management
- program evaluation consultation
- communications, marketing, and rebranding strategy development
- facilitation of a board retreat
- in-person or virtual training.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a nonprofit organization
- currently registered with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
- Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.
- reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents
- with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service
- OR
- applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization
- Note: Applicants who are applying through a fiscal agent/receiver must submit a letter outlining the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.
- 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.
- currently registered with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
- Special consideration will be given to
- Arts organizations that have experienced ongoing hardship and have been unable to continue their professional development.
- Organizations in underserved communities. Underserved communities include those communities in which people lack arts programs, services, or resources due to geography, economic conditions, cultural background, socio-political circumstances, disability, age or other demonstrable factors. The term “community” can refer to a group of people with a common heritage or characteristics, whether they are in the same location or not.
For more information, visit SCAC.
