The Orange County Arts Commission is pleased to announce the Grassroots Program Grant for Organizations & Schools.
Donor Name: Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC)
State: North Carolina
County: Orange County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Grassroots Arts Program funds may be used for expenditures to conduct quality arts programs or operate an arts organization. Typical uses of Grassroots money include:
- Program expenses such as professional artists’ fees and travel, space rental, advertising, marketing and publicity, website and electronic media, scripts, costumes, sets, props, music and theater equipment rental. Program-related requests have a maximum request limit of $5,000.
- Operating expenses for qualified arts and cultural organizations not already receiving operating support from the N.C. Arts Council or N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. These can include salaries, telephone, office supplies, printing, postage, rent, utilities, insurance and equipment rental. Organizations must have an arts-based mission and an annual operating budget of less than $2M in order to request operating funds. Operations-related requests have a maximum request limit of $5,000.
Funding Information
- Grassroots Arts Program: $62,689
- $32,978: NC Arts Council
- $29,711: Orange County Outside Agencies 2025-26 Arts Allocation
- Artist Project Grant: $28,800.
Grant Period
All projects must take place between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- All organizations must have been in operation for at least one year, and must be either a nonprofit organization or have a nonprofit sponsor to receive funds on their behalf.
- All organizations must physically reside in Orange County. (Organizations serving more than one county should apply for Grassroots funding through the county in which they are physically located)
- Individuals are not eligible to apply for Grassroots funds.
- Applications and support materials must be submitted electronically by the due date.
- Prior grantees must have submitted a completed grant report for prior funding in order to be eligible for new funding.
- Grassroots Arts Program money may not be used for the following kinds of expenditures:
- Art, music, and dance therapists
- Artifacts
- Purchase artwork
- Capital expenditures
- Contingency funds
- Deficit reduction
- Equipment
- Fundraising events
- Food or beverages for hospitality or entertainment functions
- School band activities or equipment
- School choral activities
- Scholarships
- Lobbying expenses
- Oral history and history projects
- Tuition for academic study
- Interest on loans, fines or litigation costs.
For more information, visit OCAC.
