Based on recommendations by the Raleigh Arts Commission, the City of Raleigh awards arts grant funding to nonprofit organizations headquartered in Raleigh.
Donor Name: City of Raleigh
State: North Carolina
City: Raleigh
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/06/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
These arts grants are the official vehicle for municipal support to the City’s arts organizations. A major example of the City Council’s dedication to the cultural development of Raleigh, the program is currently supported by a $5 per capita allocation, which resulted in grant awards totaling $1,834,533 for 2024-2025.
Types of Support
- Program Support 1 grants help support a wide variety of quality arts programming that takes place throughout the City of Raleigh. Successful applicants show how their projects are relevant to and supported by the Raleigh community as well. Funding may cover up to 50 percent of program expenses. Program Support 1 is designed to support new Raleigh Arts Commission Grant applicants and non-arts and cultural organizations.
- Program Support 2 grants help support a wide variety of quality arts programs and projects that take place primarily in the City of Raleigh. Program Support is available for arts programming produced by nonprofits that advance the applicant organization’s artistic development, upgrade services by the applicant, or develop new areas of interest. Funding may cover up to 50 percent of program expenses.
- Operating Support is available to established arts organizations and provides non-project assistance toward ongoing administrative costs for qualifying organizations. Eligible applicants are established, arts-committed organizations that provide a quality cultural product or service with wide-ranging impact on the City of Raleigh and that are responsible for their own programming.
Funding Information
- Program Support 1
- $1,000 – $15,000
- Program Support 2
- $1,000 – $35,000
- Operating Support
- $10,000 – $175,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Program Support 1
- Nonprofit organizations headquartered in Raleigh with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status.
- Program Support 2
- Nonprofit organizations headquartered in Raleigh with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status.
- New Applicants: Must have successfully completed Program Support 1 grant projects for three of the past four years.
- Operating Support
- Nonprofit organizations headquartered in Raleigh with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status.
- New Applicants: Must have successfully completed Program Support 2 grant projects for three of the past four years.
For more information, visit City of Raleigh.
