The North Dakota Council on the Arts is accepting applications for its Professional Development Grant Program.
Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts
State: North Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 05/31/2026
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Professional Development grant program is a reimbursement grant program that provides up to $1,000 for North Dakota nonprofit art organizations, educational institutions, individual artists, and arts educators to engage in arts-related learning activities.
Grant Period
July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
This Program Funds
- For Arts Organizations:
- For staff member(s), board member(s), and/or volunteer(s) to participate in a learning activity that will support their artistic and/or business duties related to the organization, including workshops, classes, seminars, and conferences (in person or online)
- To hire a consultant or adviser for an arts-related professional development learning activity for staff member(s), board member(s), and/or volunteer(s) (in person or online) (e.g., hiring a consultant to lead a board in developing a strategic plan or executive director job search)
- For Individual Artists:
- To participate in a learning activity that develops artistic skills, including one-on-one study, coaching, workshops, classes, seminars, residencies, and conferences (in person or online)
- To participate in a professional development learning activity that will develop business skills related to the arts, including one-on-one study, coaching, workshops, classes, and conferences (in person or online) (e.g., grant writing)
- To hire a consultant/adviser for an arts-related professional development learning activity (in person/online) (e.g., hiring a consultant to help develop a marketing plan)
- For Arts Educators:
- To participate in a professional development learning activity that will develop teaching skills in the arts, including workshops, classes, and conferences (in person or online).
- For Educational Institutions:
- To hire an advisor, consultant, and/or teaching professional for a professional development learning activity for faculty members who will develop teaching skills in the arts (in person or online).
- Allowable Expenses for Organizations:
- To Workshops, classes, seminars, and conferences (in person or online)
- Hiring a consultant or adviser for an arts-related professional development learning activity
- Allowable Expenses for Individuals:
- One-on-one study, coaching, workshops, classes, seminars, residences, and conferences (in person or online)
- Participating in a professional development learning activity that will develop business skills related to the arts
- Hiring a consultant / adviser for an arts-related professional development activity.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be one of the following:
- An individual artist
- An arts educator
- A North Dakota state tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- A Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- A North Dakota public education institution
- Additional Eligibility Guidelines for Individual Artists and Arts Educators
- Be a United States citizen or have attained permanent resident status
- Be 18 years of age or older on the application’s due date
- Be a North Dakota resident and continue to reside in North Dakota throughout the contract period
- Cannot be enrolled as a full-time student in any high school, college, or university at the time of application
- Additional Eligibility Guidelines for Nonprofit Arts Organizations
- Arts organizations must be physically located in North Dakota
- The majority of arts programming, services, or activities must take place in North Dakota and primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants
- The applicant’s staff members, board members, and/or volunteers who will benefit from the program’s funds must be 18 years of age or older on the application’s due date and cannot be enrolled as full-time students
- The applicant must be the organization that will receive the funds, not a fiscally sponsored group.
Ineligibility
- Any learning activity that is used for a course credit and/or certification.
- The hiring of a professional for business activities that does not include any professional development learning opportunity or training (e.g., hiring a professional to write a grant, to take photographs of artwork for print or online marketing materials, or to generate an audio recording or promotional video)
- Attendance at arts events of which the applicant is solely a paid participant or a paid audience member
- Transportation of students to artistic events or professional development opportunities
- Purchasing equipment (e.g., kiln, loom, lens, lighting, and/or sound equipment) without any professional development learning opportunity or training included.
For more information, visit North Dakota Council on the Arts.
