Cross-Sector Impact Grants are open to all art forms for partnership projects taking place in South Arts’ nine-state region.
Donor Name: South Arts
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
South Arts’ mission is advancing Southern vitality through the arts, and this program addresses a strategic goal to cultivate and strengthen deep, cross-sector partnerships that are artist and community centered. As the communities continue to change, the arts play an incomparable role in addressing many of the communal and individual challenges and strengths. The value of partnership and working together across sectors brings new opportunities, increased effectiveness, and greater depth to the collective work. Through this program, South Arts seeks to provide significant support to projects developed by partners that harness the power of “Arts & …” (these are projects at the intersection of arts and other sectors). This year, they are shifting to a new program model.
Over the next three years, South Arts is committed to one community impact area – Health and Wellness. Eligible projects must focus on the “Arts & Health and Wellness” theme – for example, arts & mental wellness or arts & physical health. Matching grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to support approximately 18 projects. They anticipate funding these 18 projects for three grant cycles and expect applicants to commit to the collaborative work for a three-year duration. Funding will be awarded in three separate fiscal years with streamlined, grant renewal forms submitted for cycles two and three. Matching grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to continue or advance the project with the same two partners in cycles two and three.
Disciplines
Arts disciplines may include, but are not limited to:
- Performing arts, including dance, music, theater, musical theater, opera;
- Literary arts, including fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry;
- Visual arts, including craft, drawing, experimental, painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media;
- Film or media;
- Traditional and folk arts, including music, craft, storytelling, dance; or
- Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artforms.
Community impact areas for health and wellness include:
- Physical (overall well-being and the ability of the body to function properly);
- Mental/Emotional (overall well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life and their emotions);
- Social (overall well-being that stems from connection and community); or
- Occupational (overall physical, mental, and social well-being of workers).
Grant Period
January 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 (Cycle 1), July 1, 2027-June 30, 2028 (Cycle 2), and July 1, 2028-June 30, 2029 (Cycle 3).
Eligibility Requirements
- All applicants/partners must:
- Be located/reside in South Arts’ nine-state region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee);
- Be in good standing with South Arts, having submitted all past final reports and complied with the grant terms and conditions; and
- Agree to the grant requirements which includes acknowledging South Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts in all programs and promotional materials related to the funded project.
- A minimum of one of the two applicants/partners must:
- Be a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, an official unit of local, county, or state government (including an institution of higher education), or a federally recognized tribal community; and
- Have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.
For more information, visit South Arts.
