The South Carolina Arts Commission is pleased to announce the General Operating Support (GOS) Grants.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 02/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of this grant is to help strengthen arts organizations that bring ongoing arts experiences and services to individuals, communities, and other organizations throughout the state via three (3) years of unrestricted support for basic operations for applicants ranging from emerging to established arts organizations with primary missions involving these artistic functions:
- producing,
- service,
- presenting,
- and/or education
Funding Information
- OSS grants have a maximum award of $5,000 per year, with a 1:1 match. GOS grants have no maximum award, with a 3:1 match.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
- Have a primary mission focused on the arts
- Serve as the primary arts provider in their community
- Provide ongoing arts programming in their community
- Be either
- a unit of local government
- a nonprofit community-based arts organization
- currently registered as a charity with the SC Secretary of State’s Office
- Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.
- reflecting SC 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 will need to submit a letter that outlines the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.
- Have completed at least one fiscal year of programming
- Have a valid Unique Entity ID
- 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.
- Is either
- an 2024 Group 2 GOS grantee
- a new GOS applicant (any eligible organization that is not an 2023 operating support grantee).
For more information, visit SCAC.
