The State Cultural Facilities Grant (SCFG) Program promotes careful planning for capital improvement, preservation, renovation, and new construction projects for public and nonprofit artistic, performance centers, museums and cultural art centers located around the state.
Donor Name: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The State Cultural Facilities Grant Program (SCFG) was created because state lawmakers and voters recognized that many significant cultural properties in the state need extensive repairs or restoration, and that these organizations contribute significantly to the state and local economy. These facilities and the organizations that enliven them contribute to the quality of life in Rhode Island and ensure that the arts and cultural activities continue to inspire new generations. Moreover, the arts and cultural sector creates jobs, stimulates tourism, and builds and revitalizes the downtowns, neighborhoods and communities throughout the state.
The State Cultural Facilities Grant Program is a matching grant program. It promotes careful planning for capital improvement, preservation, renovation and new construction projects for public and nonprofit artistic, performance centers, historic sites, museums and cultural art centers located around the state. Through its matching requirements, the program stimulates broader support and participation in cultural facility projects statewide.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $500,000 per application per deadline.
Eligibility Criteria
- You are eligible to apply for a State Cultural Facilities Grant if you are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and culture or culturally specific organization, which leases or owns your own performance or exhibition space. Arts and culture organizations are defined as a not-for-profit based group that provide as their primary mission regular cultural programs or services, which may include producing or presenting a series or regular program of performances, educational related, exhibitions, media presentations, festivals, readings, or literary publications.
- Producing is a primary focus on direct creation, production, performance, or exhibition of arts; presenting is a primary focus on organizing, selecting or curating and contracting a series, season or festival of performances or events created by other artists and producing groups. A culturally specific organization is defined as an organization with a significant arts and cultural program that engages an explicit cultural community but might not have arts and culture as their primary mission.
- City or state facilities cannot apply directly for support, but nonprofit entities operating in city-owned structures are eligible to apply for identified areas within these structures specifically designated for the production, presentation, and exhibition of the arts.
- If you are one of the three “named recipients” of Creative and Cultural Economy Bonds funds identified by law, you are not eligible to apply for additional support through this grant offering. If the applicant received a previous State Cultural Facilities Grant, the applicant must have completed and closed out the project to be eligible for an additional grant.
- Applications will not be accepted from private individuals, for-profit organizations, or corporations. Applicants may submit one application in each grant round.
For more information, visit RISCA.
