The North Carolina Arts Council is accepting applications for its Grassroots Grant.
Donor Name: North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC)
State: North Carolina
County: Watauga County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/05/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant provides support for high-quality programming in the performing, visual, literary, and traditional arts. Programming choices are responsive to community needs and demonstrate improvement and innovation. Programming choices also engage constituents across geographic, cultural, social, and economic lines.
Funding Priorities
View Updated Funding Document. The directive is to prioritize funding for the following:
- Provide program or operating support to qualified arts organizations.
- Provide funds to support arts learning and arts-in-education programs conducted by qualified artists. These can be artist residencies in schools, after-school programs, summer camps, or adult arts learning classes.
- To support other community, civic, and municipal organizations that provide high-quality experiences for the greater community. These programs must be conducted by qualified artists.
Funding Information
Typical requests range from $800 – $3,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must have been in operation for at least one year.
- While nonprofit 501(c)(3) status is preferred, organizations that are nonprofit in nature may also receive Grassroots Arts Program subgrants.
- Unincorporated nonprofits may have a fiscal agent or sponsor to receive the funds on their behalf.
- Watauga County nonprofit arts organizations such as, qualified arts organizations (where they exist), such as theaters, symphonies, galleries, art guilds, choral societies, dance companies, folk arts, societies, writer’s groups, and arts festivals.
- Applicant/organization must not be late on tax payments.
- Subgrants of Grassroots funds may not be awarded to arts organizations that already receive operating support directly from the N.C. Arts Council.
For more information, visit NCAC.
