Sustainability Grants for Film and Literary Organizations (US)
Deadline: 10-Jan-22
The South Arts is currently accepting applications for the Sustainability Grants for Film and Literary Organizations to help sustain operations during or after the pandemic; made possible through the American Rescue Plan.
The goal of this grant is sustainability – helping organizations to maintain their staff and keep their doors open. The hope is to ensure the viability of arts and cultural organizations when leverage and impact are most critical to the larger arts community.
This grant program supports South Arts’ mission of advancing Southern vitality through the arts and aligns with the following goal from South Arts’ strategic plan:
Connect artists and arts professionals in the South to resources that will increase opportunities for success within and outside the region
Funding Information
The South Arts will offer a limited number of grants up to $10,000 to film and literary organizations based in the nine-state region to help sustain operations during or after the pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
Only nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) or governmental film and literary arts organizations in South Arts’ nine-state region are eligible to apply. South Arts’ nine-state region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Applications will not be accepted from fiscal agents.
Eligible organizations’ primary purpose (at least 60% of the organization’s work) must be related to supporting the creation of film or literary works and/or supporting filmmakers, writers or poets based in the South.
Applicants must have a three-year operating history of film or literary arts programming as a primary purpose.
All applicants must have a DUNS number. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a DUNS number. Visit the Dun & Bradstreet website for additional information about DUNS numbers as well as instruction on how to receive one.
Eligible operating expenses supported by this grant include:
Salary support (full or partial) for one or more positions that are critical to the organization’s mission (i.e., specific activities in support of the organization’s day to day operations)
Fees for contractual personnel that are critical to the organization’s mission (i.e., specific activities in support of the organization’s day to day operations)
Facilities costs such as mortgage, rent, and utilities
Costs associated with health and safety supplies for staff, visitors, and audiences such as personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, and hand sanitizer
Marketing and promotion costs
While any of the above expenses can be supported by this grant, they strongly encourage applications that support salaries and contractor fees for creative workers. For the purposes of these guidelines, creative workers are individuals who earn income from arts and cultural work (this includes independent artists and employees/contractors of arts and cultural organizations).
For more information, visit https://www.southarts.org/community-organization-grants/sustainability-grants-film-and-literary-organizations