US: Community Arts Access Program for Public Arts
Deadline: 23-Nov-21
The Springfield Area Arts Council’s Community Arts Access (CAA) Program is now open for public arts programming and audience development projects of community arts organizations and local not-for-profit organizations.
This program is funded by the Illinois Arts Council Agency’s CAA grant and matching funds from the Springfield Area Arts Council through a grant from the City of Springfield.
Grants from this program are available to organizations in Sangamon and Menard counties. The Springfield Area Arts Council (SAAC) does not limit its Community Arts Access program grants to member organizations. Program grants provide partial support to not-for-profit arts organizations or community organizations with arts programming for:
New projects
Ongoing arts programming (may be a single event, season, festival)
Artistic and/or professional personnel, and
Promotional and audience development projects
Funding Information
The Community Arts Access grant request is not to exceed $1,000.
Funds are available for activities occurring between January 1 and July 31, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant organization must be registered as a not-for-profit organization with the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State and be in good standing.
An organization must have been in active service to the public for at least one year prior to the date of application for Community Arts Access funding.
Note
All first-time applicants must contact the program staff to discuss the proposed project and to confirm eligibility, and they also must attend a grant-writing workshop.
Applicants may receive less than the requested amount.
Organizations may not submit an application for more than one program or project.
Applying for a Community Arts Access grant does not guarantee funding.
For more information, visit https://springfieldartsco.org/community-arts-access/