The Community Arts Impact Grant (CAIG) Program recognizes the value of the arts as a vital tool for civic engagement across a wide range of issues. Therefore, funding can be used to support arts programming that is taking place in a variety of settings throughout the county, as part of a larger mission to provide services to individuals and communities.
Donor Name: Arts Council of Hillsborough County
State: Florida
County: Hillsborough County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 and $5,000
Grant Duration: 9 months 14 days
Details:
Additionally, this grant program is meant to provide nimble/flexible funding while serving as a “training opportunity” for small, community-based organizations that are new to grant writing and/or seeking support from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County.
The CAIG program is designed to make arts and cultural opportunities more accessible for underserved populations across Hillsborough County. They are committed to programs with geographic, ethnic, and age diversity, as well as programs that serve veterans and people with disabilities. The goals of the Community Arts Impact Grant Program are aligned with the Arts Council Strategic Plan to ensure cultural equity and access to arts and culture for every citizen of Hillsborough County.
Funding Information
- Total project cost may not exceed $50,000. Applicants may request between $1,000 and $5,000 and may make only one application per grant period, per organization. This is a reimbursement-based grant.
Eligible Projects
- Cultural projects must be within the disciplines of dance, folk arts, literature/creative writing, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, or multi-disciplinary art forms.
- All activities funded through this program must be open to the general public.
- Projects must take place between November 1, 2022 and August 15, 2023.
- Projects must be designed to elevate and advance arts and culture in the community.
- Community impact through arts and cultural programming must be the primary focus of the proposed project.
Eligible Organizations
- Community organizations, neighborhood associations, ethnic/cultural organizations, as well as emerging arts and culture organizations.
- Applicant organization must be a 501(c)(3) organization in good standing at the time of application.
- Applicant organization must be registered as an active nonprofit Florida corporation with the Florida Division of Corporations with a principal address in Hillsborough County.
- Applicant organizations must be apolitical and nonideological.
Ineligible Applicants include:
- Organizations and groups based outside of Hillsborough County, Florida.
- Organizations who have been approved for a Cultural Development Grant through the Arts Council for FYE 2023.
- Organizations that have not successfully fulfilled contractual grant agreements with the Arts Council in previous years.
- Municipalities, governmental entities, educational institutions, and fiscal agents
For more information, visit Community Arts Impact Grant.