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Art of Community: Rural South Carolina Grants

The South Carolina Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Art of Community: Rural South Carolina Grants.

Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission

State: South Carolina

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 03/04/2024

Size of the Grant: Up to $7,500

Details:

This grant supports arts-based projects throughout rural South Carolina that use the arts to address issues and challenges in rural communities. The project must serve the rural community in which the applicant is located.

Grant-funded activities should:

  • expand community access to the arts in rural areas and
  • include a public engagement component and
  • engage a project steering committee to lead the project.

A project steering committee is the group of people who will be collaborating on and leading this project. This group should have a strong understanding of the project and the applicant organization.

  • The project steering committee is responsible for, but not limited to, providing advice and direction, setting the project timeline and budget, monitoring the quality of the project, evaluating, and monitoring success of the project, and defining project outcomes.

Funding Information

Up to $7,500

Tiers

  • Tier 1 counties are Abbeville, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dillon, Hampton, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Williamsburg
  • Tier 2 counties are Calhoun, Chester, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenwood, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Saluda, Union
  • Tier 3 counties are Aiken, Anderson, Berkeley, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Florence, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, York

Eligibility Criteria

  • The applicant must be
    • a college or university; OR
    • a unit of state or local government, OR
    • a public library, public library authority, network of public library authorities, or organization managing a public library authority as defined under the Public Libraries & Museums Act 1964; OR
    • a nonprofit organization
      • currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office
        Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.
      • reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents
      • with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service
        OR
        applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization

        • Note: Applicants who are applying through a fiscal agent/receiver must submit a letter outlining the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.
  • In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, public school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award.

For more information, visit SCAC.