The Dallas Arts District is seeking applications for its 2023 Grant to enhance the value of the city’s creative and economic life by engaging artistic, educational and commercial neighbors through excellent design, practices and programs.
Donor Name: Dallas Arts District
State: Texas
City: Dallas
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $3,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
They aspire to transform the Dallas Arts District into a dynamic destination for Dallasites and tourists, powered by the imagination of regional and international artists, with integrated and exemplary artistic, residential, cultural and commercial life.
To fulfill this mission and complement the programs of resident arts organizations, the Dallas Arts District Foundation sponsors a broad range of activities that bring public engagement to the District through diverse and accessible cultural programming.
Types of Assistance
Financial assistance is granted to a non-profit organization or an individual artist approved by the Office of Arts and Culture to provide a specific artistic or cultural activity or program that takes place within the Dallas Arts District and for the benefit of the public. The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting site-specific, innovative programs and/or culturally specific programming.
Funding Information
The maximum grant request per project is $3,000. Any amount up to this maximum may be awarded. Typical awards average between $1,500-2,000.
Activity Period
The Grants Program is designed to provide support on a project basis only. Applicants should not expect to receive support through the program beyond a one-year period for any specific arts or cultural activity.
Date Programs may occur: January 1- December 31, 2023
Eligibility Criteria
- Each organization or individual may submit no more than one application. Individual artists who are approved artists funded by the City of Dallas – Office of Arts and Culture, are eligible to apply.
- Answer one of the following two questions yes:
- Is your organization a non-profit 501c3 arts organization?
- Are you an approved artist through the City of Dallas, Office of Arts and Culture? This answer must be yes.
- Will your project take place in the Dallas Arts District?
The Foundation Does Not Fund:
- Capital improvements, construction, renovation, purchase of permanent equipment, or structural maintenance of facilities
- Activities restricted to an organization’s membership
- Newsletters, website development or regularly printed publications about an organization’s activities for distribution to its member constituents
- Costs of parties, receptions, and other social activities
- Fundraising benefits and activities
- Fellowships and/or costs of tuition at colleges, universities, or professional training schools
- College/University or school projects that are part of a required course or curriculum or that do not involve and serve the general public
- Operating expenses
- Programs that are not primarily arts or cultural activities
- Retroactive funding for projects, which are completed, or are in progress
- Direct funding to individuals
- Activities that do not benefit the general public
- Endowments
- Any organization that did not meet the terms of prior year funding contract
For more information, visit Dallas Arts District 2023 Grant.