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2022 Community Arts Access Grants for Local Organizations in McLean County

The Mclean County Arts Center, in its role as the local arts agency for McLean County on behalf of the Illinois Art Council Agency, announces that applications for the Community Arts Access Grants are now available to local organizations.

Donor Name: McLean County Arts Center

State: Illinois

County: McLean County (IL)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/11/2022

Size of the Grant: $10,000

Details:

The independent Grant Review Committee has determined the following list of priorities, in order of importance, with which they will determine the ranking of applications.

Funding Priorities

  • Support the quality, quantity, promotion, and visibility of arts for the community.
  • Increase access and outreach to the arts for underserved populations.
  • Foster collaboration among organizations and/or individual artists.

Project Plan

  • The clarity in the description of the project
  • The degree to which project fulfills its purpose quality of planning and implementation

Collaboration

  • Collaboration among organizations and individuals
  • Encourages and promotes cooperation and pooling of resources

Budget

  • Balanced proposed budget page
  • Evidence of cash match and in-kind contributions
  • Evidence of additional and alternative funding sources outcomes
  • Evidence of attainable, measurable and manageable outcomes

Outcomes

  • Evidence of attainable, measurable and manageable outcomes

Organizational Capacity

  • Evidence of scale accountability of applicant
  • History of sound management practices

Completeness of Application

  • All requested information provided by the deadline prior grant final report or progress report submitted
  • Prior grant final report or progress report submitted

The following items are not eligible for funding as explicitly stated in the McLean County Arts Center’s Grant Agreement with the Illinois Arts Council Agency: Capital expenditures, Permanent equipment, Out-of-state touring, Scholarships, and Deficit Funding.

Criteria

Only McLean County-based 501C3 groups are eligible. Please send a Certificate of Good Standing from the Secretary of State Office as an attachment with this completed form.

For more information, visit Community Arts Access Grants.