Capacity-Building Grants fund activities that increase an organization’s overall capacity, organizational strength, and community impact.
Donor Name: Quad City Arts
State: Iowa and Illinois
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Grant Duration: 9 months
Details:
The goal of Arts Dollars is to support programming and artists that enrich the quality of life in the Quad Cities region through the arts.
Funding Information
Nonprofit organizations primarily focused on the arts are invited to apply for up to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- All proposed budgets must include payment to at least one artist or arts administrator who meets both of the following criteria:
- at least 18 years of age
- current resident of Rock Island, Henry, or Mercer county in Illinois, or Scott, Clinton, or Muscatine county in Iowa, for the past 12 consecutive months
- The organization’s programs and activities must primarily be arts-related and for the benefit of in Quad City Arts’ service area: Rock Island, Henry, Mercer counties in Illinois; and Scott, Clinton, and Muscatine counties in Iowa.
- An organization may not receive a Capacity-Building grant two years in a row.
- Only organizations that have been in existence for two full years and have an annual budget of $300,000 or less may apply for Capacity-Building Grants.
Ineligible Expenses
The following are ineligible expenses for Capacity-Building Grants:
- Capital infrastructure projects (bricks and mortar)
- Ongoing annual operating expenses
- Feasibility studies
- Grants to individuals
- Sectarian religious programs promoting a particular faith
- Lobbying or support of a political party.
For more information, visit Quad City Arts.