The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) has announced the Creative Communities Initiative to support the role of creative industries as vital to vibrant, livable communities.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The Creative Communities Initiative (CCI) provides multi-year funding for place-based, community-driven, arts-based projects that serve as catalysts for social cohesion, livability, and community and economic development. Commonly referred to as creative placemaking, these projects are rooted in deep community engagement and authentically engage artists, culture bearers, designers, and community members through conversation, cultivation, and creation activities to address community needs, challenges, and opportunities
Goals:
- Strengthen Pennsylvania communities through the arts.
- Ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Advance community recovery and resilience.
- Cultivate deep community engagement for innovative, community driven projects.
- Promote the unique identities of PA’s communities as places people want to live, visit, work, and play.
- Promote PA’s communities as places people want to live, visit, work, and play.
- Support authentic, inclusive, and strong community partnerships.
- Promote inclusion of artists and culture bearers in community projects
- Support local leadership and develop future leaders.
- Foster development and implementation of sustainable programs and projects.
- Invest in creative industries projects.
- Leverage additional sources of funding (local government, private sector, foundation).
- Create and implement best practices for project evaluations.
Funding Information
Up to $25,000 per year for up to four years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project must be place-based.
- Required partnership of at least two organizations, one of which will serve as the lead applicant.
- Lead applicant must be a unit of government, nonprofit (501(c)3 or 501(c)6) organization.
- Lead applicant organization must be located in the community.
For more information, visit Creative Communities Initiative.