The CORE Operating Support Grant provides fundamental mission support through unrestricted funding to established nonprofit arts organizations for general operations, administration, and programming costs.
Donor Name: Arts Fort Worth
State: Texas
City: Fort Worth
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/28/2023
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Grant Period
Period of Performance period begins from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.
Eligible Requests
Eligible uses for CORE Operating Support funding include:
- administrative staff salaries;
- artistic salaries/fees;
- office supplies;
- production costs;
- facility rentals;
- marketing, printing, and other administrative costs; and outreach & education.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to receive funding from Arts Fort Worth CORE Operating Grants Program, an applicant organization must:
- For Small Budget Organizations: have last fiscal year’s annual organizational operating budget between $10,000 and $99,000;
- For Mid-Size & Large Budget Organizations: have a last fiscal year annual organizational operating budget of at least $100,000;
- be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit in good standing with IRS and up to date with Form 990 filings;
- be a nonprofit arts organization whose primary mission is the presentation or production of artistic programming;
- demonstrate active operations and a history of at least 2 consecutive years of related program offerings within the City of Fort Worth;
- have a physical headquarters located within the City of Fort Worth and conduct a majority (more than 50%) of its work/outreach/programming within the Fort Worth community OR have a Fort Worth based P.O. Box or residential address and conduct a minimum of 65% of its work/outreach/programming within Fort Worth;
- have a salaried full-time or part-time (15-20 hours per week) administrator that is responsible for and authorized to address the contractual obligations of the Arts Fort Worth Cultural Contract and the business management of the organization (artist fees and honorariums do not satisfy paid staffing requirements);
- compensate salaried staff at a rate no less than the federal minimum wage at the time of grant submission;
- have an active board of directors; and
- meet all compliance measures and be in good standing with the Arts Fort Worth Grants Program.
Ineligibility
Ineligible applicants include:
- academic institutions and/or their affiliated arts groups;
- fiscal sponsors;
- governmental agencies;
- places of worship; or
- former Arts Fort Worth grant recipients with overdue, unacceptable, or falsified reports.
For more information, visit Arts Fort Worth.