The Tennessee Arts Commission is seeking applications to support arts projects and activities across all disciplines that focus on community vitality and engagement in urban counties
Donor Name: Tennessee Arts Commission
State: Tennessee
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
An organization may submit only one Arts Project Support application for any given fiscal year. Arts Project Support applicants may not apply for operational support or a Rural Arts Project Support grant. If eligible, an organization may also submit applications in the Arts Access, Arts Education, and Creative Placemaking categories for distinct projects. Organizations eligible to apply in more than one grant category in a single fiscal year must submit applications for unrelated, separate and distinct projects. Organizations may not apply in different categories to support different activities of the same project or event.
Funding Information
Funds awarded to a single organization in these categories range from $1,000 to $18,000 for non-arts organizations, arts organizations, and entities of local government.
Project Period
July 1, 2024-June 15, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
- Urban Counties are: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Maury, Montgomery, Putnam, Rutherford, Sevier, Shelby, Sullivan, Sumner, Washington, Williamson, Wilson.
- First time applicants to this category are encouraged to contact Commission’s program staff prior to submitting an application to verify eligibility.
- Unique Entity ID (UEI): All applicants are required to have a Unique Entity ID.
- K-12 schools are not eligible under this category. Arts education-based projects, especially those primarily serving youth, must be submitted in one of the Arts Education grant categories. Applicant organizations must be chartered in Tennessee. National or regional 501(c)3 organizations, chartered in Tennessee, and serving as an umbrella organization applying for funds for another group are restricted to one application only per fiscal year (see below).
- Arts organizations that receive revenue directly from a “New Specialty Earmarked Plate” under T.C.A 55-4-301 (a)(1) are ineligible for Commission grant funding.
- Debarment and Suspension. Grantees are required to sign contracts certifying to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it, its current and future principals, its current and future subcontractors and their principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal or state department or agency.
For more information, visit Tennessee Arts Commission.