Stanly County launches North Carolina CARES for Art Grants

Deadline: 9-Nov-20

Stanly County Arts Council has launched North Carolina CARES for Arts Grants Program. Arts and Cultural organizations and individual artists are eligible to apply for a North Carolina CARES for Arts grant to offset business disruption and/or expenses incurred due to COVID-19 between March 1, 2020, and December 30, 2020.

The North Carolina General Assembly designated $9.4 million federal CARES Act funds for arts councils and arts organizations to mitigate business disruptions caused by COVID-19. The North Carolina Arts Council will distribute these funds on a per-capita basis to all North Carolina counties with a population of less than one million people. In many counties, including Stanly County, the local arts councils will receive the funds and then sub-grant a portion of the county allotment to eligible recipients.

For the purpose of this grant program, revenue losses are not considered for mitigation. North Carolina CARES for Arts funding cannot reimburse any expenses already paid for by other federal relief funds such as PPP loans, the NC Jobs Retention Grant program, locally-run stimulus or relief programs using federal funds, direct grants from the NEA, and stimulus grants issued by the North Carolina Arts Council.

What expenses are eligible for reimbursement by the North Carolina CARES for Arts grant?

These funds were allocated by the NC General Assembly using Coronavirus Relief Funds, which are subject to federal rules and guidelines that limit allowable expenditures and timeframe for using the funds. When building your claim of eligible expenses, the following expenses that were or will be incurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020 can be considered:

Paid salaries and benefits (including contractors);
On-going operating expenses such as rent, utilities, or insurance;
Established monthly expenses such as loan payments;
Costs associated with canceling programs, such as contractual payments to venues, vendors, etc;
Costs of pivoting to remote/virtual programs and services;
And costs of mitigating the spread of COVID-19, such as cleaning, PPE, physical barriers, etc.

Who is eligible to receive a sub grant in my county?

It was the primary intent of the legislature to provide funds to nonprofit arts organizations. However, in rural areas where there are fewer 501(c)3 arts organizations or to assist with distribution of funds to more diverse communities, you are also able to sub grant to: