Miller Foundation announces Individual Artist Relief Grant Program – US

Deadline: 22-Oct-21

The Miller Foundation has announced the applications for Individual Artist Relief Grant Program to provide support to Oregon artists who are experiencing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires due to cancellations of exhibitions, performances, rehearsals, or other activities with a stipend, events, teaching opportunities, book signings, or other professional presentation opportunities.

Funding Information

Any applicant organization must have minimum annual operating CASH expenses of $25,000, which means in-kind expenses are not included in the $25,000 minimum.

Eligibility Criteria

The fiscal sponsor must be based in Oregon, with proven financial management success
The fiscal sponsor’s mission must align closely with the proposed sponsored work
The project is on a trajectory to become its own 501(c)(3) OR project leaders have proven experience related to the proposed work
The sponsored organization or project can demonstrate community need and support for the proposed work
Submission of a fiscal sponsorship agreement signed by fiscal sponsor’s board chair and executive director, as well as the sponsored organization’s leader
A fiscal sponsor may apply for a Miller Foundation grant for their own organization’s work, in addition to applying as a fiscal sponsor of other projects.

Exclusions

Multi-year requests for organizations with annual budgets under $500,000
Museums whose primary focus is not art (except for culturally specific museums)
Art therapy/arts programming in therapeutic settings
Arts programming in correctional settings
Scholarships or tickets to performances
Historical societies
After-school arts enrichment programs
Requests from individual schools or classrooms for in-school arts projects or programs (arts education courses, assemblies, school trips to performances, school clubs, art materials, or musical instruments)
Recreational camps and summer programs
Festivals, either single-focus or culturally specific, with the exception of festivals where the primary focus is art (film, music, visual art, literary arts, etc.).