Deadline: 1-Oct-21
The Saratoga Arts is inviting applications for the 2022 Community Arts Grants for arts and cultural projects and programs in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties.
Community Arts Grants regrants public funds to artists, non-profit organizations, municipalities and other government entities in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties, in partnership with qualifying organizations and artists, to present arts and cultural programs of high artistic merit in local communities
Priorities
- Encouragement of diverse arts and cultural programming of high artistic quality throughout Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County that promote inclusivity.
- Creative, original and new approaches for bringing the arts to the public.
- Participation of rural, minority and economically disadvantaged populations.
- Strengthen collaborative efforts between non-profit organizations, between artists and between organizations and artists.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for between $500.00 and $5,000.00.
- Applicants may submit up to three requests in any combination of categories (Community Arts, Individual Artist, and/or Arts Education) totaling no more than $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- A 501(c)(3) or New York State non-profit organization with an active board of trustees either incorporated in NY State or registered to do business in NY State located in Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County.
- A government or quasi-governmental entity, or tribal organization located in Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County.
- Individual artists, groups or collectives, and unincorporated entities who are working with an eligible fiscal sponsor or community-based partner located in Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County.
- All project activities must take place between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.
- Applicants must demonstrate a need for funding through updated financial data.
- Applicants must not exclude persons with disabilities, according to the 1991 Americans with Disabilities Act, and the proposed arts event must take place in a handicap accessible location.
- Chapters of national organizations must have their own non-profit status in Fulton, Montgomery, or Saratoga County and may not use the non-profit status of group-ruling parent organizations.
- Note:
- Lead applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full-time degree program.
- Only applicants from Fulton, Montgomery, & Saratoga Counties are eligible.
- Projects must take place in the same county as the fiscal sponsor or community-based partner even though the Saratoga Arts service area extends over multiple counties.
- NYSCA or RED-C applicants may not apply directly for SCR funding, or serve as fiscal sponsors or community-based partners.
- Applications for the same project can not be submitted in multiple categories (Individual Artist, Arts Education, Community Arts).
For more information, visit https://www.saratoga-arts.org/grants/2022