Deadline: 8-Apr-22
Culture Works is inviting applications for the Community Arts Grants to provide general operating support to organizations that enrich and inspire the Dayton Region through world-class performances, exhibitions, and acclaimed educational programs for all ages.
Criteria
- Public Benefit & Access
- Artistic & Cultural Vibrancy
- Organizational Capacity
Funding Information
- The organizational annual budget must not be less than $100,000 and not more than $499,999.
Eligibility Criteria
- An independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to create, produce, present, or provide arts or cultural experiences for the public.
- Offices are located within and a majority of program activities take place within a 30-mile radius of the Culture Works office at 31 S Main St Suite A210, Dayton, OH 45402
- Incorporated in the State of Ohio with an operating history of a minimum of three years
- Licensed to solicit funds in the State of Ohio
- At least one part-time salaried administration or artistic staff member
- Board of Directors that meets at least four times per year and is comprised of members that are representative of the community’s social, economic, and racial diversity
- An annual independent audit performed by a recognized accounting firm OR a financial review certified by a CPA
- A record of active organizational support of Culture Works.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients, as well as all future grant recipients, must comply with the following requirements on an ongoing basis:
- Participating in the Passport to the Arts program with a reasonably proportional number of offerings compared to total offerings within the performance season. If the organization is not a performing arts organization, other provisions to meet this requirement will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
- Providing performance vouchers and/or other incentives for Culture Works to distribute at Workplace Giving kickoffs and other Campaign events.
- Each applicant organization must schedule a time for Culture Works leadership to present to the organization’s Board of Directors at a full board meeting. This presentation must take place before the application deadline of the year in which they apply. The applicant organization is responsible for scheduling Culture Works on the agenda and notifying Culture Works of the meeting date. As recipients of Campaign funding, grantee organizations are expected to assist Culture Works in promoting the Campaign both internally and in the community. Each grantee organization will host a formal Board Member giving campaign during the applicable fiscal year.
- Financial support of the annual Campaign by staff leadership (Executive Director or equivalent). First-time applicants must meet this requirement before the application deadline of the year in which they apply.
- Organizations applying for the first time or those applying after a lapse of two years or more must comply with the following requirements for two years immediately preceding the award year. Organizations who are current grant recipients, as well as all future grant recipients, must comply with the following requirements on an ongoing basis:
- For previously funded organizations, evidence of adherence to prior year’s grant agreement and credit policies.
For more information, visit https://cultureworks.org/apply-for-funding/