Deadline: 20-Aug-21
ArtsKC Mission Support Grants are investments in people, programs and projects that make the arts more accessible, that sustain a vibrant and thriving arts community, and that support traditions of excellence as well as innovation and entrepreneurship in the arts.
ArtsKC Grants support visual, dance, music, theater, poetry, and interdisciplinary art. These are competitive grants.
Mission Support Grants are general operating support for nonprofit arts organizations with the arts as their primary purpose. Mission Support funding is unrestricted.
Funding Information
- Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. The amount of your grant will be no more than 10% of the total operating expenses of your most recent fiscal year. Exceptions to this policy may be made under special circumstances for organizations with previous year revenues of less than $10,000. Due to the high number of worthy requests received, most grants are less than $5,000.
- Grants are paid in two payments. The grant recipient must return a signed grant agreement and W-9 in order to receive the first payment of 80%. To receive the second payment of 20%, the grantee must turn in an Impact Report, which must be approved by ArtsKC. Please allow two weeks after submitting grant agreements and final reports to process checks.
- In 2021-2022, they made 57 general operating support grants to applicants totaling $137,800. The average grant amount was $2,418. Approximately 65% of applicants in this category received a grant of any amount.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding in the Mission Support category, an organization must:
- Be a registered not-for-profit arts organization
- Be principally located in the five-county Kansas City metropolitan area (Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, Wyandotte)
- Have a governing body with bylaws
- Be founded before 2019 (thus, have at least two years of financial records and established history of programming)
For more information, visit https://artskc.org/grantmaking/apply/missionsupportinformation/#Eligibility