Deadline: 30-Sep-20
The Arts Work Fund is seeking applications for its Explore grants that provide arts organizations that have fully developed ideas with the resources to test and implement the concept.
These grants hope to foster the creativity and risk-taking that is essential to creating new and better ways of operating in the current COVID-19 world and addressing some of the aspects of arts organizations that were not working well before the pandemic.
Funding Information
- Explore grants will allocate up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organization must have an arts-based mission.
- A current IRS 501(c) (3) public charity designation determination letter.
- Annual operating expenses under $800,000, as reflected in the most recently filed I.R.S. Form 990 or audit.
- Located in and serving Chicago and Cook County.
- If a former Arts Work Fund grant recipient, the applicant must have submitted a final report for previous grant activities.
- Ineligible Costs:
- Debt retirement; Endowments, Capital campaigns; Lobbying activities; Purchase of computers, software, equipment, furnishings; Website and database upgrades; Annual audits; Conference/workshop fees; Printing/general material costs; Reimbursement for work completed before a grant award.
- Criteria for Explore Grants:
- Clear identification of challenges to be address.
- A clear and appropriate plan that informs implementation.
- Appropriateness of the proposed budget.
- The capacity of the organization to carry out the project.
- Methods for tracking process and progress.
- A system for assessing the potential impact on the organization(s).
- Potential to impact the organizations(s).
- Potential to inform the field.
For more information, visit https://artsworkfund.org/explore.html