Deadline: 30-Dec-20
The Arts Work Fund (AWF) is seeking applications for its Explore Grants to 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.
Priority will be given to projects that have maximum potential benefit for the organization and the field.
Funding Information
- Explore Grants – up to $30,000 for arts organizations led by, for, and about BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, and women.
- Explore Grants – up to $25,000 for all other eligible organizations.
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.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organization must have an arts-based mission.
- A current IRS 501(c) (3) public charity designation determination letter.
- Arts organizations led by, for, and about black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), with operating expenses of $2 million and below.
- Any arts and culture organization with operating expenses of $800,000 and below.
- 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.
For more information, visit https://artsworkfund.org/explore.html