Deadline: 6-Mar-23
The Idaho Commission on the Arts has launched the Consulting Grants program for the organizations.
Purpose
- This quarterly grant opportunity supports consulting services for organizational development or artistic needs of nonprofit organizations, or informal arts groups applying through fiscal agents.
Funding Information
- The grant requires a 1:1 match with cash or in-kind donations, and funds up to 50% of projected expenses. Maximum request is $1,100.
What they cannot Fund?
- Establishment of or contributions to an endowment;
- Fundraising projects that do not raise funds for the arts;
- Prizes, scholarships, or free tickets;
- Projects or programs to generate or attract audiences;
- Offsetting of debt, payment of fines, penalties, or legal fees;
- Activities that are primarily promotional or created for mass distribution, such as duplication of CDs, creation of portfolios, private gallery announcements, self-published books, brochures, or websites;
- Student exhibitions, anthologies, publications, or performances, unless those activities document an arts education grant;
- Costs associated with any degree or professional certification, such as tuition, fees, and teaching materials;
- Projects or activities already completed or beginning before the eligible start date or documentation of previously completed projects;
- Documentation of projects except for arts education activities;
- Projects primarily recreational, vocational, or religious;
- Activities restricted to an organization’s membership;
- Costs for consecutive attendance at annual activities that are routinely within an arts organization’s budget including, but not limited to, conferences of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Americans for the Arts, American Folklore Society, or the Western Arts Alliance;
- Pageants, festivals, or celebrations unrelated to arts, ethnic, or cultural activities;
- Journalism;
- Historical or academic documentary film and electronic media arts that do NOT demonstrate significant artistic emphasis, consideration, and distinction;
- Scholarly or academic works in history, languages, archeology, and political science;
- Lobbying expenses or political activities;
- Hospitality expenses such as food and drink, alcohol, flowers, etc. Any such expenses included in a project approved for funding must be paid with applicant funds;
- Capital expenses for an individual; or
- Writing intended for youth.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a nonprofit, IRS tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization or applying through a fiscal agent; or a unit of local, county, tribal, or state government, including schools and school districts.
- Nonprofit organizations (and fiscal agents) must have been in operation in Idaho for at least one year and have a valid 501(c)(3) Determination Letter with an effective date at least one year prior to the grant application deadline
- Applicant must provide a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
- Applicant must compensate professional artists and administrators
- Applicant may receive one Consulting grant in a fiscal year
- Final reports for past Commission grants and awards must be submitted and approved
Evaluation Criteria
- Organization produces programs of artistic merit appropriate to its mission
- Clearly states the purpose and need for assistance
- Demonstrates the applicant can accomplish the activity according to the proposed plan
- Application is clear and complete; the budget is realistic and correlates with the narrative
- The purpose and need for assistance are clearly stated
- Ensures appropriate community participation
For more information, visit Idaho Commission on the Arts.