Deadline: 30-Sep-20
The Arts Work Fund is seeking applications for its Think grants that give arts organizations the time and space to think through a question, analyze challenges and opportunities, and develop plans or small tests of change.
Challenges identified for support can be managerial, production, technological, fiscal planning, and artistic. (If you are seeking a grant for an artistic project, the project should be in service of the organization as a whole, versus in support of a specific piece of work, and have a social engagement goal or address a community issue or need). The goal is to cultivate unconventional thinking to address the immediate challenges of COVID-19 and devise more effective ways for arts organizations to meet their desired outcomes.
Funding Information
- Arts Work Fund’s THINK grants will allocate up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant for Arts Work Fund’s THINK grant 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 Arts Work Fund Think Grants:
- Clear identification of the question to be addressed.
- A case for why the question is important to the organization right now.
- A clear and appropriate plan for exploring potential answers to the question and quickly test possible solutions.
- Appropriateness of the proposed budget.
- A system for assessing the effectiveness of the project, with effectiveness defined by the organization.
- The potential impact on the organization(s).
For more information, visit https://artsworkfund.org/think.html