Deadline: 30-Nov-20
Community Arts Access (CAA) has been announced which is a re-granting program run by the Springfield Area Arts Council with funding from the Illinois Arts Council Agency to award project-based grants to local arts organizations and to nonprofits with arts programming.
The Springfield Area Arts Council (SAAC) does not limit its Community Arts Access program grants to member organizations. Program grants provide partial support to not-for-profit arts organizations or community organizations with arts programming for:
- New projects;
- Ongoing arts programming (maybe a single event, season, festival);
- Artistic and/or professional personnel, and
- Promotional and audience development projects.
Funding Information
- The Community Arts Access grant request is not to exceed $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- CAA program grants offer funding for public arts programming and audience development projects of community arts organizations and local not-for-profit organizations.
- Non-profit organizations in Sangamon and Menard counties are invited to apply for funding.
How To Apply
- Contact the SAAC office if you are a new applicant to the Community Arts Access program.
- Complete the Application Form.
- Complete the Narrative Form. Using no more than three pages, clearly describe your project and your organization’s history, answering the questions listed in the Narrative form. For organizations which are not solely arts organizations, the information should relate primarily to arts programming and activities.
- Complete the Project Budget Form. This is not the Operating Budget of the organization.
- Reproduce five sets of the original application, narrative, and project budget forms.
- The following items must be included with the “original signature set,” but NOT with each copy of the application.
- If a returning applicant, then include one set of up to three pieces crediting the Springfield Area Arts Council and the Illinois Arts Council Agency for previous CAA projects. (A copy of a webpage may be submitted as “credit” evidence.)
- If a first-time applicant, then include a single page stating “First Time Applicant.”
For more information, visit https://springfieldartsco.org/community-arts-access/