Deadline: 15-Feb-22
The Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) Community Arts Support (CAS) Grants Program is now open to apply!
Community Arts Support (CAS) Grants are made possible by the voters of Minnesota thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF).
The CAS grant program is also funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s General Fund.
Funding Information
- This is an operating support grant. Two-year award amounts between $2,000 and $7,000 per year will be paid out in two installments. The 1st year award payment will be made once Region 2 Arts Council has approved the organization’s outcomes and evaluation measures and the signed contract has been received.
- The 2nd year award payment is contingent first and foremost upon Region 2 Arts Council’s availability of funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- All eligible arts organizations, arts affiliates, and arts groups seeking 501(c)3 status have arts programming at the center of their mission, and have been providing arts programming to the Region 2 Arts Council communities during two years of the past four years. (Note: this criteria has been adjusted from previous years due to COVID-19 impacts on arts and cultural institutions).
- Arts Organizations: Eligible arts organizations are physically located with a legal address in one of the five counties of the Region 2 Arts Council service area (Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Hubbard).
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Arts Affiliates: Eligible arts affiliates are physically located with a legal address in one of the five counties of the Region 2 Arts Council service area (Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Hubbard). An Arts Affiliate by definition is a distinct arts program or established arts division with an arts-focused mission that is hosted within a Minnesota nonprofit 501(c)(3) non arts institution or public entity (such as city government or a university) or within a Minnesota nonprofit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, community service organization; and for whom arts programming or services represent at least 90 percent of the affiliate’s annual operating expenses. The arts affiliate must
- provide or plan to provide a consistent menu of arts programming or services for the general public in Minnesota, not just for the host institution or its constituents, as would be the case with an academic degree program and its students;
- have a citizen advisory or governing board either independent from or acting as a subset of the host organization’s board, providing community oversight of the affiliate’s activities as distinct from the host organization’s activities;
- have a distinct budget indicating all revenue and expenses, that can be documented through financial statements;
- meet any additional Community Arts Support grant eligibility criteria.
- Groups Seeking 501c3 nonprofit status: Groups without 501(c)3 nonprofit tax status must be formed for non-profit purposes, must have the equivalent of a governing body similar to a board of directors or advisory council, and must use a Minnesota-based non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization as a fiscal sponsor for this application.
For more information, visit Region 2 Arts Council.
For more information, visit https://r2arts.org/arts-grants-for-organizations/community-arts-support-grants/