Deadline: 15-Aug-22
The Tennessee Arts Commission is pleased to announce the Creative Aging Tennessee II Grant Program.
The Creative Aging Tennessee II Grant for Fiscal Year 2023 provides one-time non-matching funds for nonprofit arts, senior service or community organizations and governmental entities to support sequential arts learning for seniors aged 60+ with the aim of reducing social isolation and loneliness and increasing creativity and artistic techniques. All projects must be implemented by teaching artists on the new TN Creative Aging Teaching Roster.
Funding Information
- Funding will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis by geographic location until funds are expended and paid on a reimbursement basis for submitted applications that are complete.
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Total funding for this project equals $75,000. Individual projects may request up to $3,000 for contractual fees for artists and supplies. Standard pay for teaching artists to deliver a series of sequential hour-long arts classes is $2500. To ensure dollars are allocated across geographic areas:
- East up to $18,750
- Middle up to $18,750
- West up to $18,750
- Rural up to $18,750
Outcomes
- Respect the high capabilities of older adults by challenging them to develop their artistic skills and creative techniques
- Offer sequential arts instruction that allows participants to broaden or deepen their creative practices in a sustained and organized fashion
- Deepen community or social engagement
- Employ teaching artists trained to understand the effects of aging and their significance for the design and delivery of arts programs that meet the specific needs of this population
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to apply if the organization meets one of the following qualifications:
- The applicant is a nonprofit organization legally chartered in Tennessee and in possession of a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
- The organization is an entity of local government or regional governmental entity (development district, human resource agency, etc.) located in Tennessee.
- Additionally, the applicant must use at least one (1) artist(s) from the Creative Aging Teaching Roster to provide sequential learning methodologies for older adults. Funds may not be used to pay non-roster artists. Applications that do not meet this criterion will not be considered for review.
- Schools, colleges, and universities are ineligible to serve as lead applicants.
- Only one application per project will be accepted and partners cannot apply for the same project. All Creative Aging grants will be awarded and disbursed to lead applicants only.
- For this grant opportunity, older adults are defined as individuals sixty (60) years old and above in age.
- Funded projects must take place between July 1, 2022 and August 15, 2022 under a grant contract with the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission.
- The Tennessee Arts Commission reserves the right to deny or withhold, in whole or in part, public funds for projects, programs, or other activities deemed inappropriate by the Tennessee Arts Commission.
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirement. All organizational applicants are required to have a UEI.
For more information, visit Tennessee Arts Commission.
For more information, visit https://tnartscommission.org/grants/special-opportunities-creative-aging-tennessee-ii/