Deadline: 23-Oct-20
The North Carolina Arts Council is encouraging for its North Carolina CARES for Arts Grants Program. As part of the state’s spending plan for federal CARES Act funding, grants was designated to provide direct aid to arts councils and arts organizations. These funds will be distributed on a per-capita basis to all North Carolina counties with a population less than 1 million people.
The purpose of the funds is to offset business disruption and/or expenses incurred due to COVID-19 between March 1, 2020, and December 30, 2020. The following expenses can be considered: paid salaries and benefits (including contractors), on-going operating expenses, costs associated with canceling programs and creating virtual programs, and COVID-related safety and cleaning measures.
For the purpose of this grant program, revenue losses are not considered for mitigation. North Carolina CARES for Arts funding cannot reimburse any expenses already paid for by other federal relief funds such as PPP loans, direct grants from the NEA, and stimulus grants issued by the North Carolina Arts Council.
Funding Information
- $9.4 million of funding was designated to provide direct aid to arts councils and arts organizations in an effort to mitigate business disruptions caused by COVID-19.
The North Carolina Arts Council will distribute North Carolina CARES for Arts funding in two ways:
- In many counties, the local arts council will take the lead in making grant awards by applying for the county allotment from the N.C Arts Council and then sub-granting to local eligible arts groups. In this scenario, grant applications from local arts organizations will be submitted to the local arts council for review.
- In the remaining counties, the North Carolina Arts Council will accept direct applications from arts organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that meet the following criteria are eligible to apply directly to the N.C. Arts Council to receive CARES for Arts funding:
- Must be a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization located in North Carolina.
- Must have arts and culture in the agency’s mission statement; or must have arts and cultural programming as a core activity.
- Must demonstrate the costs of business interruption caused by COVID-19 and/or increased expenses incurred by pandemic-related activities.
For more information, visit https://www.ncarts.org/guidelines-north-carolina-cares-arts-grants